• DepressedCoconut@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    When i fish i just catch and release. Fishing is about fishing for me. Not the result. I feel bad for the fish though. They get a hook in their mouth, gets dragged up, i say “Hey there buddy” and then they go home. I wonder what they tell to their family.

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      9 months ago

      I wonder what they tell to their family.

      Most of them probably die from their injuries.

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      9 months ago

      I’ve been doing a lot of catch and release lately. I have a freezer full of bass, catfish, and panfish. I’m lucky that I live close to river with no restrictions on how much you can eat due to pollution. So, I save up and invite this couple over that I’m friends with and do a big fish fry every so often. Food has gotten so expensive that fishing really helped this past year.

      Though I will say. The older I’ve gotten the harder it is to kill fish. I find myself throwing back a lot of fish that I would have kept on the past.

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        9 months ago

        no restrictions on how much you can eat due to pollution

        invite this couple over that I’m friends with and do a big fish fry

        You should maybe be inviting people you hate.

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          9 months ago

          For instance I’m using Oregon as an example. Statewide you can have 6 meals of bass a month due to mercury. Columbia river lamprey 2 to 4 meals a month due to mercury and PCBs.

          I live in Alabama and my specific part doesn’t have those problems.