catch and release or do you keep?

mack · 07-11-06, 10:49 PM

hey guys i was wondering if you are catch and release or do you keep your fish to eat?

dampeoples · 07-11-06, 10:53 PM

Mostly catch and release, I go Crappie fishing in early spring to stock the freezer with three or four meals, and will fillet 4 or 5 bass a year along the way. The kids really, really like fish

Rebbasser · 07-11-06, 10:54 PM

Release-I'd rather catch them again when they gets bigger.

mack · 07-11-06, 10:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rebbasser

Release-I'd rather catch them again when they gets bigger.

same here..but stocked trout here die in the summer so i take them home to eat tho

Bass_fishing_girl · 07-12-06, 05:41 AM

We eat our fish.
San

flbassman · 07-12-06, 08:50 AM

Release most. USe the search tool.

1/4 stick · 07-12-06, 10:10 AM

I normaly release the bass. Until I finnaly catch that whoper that taunts my dreams, he's headed for the wall. I catch my limit on brim, crappie and catfish, release the rest and the keepers go to the fryer. yum

ToPwAt'R GuY · 07-12-06, 03:39 PM

I mostly release.

Snake2715 · 07-12-06, 04:58 PM

I am mainly release.

I do sometimes have my doubts about releasing my biggest bass on this past July 4th weekend. ( 22.5" 4.5lbs) The more I think about it the more I realize I have been fooled into comparing that fish to more southern fish where they get a bit bigger than ours here in Michigan.

pig n jig · 07-12-06, 05:58 PM

I used to have a big problem with people keeping bass, but who am I to judge ? I do keep a few trout to have smoked each year.I recently caught a 4.5 lb Landlock salmon that is most likely in the process of being smoked as we speak.

P N J

planxdownfall · 07-12-06, 10:55 PM

i keep most of the fish around17 inches and up

LoneStarAngler07 · 07-13-06, 01:00 AM

release. strictly release, one day itll grow to be a big momma!

flfireman · 07-13-06, 11:33 PM

CPR all bass. Saltwater is different. Nothing like fresh snook, trout, kingfish, etc.

NJBassDevil · 07-13-06, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by LoneStarAngler07

release. strictly release, one day itll grow to be a big momma!

Me too!!!

I keep saltwater. Sometimes I will keep stocked trout but I usually let them go...

NJBassDevil · 07-13-06, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by planxdownfall

i keep most of the fish around17 inches and up

You eat them?

HulaPopr · 07-14-06, 12:15 AM

Almost never keep bass, only one I ever kept was a deep-hooked one we caught while camping on a river. Saltwater is different, catch a few snapper, a few drum, maybe collect a few clams or blue crabs and you've got a meal.

crankybait · 07-14-06, 09:53 AM

ive kept a few crappies when we were camping at lake george.

mack · 07-14-06, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by crankybait

ive kept a few crappies when we were camping at lake george.

crappies are good eating...i havent had any in a while cause the places ive been catching them latley is the passaic river...trust me, you do not eat out of that river!!! lol

Fishing4Soup · 07-14-06, 05:06 PM

Sometimes we keep fish, but never bass unless it's getting trophied which will only happen if they are around 11 lbs

bassking22 · 07-15-06, 10:01 PM

I keep some medium 2-3 lb bass for eatin' every once in a while will release anything in between 3 and 6 or 7 pounds. Crappie, cats, striper, stocked trout, and saltwater I keep good ones fer eatin'.

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07-11-06, 10:49 PM	#1
mack BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: nj Posts: 652	catch and release or do you keep? hey guys i was wondering if you are catch and release or do you keep your fish to eat?

07-11-06, 10:53 PM	#2
dampeoples BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 826	Mostly catch and release, I go Crappie fishing in early spring to stock the freezer with three or four meals, and will fillet 4 or 5 bass a year along the way. The kids really, really like fish __________________ The Jon Boat Fishing Club and Fishing with Sterling Peoples

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Rebbasser BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 10,141	Release-I'd rather catch them again when they gets bigger. __________________ It's happened to the best of them: John 21:3

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Bass_fishing_girl BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 1,383	We eat our fish. San __________________ Texas Give us this day our daily limit :D

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flbassman BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Jacksonville Florida Posts: 2,840	Release most. USe the search tool. __________________ R.I.P. Zooker

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1/4 stick BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fayetteville, N.C. Posts: 3,529	I normaly release the bass. Until I finnaly catch that whoper that taunts my dreams, he's headed for the wall. I catch my limit on brim, crappie and catfish, release the rest and the keepers go to the fryer. yum

07-12-06, 03:39 PM	#8
ToPwAt'R GuY BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: missouri Posts: 930	I mostly release.

07-12-06, 04:58 PM	#9
Snake2715 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Mid Michigan Posts: 249	I am mainly release. I do sometimes have my doubts about releasing my biggest bass on this past July 4th weekend. ( 22.5" 4.5lbs) The more I think about it the more I realize I have been fooled into comparing that fish to more southern fish where they get a bit bigger than ours here in Michigan. __________________ -Josh

07-12-06, 05:58 PM	#10
pig n jig BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Avoca, NY Posts: 3,508	I used to have a big problem with people keeping bass, but who am I to judge ? I do keep a few trout to have smoked each year.I recently caught a 4.5 lb Landlock salmon that is most likely in the process of being smoked as we speak. P N J

07-12-06, 10:55 PM	#11
planxdownfall BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: danbury ct Posts: 118	i keep most of the fish around17 inches and up

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LoneStarAngler07 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Houston Tx Posts: 233	release. strictly release, one day itll grow to be a big momma! __________________ "Fish ON, FISH ON"

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flfireman BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Palm Bay, Fl Posts: 2,751	CPR all bass. Saltwater is different. Nothing like fresh snook, trout, kingfish, etc. __________________ In the Lord all things are possible.

07-14-06, 12:15 AM	#16
HulaPopr BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: May 2004 Location: Central Florida Posts: 2,282	Almost never keep bass, only one I ever kept was a deep-hooked one we caught while camping on a river. Saltwater is different, catch a few snapper, a few drum, maybe collect a few clams or blue crabs and you've got a meal. __________________ Orland, FL To do list: catch a bass on a c-rig catch a bass on a swimbait

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crankybait BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: marlboro, nj Posts: 3,250	ive kept a few crappies when we were camping at lake george. __________________ www.fishinfanatics.com

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Fishing4Soup BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Fairport, NY Posts: 278	Sometimes we keep fish, but never bass unless it's getting trophied which will only happen if they are around 11 lbs

07-15-06, 10:01 PM	#20
bassking22 BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 630	I keep some medium 2-3 lb bass for eatin' every once in a while will release anything in between 3 and 6 or 7 pounds. Crappie, cats, striper, stocked trout, and saltwater I keep good ones fer eatin'. __________________ Does anyone know of a fishing addictions program? Cause I need one.

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