Catch and release

[413bassmaster]

I ask this question because I see a lot of people keeping very small fishes which shouldnt be the case I love fishing and unless I brake a record I'm releasing it and I may release a record bass if I can record it too a state fish and game official....what do Fisher men think about Catch Release?

[TreyB55]

....... You didn't ask a question....

[413bassmaster]

There's a poll I put up

[Mike Cork]

I release 99.9% of the time. Mostly because I don't feel like filleting them.

Personally I think Catch and Release has gone too far. I'm not going to tell you, you should or shouldn't release your catch, that's up to you.

What I do know is that managed ponds and lakes that are set up to be trophy lakes, encourage the users to keep the smaller yearlings for the table. There is a balance that must be maintained to grow larger fish. For the most part you can't beat mother nature. Just remember we are creatures in mother natures plan and fish were put here to eat

Just for the record, I probably only keep 50 fish a year. A very small portion of what I catch.

[TreyB55]

Ah. On tapatalk...... Can't see it

[BassHunter_Hunt]

I release all the smaller ones because most aren't big enough to eat. I also feel bad if I kill it and it never got a chance to meet that lucky mate and spawn. lol

[junyaah]

I release almost all my fish...Every so often I keep enough for a meal but I also am too lazy to filet haha

[Jared LeBlue]

For table fare smaller fish are the best ones to keep. For management purposes it can vary on what needs to be done. I feel the same way Mike does. Catch and release has gone a bit far. Mike hit on the head when he said we can't out due Mother Nature. When  Hurricane Rita hit the Lake Charles area it completely wipe out the fisheries here. The Calcasieu river was devistated and the bass population along with other fish were almost completely wiped out. It took several years but it came back and the Calcasieu was better than has been for a long time. So don't feel guilty if you want to keep a few, it's not going to hurt your impoundment.

[DaveP63]

I would 10 to 1 rather eat the smaller fish (bass) than bigger ones anyway. That's the only nice thing I can say about slot limits.