10-09-2007, 05:12 AM
dont be afraid to set minnimum size limits, and deffenantly be sure to enforce leagle size limits, It all ways a good idea to get the point across to kids when they are young that even adults have to follow rules of fair play...[cool]
you can take pictures and tell them its a good catch and show them how to respect the fish and release them un harmed and promice that if they keep at it, bigger ones will come along... Tell them fish stories of fish so big they pulled you around in the boat for hours before you finaly got it in...
Thats no lie, I have had them that big, When I was 5 I had one pull me right in to the river, knee deap before after an hour of screaming and heading for the deap end my dad finaly came and got the rod out of my hand and he fought it for another half hour before he lost it... the old braided line we used back in the early 60's finaly cut its way off the big steel hook it was tied to....
so you might say, I got spoilt on big fish at an early age, I liked the little ones too, but it was a long long time before I ever started eathing them, the way we kept them at that time was we gutted them and cut thier heads off and scaled them, then we dipped them in corn meal and fryed them in a skillet with al the bones in it..... you only have to get one bone caught in your thought to become leary of eating blue gills,,, Its funny, Blue gills is my favorite now...
if you can be sure to cook them up too, I make fish sticks out of my gills,
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[/url][/center] [center] [/center] [center]I still go after the big ones from time to time[/center] [center] [/center] [center][url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/8163/cat/500/ppuser/89"]![[Image: Bowfin1.jpg]](http://www.bigfishtackle.com/photos/data/500/thumbs/Bowfin1.jpg)
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[/url][/center] [center] [/center] [left]When the guys ask me what kind of fish I go after, I say all of them, Still have a few notches to gouge. Need a muskey and pic, I caught a stergeon once some 40 years ago, released it because it was to small, whats funny about that one is if I caught it today, I would still have to release it because now it is too big... LOL>[/left] [left] [/left] [left]theres a few more species in Mittingan I havent caught, macks, only one place in the whole state that has them, a bit of a hike to get to them, few other trouts, I need a blue cat fish too....[/left] [left] [/left] [left]be sure to let them know we dont always catch fish, But there will be days when you cant keep them off the line....[/left]
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you can take pictures and tell them its a good catch and show them how to respect the fish and release them un harmed and promice that if they keep at it, bigger ones will come along... Tell them fish stories of fish so big they pulled you around in the boat for hours before you finaly got it in...
Thats no lie, I have had them that big, When I was 5 I had one pull me right in to the river, knee deap before after an hour of screaming and heading for the deap end my dad finaly came and got the rod out of my hand and he fought it for another half hour before he lost it... the old braided line we used back in the early 60's finaly cut its way off the big steel hook it was tied to....
so you might say, I got spoilt on big fish at an early age, I liked the little ones too, but it was a long long time before I ever started eathing them, the way we kept them at that time was we gutted them and cut thier heads off and scaled them, then we dipped them in corn meal and fryed them in a skillet with al the bones in it..... you only have to get one bone caught in your thought to become leary of eating blue gills,,, Its funny, Blue gills is my favorite now...
if you can be sure to cook them up too, I make fish sticks out of my gills,
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[/url][/center] [center] [/center] [center]I still go after the big ones from time to time[/center] [center] [/center] [center][url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/8163/cat/500/ppuser/89"][/url][/center] [center] [/center] [center][url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/8156/cat/500/ppuser/89"][/url][/center] [center] [/center] [left]When the guys ask me what kind of fish I go after, I say all of them, Still have a few notches to gouge. Need a muskey and pic, I caught a stergeon once some 40 years ago, released it because it was to small, whats funny about that one is if I caught it today, I would still have to release it because now it is too big... LOL>[/left] [left] [/left] [left]theres a few more species in Mittingan I havent caught, macks, only one place in the whole state that has them, a bit of a hike to get to them, few other trouts, I need a blue cat fish too....[/left] [left] [/left] [left]be sure to let them know we dont always catch fish, But there will be days when you cant keep them off the line....[/left][signature]