Going night fishing Thursday. I say fishing, but in reality I will be tripping on Shrooms watching the waves, and the stars. If I catch something all the better.
Unless the dude is a vegan, his point of view makes no logical sense to me. If you aren't willing to eat one, then for what sick reason are you doing catch and release? I'm ok with it, just saying you should be willing to eat some on the days you have a cooler and a license.
I hunt deer and hogs, but I genuinely hate them. I hate goats too, but they aren't wild in Ohio
Handgun hunting is disrespectful
Esox is sacred
C&R is great for lakes suffering from fishing pressure, or for species that don't reproduce as fast as panfish do. We have slot limits on size and/or number for most game fish in Minnesota.
so we do a lot of C&R for trout, walleye, northern pike, muskie.
up here in MN we hunt and fish for the food value, quite often needing to buy an additional freezer to hold the bulk
you hate Bambi? i don't hunt anything because i hate it. i trim coyotes numbers when i can because they are non-native invaders here, ditto feral hogs. (the hogs are delicious, coyotes...who knows?) i do catch & release with trout because i do not like the flavor, and smallmouth bass because they can be a bitch to clean. damn hide like a rhino, lol. we got some feral goats wandering TVA & private property both down here. come on down! disrespectful? any weapon used is disrespectful if you cannot hit what you are aiming at...