03-26-2010, 05:53 PM
[quote cpierce]Sorry, but this is really bizarre to me. (I live in Idaho and sometimes fish in Utah.) Because a FEW people may not use all of their fish in a timely manner ALL are to be treated the same? That is like saying you can hunt for a deer or elk in Utah, but you can only possess 10 pounds of meat because you might not eat all of the rest quick enough. Sounds ridiculous when it is game meat, but really the theory is the same. If people can be trusted to take care of a hundred pounds of venison what is the difference between that and fish? Both are game.
Don't get me wrong, I fly fish and usually put the trout and bass back, but I do keep a fair, but not excessive, amount of panfish. I love to have a fish fry when my extended family comes to visit. So I have some in my freeze, I am sure it is more than your possession limit, but I have never thrown a single bit of fish out!
I also have some smoked and canned fish - it too is used and not wasted. Does that make me a game waster? Not in my opinion, so I don't see the point of your law. In my opinion Utah sportsmen ought to seek to have it changed, to a more realistic possession limit.[/quote]
Wow, that is great to hear. Wish I could say the same, but been fishing many years.
I C&R totally with one fish a year, but there have been those cases where I really didn't want to keep the fish, but it had died for one reason or another.
I live in Utah and fish Idaho, not because of the limit. I have caught ONE trout that has fed 4 of us.
With all the stuff in trout, not sure I would want to eat more...specially with the mines in Idaho.
I think the limits are just fine, but then again I don't can (and to be honest, that thought doesn't set well on my stomach..LOL - need some one to prove me wrong on that one[laugh])
Smoking, you bet...good stuff.
I don't even have young ones to worry about what they will get in the future...so, I basically go with the flow and pretty happy with it.
By the way, I would read it as UTAH POSSESSION means just that and not where they came from, but as far as Alaska, most go for Salmon and Steel plus other species, which there really isn't a limit due to the fact they aren't in Utah. Just like my Texas Red Snapper[laugh]
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Don't get me wrong, I fly fish and usually put the trout and bass back, but I do keep a fair, but not excessive, amount of panfish. I love to have a fish fry when my extended family comes to visit. So I have some in my freeze, I am sure it is more than your possession limit, but I have never thrown a single bit of fish out!
I also have some smoked and canned fish - it too is used and not wasted. Does that make me a game waster? Not in my opinion, so I don't see the point of your law. In my opinion Utah sportsmen ought to seek to have it changed, to a more realistic possession limit.[/quote]
Wow, that is great to hear. Wish I could say the same, but been fishing many years.
I C&R totally with one fish a year, but there have been those cases where I really didn't want to keep the fish, but it had died for one reason or another.
I live in Utah and fish Idaho, not because of the limit. I have caught ONE trout that has fed 4 of us.
With all the stuff in trout, not sure I would want to eat more...specially with the mines in Idaho.
I think the limits are just fine, but then again I don't can (and to be honest, that thought doesn't set well on my stomach..LOL - need some one to prove me wrong on that one[laugh])
Smoking, you bet...good stuff.
I don't even have young ones to worry about what they will get in the future...so, I basically go with the flow and pretty happy with it.
By the way, I would read it as UTAH POSSESSION means just that and not where they came from, but as far as Alaska, most go for Salmon and Steel plus other species, which there really isn't a limit due to the fact they aren't in Utah. Just like my Texas Red Snapper[laugh]
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