U MIGHT WANT TO BREAK OUT THE HAND CREAM & PAPER TOWELS 4 THIS FISH PORN!!

[Sherm]

Originally Posted by dsafety

Good point but the bottom line is that we should never take more than we can use. If someone can consume 100 lbs of fresh fish in a week or two than they should definitely keep that much fish if they can catch it.

On the other hand, if you harvest more than you can use and a bunch of it ends up in the freezer only to get tossed out when you catch your next big fish, that is wasteful. It makes no sense to me to kill a fish and then send it to the land fill.

To me, there are two great things about fishing... catching and eating. The catching part ends when you get the fish to the yak. If you need the meat, stick the gaff. If not, take a photo and release the fish.

It does not matter if you are one guy on a kayak or part of a large group on a PB, the rules should be the same. Take what you need... use what you take. It's as simple as that.

Bob

The problem is determinig how much someone else needs. i just ate some tuna last night from this past summer. Vacume sealed and in the freezer for quite some time now. I remember putting the fish in the freezer in the summer thinking I was taking too much. Now I'm thinking summer needs to get here so I can re-stock. Tuna that is. I have other stuff in the freezer.

I just have a hard time giving someone grief about their take when I don't know their situation. They were legal fish.

[kurtfish]

All this back a forth about harvesting shows how touchy a subject this is and I for one will not bring it up again as I do believe this forum is a great place to share experiences and information not express opinions. My main intent was to challenge Mr. Miller to come back with a reply to fess up or clarify his claims of the Trifecta.

I can validate his Fish Porn from last week but I don't think it is fair to sound a three gun salaute for all you guys that have to drive miles to get to LJ.