Patches Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 This is a hypothetical question. What would you do. Lets say you are out fishing for Blue Gills or Perch using minnows. And you hook into something big, a pre-spawn largemouth, a female maybe 4 lbs. You know bass is out of season for another 2 1/2 months. So your going to let her go. But when you get her to the boat you see she had swallowed your minnow and during the fight to bring her in the stomach lining tore and she is bleeding profusely. Your experience tells you this fish isn't going to live. What do you do. 1. Do you let her go and figure the seagulls will get a good meal. 2. Do you throw her in the cooler, and say it's better to keep an out of season fish, then to let good meat go to waste. 3. Something else..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entropy Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 I'd let it go.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barracuda Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Cut the line and despite the unfortunate circumstances, let it go. Then proceed to move to a new spot which was less likely to house spawning bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mistyriver1 Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Let it go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 you let it go that is what the law state you must do there should be no question in you mind..set it free even if it's dead........ too many people would be ripping them gills out and saying ..oh well I had better eat that one..don't want to see it go to waste.........the MNR will understand..wrong... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuchikubo Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 OOS Bass, you are obligated to let it go. Trying to explain a dead OOS fish in your cooler will be a difficult sell to the CO. I believe this question (or a very similar one) was asked on the old board before. The best we can do is cut the line and hope the fish will survive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfisher Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 What Terry said... given human imperfections, it will give an excuse to a lot of people to deliberately hurt the fish to keep it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyb Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 mmm Green Pickerel I mean release immediately! Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Let her go. Besides the guilt, the ticket and consequences wouldn't be worth it if the MNR decides to look in your cooler. Joey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 This is a hypothetical question. What would you do. Lets say you are out fishing for Blue Gills or Perch using minnows. And you hook into something big, a pre-spawn largemouth, a female maybe 4 lbs. You know bass is out of season for another 2 1/2 months. So your going to let her go. But when you get her to the boat you see she had swallowed your minnow and during the fight to bring her in the stomach lining tore and she is bleeding profusely. Your experience tells you this fish isn't going to live. What do you do. 1. Do you let her go and figure the seagulls will get a good meal. 2. Do you throw her in the cooler, and say it's better to keep an out of season fish, then to let good meat go to waste. 3. Something else..... I really don't think a question like that should be posted when in the Regs it indicates to return the fish immediately. Unfortunate for hooking an OOS fish, but there's no point in trying to look for support in keeping it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patches Posted April 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 I really don't think a question like that should be posted when in the Regs it indicates to return the fish immediately. Unfortunate for hooking an OOS fish, but there's no point in trying to look for support in keeping it. I wasn't looking for support in keeping anything. Just a hypothetical question about personal ethics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelcat Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 No matter what, let it go. Let the nature do its job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyhook Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 turtle food! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfish1965 Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Ethics doesn't matter in this case. The law is clear. Fish must be returned to the water. Otherwise every knob on the planet would cause damage to any fish they wanted to keep and claim the fish had to be kept because it was going to die anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioFisherman Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Always let bass go! LOL in season or out, except for a weigh in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyk Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 let her go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch312 Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 hmmmm....everyone here is saying you must return it to the water, yet in the other thread about somones neighbour keeping an oos fish, everyone says its ok? as long as someone close to me recently died, its ok to keep an oos fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patches Posted April 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 hmmmm....everyone here is saying you must return it to the water, yet in the other thread about somones neighbour keeping an oos fish, everyone says its ok? as long as someone close to me recently died, its ok to keep an oos fish That's the post that sparked this question. Interesting eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioFisherman Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Dude broke the regs, and it appears knowingly. Not much of an excuse for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 I don't think anyone said it's ok I think everyone said or meant, not every thing is black and white...and one can make their own minds up on what to report and what not to..... like if you saw you son take something from you home that didn't belong to him would you call the cops...no if your wife was going over the speed limit would you report her...hey I said wife not exwife....... even the cops decide whether or not to press charges.............. that doesn't make it ok...but Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinS Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 if she swallows your hook and is bleeding alot just let her go it makes food for other fish and birds around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck2fan Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 You HAVE to let it go..... it is NOT in season. There is no debate, no question whatsoever. Let it go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHAD Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Perform stomach liner surgery while the fish is recovering in your livewell. If that doesn't work then at least you were able to check out it's stomach to see what it was feeding on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyman Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 You really have no choice and although in the back of your mind you know it's a waste, letting it go is the ONLY thing to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zib Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Cut the hook & let her go. If she lives great! If not that's what the circle of life in the fish world is for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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