06-15-2012, 03:04 AM
Here's my 2 cents...
Nobody likes the stank of dead fish, especially on the damn dog in the damn cab of the damn truck on the ride home after a day of fishing.
However, I don not feel that sticking a carp in the meat and letting it swim away is the same as sticking a deer or elk with a broadhead and letting it run off.
Maybe my sensitivity is deminished due to my childhood days, chasing carp around with a sharp stick at the snake river when the water dropped.
If the choices are.. Ripping the gills out, stabbing in the belly and watching it swim away or sticking it in the meat and letting it swim away... I'm kind of leaning towards the meat. I hate seeing anything getting away with the gutts hanging out.
I've never thrown a dead fish in someones yard, or a campground, or in the middle of a trail. However, I have fed many a skunk and racoon.
I feel that most folks on this site are "good outdoorsmen" and we are pretty much on the same page.
Whether we Rip Gills and Stab it in the belly or we Stick it in the meat and practice a more aggresive form of catch and release, whatever...
The fishing has to be pretty crappy for us to spend this much time getting this worked up and sideways from that orignal post regarding jackholes and deadfish sticking up a day of fishing.
Can someone please tell me where to catch some damn Crappie and Perch this weekend?
PS: Some of my scandanvian relatives used to pickle, pressure cook and can carp. Not this guy... not yet.. but if the fishing doesn't start picking up, I'm may need to bust out my bow and an old recipe.
Sincerely,
Spoons
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Nobody likes the stank of dead fish, especially on the damn dog in the damn cab of the damn truck on the ride home after a day of fishing.
However, I don not feel that sticking a carp in the meat and letting it swim away is the same as sticking a deer or elk with a broadhead and letting it run off.
Maybe my sensitivity is deminished due to my childhood days, chasing carp around with a sharp stick at the snake river when the water dropped.
If the choices are.. Ripping the gills out, stabbing in the belly and watching it swim away or sticking it in the meat and letting it swim away... I'm kind of leaning towards the meat. I hate seeing anything getting away with the gutts hanging out.
I've never thrown a dead fish in someones yard, or a campground, or in the middle of a trail. However, I have fed many a skunk and racoon.
I feel that most folks on this site are "good outdoorsmen" and we are pretty much on the same page.
Whether we Rip Gills and Stab it in the belly or we Stick it in the meat and practice a more aggresive form of catch and release, whatever...
The fishing has to be pretty crappy for us to spend this much time getting this worked up and sideways from that orignal post regarding jackholes and deadfish sticking up a day of fishing.
Can someone please tell me where to catch some damn Crappie and Perch this weekend?
PS: Some of my scandanvian relatives used to pickle, pressure cook and can carp. Not this guy... not yet.. but if the fishing doesn't start picking up, I'm may need to bust out my bow and an old recipe.
Sincerely,
Spoons
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