01-04-2011, 04:06 PM
You are right that it is all just personal opinions....on BOTH sides. Some say it doesn't harm some say it does, there is no real proof to either.
I will also be the first to say that fishing is indeed a blood sport, and no they are not little children. And there is nothing wrong with ice fishing and keeping fish.
The issue is those that do not WANT to keep the fish, but are just enjoying the catch or looking for the next one to be the big trophy.
Those trophy fish have been caught before, you can count on that, but it has been released with TLC so someone can catch it at it's best. So, you see hula, it really does matter.
Not all conditions are life threatening. Like mentioned, fishing in extreme water heat is very bad so is taking a fish out of say 31° water and holding it out or laying it down so gently in -5°. There is extremes in both directions, that is all I am saying.
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I will also be the first to say that fishing is indeed a blood sport, and no they are not little children. And there is nothing wrong with ice fishing and keeping fish.
The issue is those that do not WANT to keep the fish, but are just enjoying the catch or looking for the next one to be the big trophy.
Those trophy fish have been caught before, you can count on that, but it has been released with TLC so someone can catch it at it's best. So, you see hula, it really does matter.
Not all conditions are life threatening. Like mentioned, fishing in extreme water heat is very bad so is taking a fish out of say 31° water and holding it out or laying it down so gently in -5°. There is extremes in both directions, that is all I am saying.
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