Catch n Release or Catch to eat?

[007]

I was just wondering what everybody else does with their fish. Whenever I am out fishing people stop and ask if I have caught anything, when I tell them yes - they usually want to see it - which assumes I have kept it, and they are surprised when I say I put them back. There seems to be a philosophy of catch and keep/eat rather than fishing for the sport/enjoyment. I know I come from England where it is all catch n release and here in Canada there is a history of eating what you catch but I was just curious as to what today's angler does and whether Catch n Release is getting more popular or not.

 

I hope I have done the poll thing correctly - otherwise the multiple choice answers to the question would have been:

 

100% Catch n Release

Mostly Catch n Release but occasionally eat a fish caught

Target certain fish for eating and put others back

100% Fish to Eat - keep everything within the regs limits

 

cheers

007

Edited June 18, 2007 by OO7

[007]

OK so the poll thing didn't work.......... I'll have a second try!

 

Second time lucky - please respond to the other post - the one with the poll!

 

Cheers

007

Edited June 18, 2007 by OO7

[Riparian]

This is how I do it.

 

Big fish have big babies... so I release all trophy fish.

 

If I am hungry... I may keep a few small fish but only specific species, and I never eat bass.

 

I have never fully understood why people like to keep those rare moster size fish... I get more satisfaction from seeing them swim away than killing it to eat.