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View Poll Results: Catch or Kill?
Catch & Release! 158 49.53%
Hook, Kill, & Eat! 142 44.51%
Undecided ... 19 5.96%
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Old Apr-28-2006, 08:10 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Surf Fishermen (and women)! I've heard both sides, but I'm even more curious now. For all those surf anglers ... Do you prefer to catch and release OR kill and eat?
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Old Apr-28-2006, 08:15 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Release or Eat??

C & R. I just tried BSP for the first time this week and it was terrible. Tasted like smelly seaweed. There are way too many other tasty fish out there to keep.
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Old Apr-28-2006, 08:59 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Mostly C&R but sometimes I keep afew.
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Old Apr-28-2006, 09:02 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Re: Release or Eat??

If I deep hook a bean thats not going to make it, I have taken them home, (not too many), they're O.K., but not what I'd want to eat all the time.
Better to let them all go. Bay fish too.
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Old Apr-28-2006, 09:28 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Re: Release or Eat??

my rule of thumb is if i catch a fish i have never caught/tasted b4, i will keep it (if legal) out of curiousity. mark another notch on the bedpost. otherwise, i throw back unless a sculpin, rockfish, or calico, as I enjoy the taste usually. very fresh bsp are ok sometimes, as were parts of a recent spotfin catch. while beach camping in mexico, i lived on a diet of almost exclusively cochi (triggerfish), and caguamas (beer, that is). and if i accidentally kill one, i will either eat it or use it for bait. just tryin never to waste. my 2 cents.
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Old Apr-28-2006, 10:29 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Everything I eat gets released eventually...
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Everything I eat gets released eventually...




99.999% C&R in the surf....unless it is a legal flattie or a decent Corb (I have YET to even see one this year)
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I c&r the surf fish.
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Old Apr-29-2006, 08:15 AM   #9 (permalink)
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C&R most of the fish. I've kept a bean or two for a fresh grilled fish dinner. They were pretty good. Kept whole, butter, lemon, minced garlic, salt, pepper, and paprika wrapped in foil and cooked slow on the grill.
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my parents and relatives love the perch and corbina. they say it's pretty damn tasty.
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Old Apr-29-2006, 09:09 AM   #11 (permalink)
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99.999% C&R in the surf....unless it is a legal flattie or a decent Corb (I have YET to even see one this year)

that says it all
Few things taste better than a fresh big corb. lightly dusted with some salt and pepper

damn, now I'm hungry
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I fish to grill. if too small they are let go to catch another day.
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Release for me. Even legal flatties. Surf fishing is completely sport for me.

With that said I'll be eating some nice ling fillets tonight for dinner.

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Re: Release or Eat??

I catch to eat, unless to small. WSB make excellent table fair with out a doubt
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Re: Release or Eat??

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I catch to eat, unless to small. WSB make excellent table fair with out a doubt
Funny same name same city. What is up fellow La Habra fisherman?


From the surf it is C&R off a boat I normally C&R all bass. I dont eat fish very often so when I go out on a boat I give my fish to friends or family.

To quote that great SD band P.O.D.

"the hardest part of holdin' on is lettin' go"
 
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