03-18-2016, 03:32 PM
[quote Therapist]
We may not be able to change the hearts and minds of some so called sportsman, but we can be ethical ourselves and not engage in unethical behavior !![/quote]
You are oversimplifying this a bit, aren't you? I mean...ethics are personal and every person's ethics are different from another's. If what you are suggesting is that we should not target fish during the spawn, then we should be ethically avoiding a lot of other types of fishing as well. Including fly fishing for salmon in the rivers up North....or Steelhead.
I admit...fishing for spawning trout has lost a lot of its appeal to me over the years and i don't target bass during the spawn. But, I don't see how it is unethical to fish for spawning fish and catching them when doing so doesn't affect the resource.
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We may not be able to change the hearts and minds of some so called sportsman, but we can be ethical ourselves and not engage in unethical behavior !![/quote]
You are oversimplifying this a bit, aren't you? I mean...ethics are personal and every person's ethics are different from another's. If what you are suggesting is that we should not target fish during the spawn, then we should be ethically avoiding a lot of other types of fishing as well. Including fly fishing for salmon in the rivers up North....or Steelhead.
I admit...fishing for spawning trout has lost a lot of its appeal to me over the years and i don't target bass during the spawn. But, I don't see how it is unethical to fish for spawning fish and catching them when doing so doesn't affect the resource.
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