The Global FlyFisher
Simply the Best Place to go for Online Fly Fishing and Fly Tying
https://globalflyfisher.com/forum-topic/keeping-fish-for-the-potaeu
May 14. 2023
(0 replies) |
Apr 4. 2023
(0 replies) |
Mar 1. 2023
(0 replies) |
Feb 9. 2023
(0 replies) |
Jan 1. 2023
I have just moved to Istanbul and am... |
Jul 12. 2022
Any update here. Looking to fish... |
Mar 11. 2022
How did it Fish? One of the best... |
Nov 29. 2021
Nemo,
Good to hear that the setup works... |
Published May 6. 2009 - 15 years ago
Updated or edited Aug 8. 2015
Keeping fish for the pot…
Forums:
Hello everyone,
I hope you fishing season is going as planned, and that you have managed to land a fish or twoââ¬Â¦.
I would like to gather some different opinions about keeping fish ââ¬Â¦.
To start with, I am a conservation minded Flyfisher , and mainly do CARââ¬Â¦.but I do like eating fishââ¬Â¦.. this leaves me with 2 options, 1 ââ¬â Keeping a fish or two which I catch , or 2 ââ¬â releasing everything I catch and buying fishââ¬Â¦. I used to do option 2 , but lately I feel that supporting commercial fishing / aquacultures does far more harm than me keeping up to 2 trout from my local river each weekââ¬Â¦.
What is your view on this ?
Regards,
Ruan.
Submitted by:
waterdog
Log in or register to pre-fill name on comments, add videos, user pictures and more.
Read more about why you should register.
Read more about why you should register.
Contact
Contact usContribute articles
No guest posts
The Global FlyFisher Newsletter
About the Global FlyFisher
Discussion forum
Policies
Copyright © 1994-2024Copyright © The Global FlyFisher
Copyright © contributing authors
No reprint without permission
- paper, electronic or otherwise
Cookie policy
Copyright policy
Review policy
More policies
Hi Ruan, personaly I think if
Hi Ruan, personaly I think if you like to eat fish and it is legal to do so you should go for it! I keep maybe 1 in 50 or 60 trout that I catch and the fishery here can certainly sustain that. Indeed in Taupo it is encouraged to take some trout for the pot as there is only a certain number of fish the environment can sustain so we need to cull a few to keep up the condition and size of the fish.
They are lovely hot smoked.
All the best.
Mike.
Hi Ruan,
Hi Ruan,
to release the fish you caught and buy fish for dinner afterwards, seems stoopid to me. Mostly alle the fishes you can buy are caught with a nets. If you would know how harmful netfishing is to the environment, you would probably keep your fish for dinner and resign from buying the fish in a shop. Even aquaculture harms nature in so many ways, that I won't buy these fishes. You should get yourself [url=http://www.amazon.de/Fisch-kaputt-Charles-Clover/dp/357050056X]THIS BOOK[/url] and you will see which one is the better way.
Tobsn
Hi Mike,Hi Tobias,
Hi Mike,Hi Tobias,
Thanks for the comments, i feel the same way. My reason for posting this was the attitude shown by some anglers ( also flyfishers) when a fish is kept for the pot... although it is legal, and within the clubs policy.
tight lines,
Ruan.
Re: Keeping fish for the pot…
Hi Ruan,
This subject has discussed many times, but it didn't have lost his actuality.
The new area I use to fish in is 'catch and kill area'.
Even the smallest trout witch reach the 25cm mark (!) will get killed and I saw also
'fisherman' who killed protected fishes like graylings.
To top this nonsense, these low minded people are going to discuss the down going of the populations each time they'll meet up at the water and will find the conclusion in the existing of the Cormoran and other fish hunting species.
Iââ¬â¢m not a fanatic ââ¬Ëcatch and releaserââ¬â¢ but I go fishing more to relax (and of course to take photos) than hunt fish for the pan.
So more than 90 % of my fishes will be released and with the rest I create a delicious dinner.
Kind regards,
Kai