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<blockquote data-quote="rsimms" data-source="post: 1339260" data-attributes="member: 1534"><p>These days I rarely keep fish (for myself), except crappie. But only because I'm too lazy to cleam them.</p><p></p><p>As for my "beliefs," I see a limb and I'm going to walk right out on it.</p><p></p><p>I believe that if it is <strong>legal</strong> and you want to eat it... <u><em><strong>eat it!</strong></em></u> ... no matter the species or conditions.</p><p></p><p>With the exception of "put & take trout" it is called a "renewable resource." Biologists set creel limits at the levels they believe necessary to sustain that renewable resource based on the habitat.</p><p></p><p>Therefore I am of the opinion that every legal fish that is caught, could be kept and our fisheries would be absolutely fine and dandy.</p><p></p><p>It's like a massive aquarium... You might be able to cram 100 guppies in your 10-gallon aquarium, but 85 of them are going to die no matter how well you feed them.</p><p></p><p>Same is true on our reservoirs. They'll only support XX pounds of fish and anything you cram in there (or release) is likely to die of natural mortality. The carrying capacity of our reservoirs does vary depending upon natural vegetation, water flow, etc. But it is the existing environmental factors that dictate how many fish there are... not how many mere fishermen release.</p><p></p><p>I do not fault anyone who wants to release fish, even applaud them.</p><p></p><p>I only ask that those folks do not think less of those who don't.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rsimms, post: 1339260, member: 1534"] These days I rarely keep fish (for myself), except crappie. But only because I'm too lazy to cleam them. As for my "beliefs," I see a limb and I'm going to walk right out on it. I believe that if it is [b]legal[/b] and you want to eat it... [u][i][b]eat it![/b][/i][/u] ... no matter the species or conditions. With the exception of "put & take trout" it is called a "renewable resource." Biologists set creel limits at the levels they believe necessary to sustain that renewable resource based on the habitat. Therefore I am of the opinion that every legal fish that is caught, could be kept and our fisheries would be absolutely fine and dandy. It's like a massive aquarium... You might be able to cram 100 guppies in your 10-gallon aquarium, but 85 of them are going to die no matter how well you feed them. Same is true on our reservoirs. They'll only support XX pounds of fish and anything you cram in there (or release) is likely to die of natural mortality. The carrying capacity of our reservoirs does vary depending upon natural vegetation, water flow, etc. But it is the existing environmental factors that dictate how many fish there are... not how many mere fishermen release. I do not fault anyone who wants to release fish, even applaud them. I only ask that those folks do not think less of those who don't. [/QUOTE]
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