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Which fish to release?

by Horsager , Posted to Fishing Buddy on 05/08/2009 10:14 AM | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
Horsager

Joined: 08/12/2003
Location: ND
Fish I would (and did) release as it appeared to me to be full of eggs:



Someone might've already caught this fish again and cooked her up but I guess I feel like I'm doing my part to help the fishery by returning the pre-spawn females, armchair biologist that I am  .  Don't read anthing into this, mostly it's just to post a pic of a nice FAT Missouri eye.  We kept a few to that were positively FULL of FAT, great to see healthy fish.
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Re: Which fish to release?
by Fox Island Outfitter on 05/08/2009 10:19 AM | Reply #1 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
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Joined: 02/25/2002
Location: ND
I'm pretty sure I caught that one the other day and she did taste delicious!

Oh, and nice pic by the way!
The kill is the satisfying, indeed essential, conclusion to a successful hunt. But, I take no pleasure in the act itself. One does not hunt in order to kill, but kills in order to have hunted. Then why do I hunt? I hunt for the same reason my well-fed cat hunts...because I must, because it is in the blood, because I am the decendent of a thousand generations of hunters. I hunt because I am a hunter.- Finn Aagard
Re: Which fish to release?
by elkhunt on 05/08/2009 10:33 AM | Reply #2 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
elkhunt
Joined: 06/10/2008
Location: ND

I am pretty sure I caught and released that same fish on a tributary of Devils Lake.
Are you sure you were on the Missouri?
Nice fish anyway.
Re: Which fish to release?
by Tim Sandstrom on 05/08/2009 11:06 AM | Reply #3 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
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Joined: 07/14/2003
Location: ND
It's a South Dakota raised fish anyway...heh, heh!




 
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Re: Which fish to release?
by Dirty. on 05/08/2009 12:24 PM | Reply #4 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
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Joined: 11/09/2007
Location: ND

They're almost all full of eggs right now. We've been releasing the big gals but just being full of eggs isn't saving most of them right now. I'd be starving if I was only keeping the males. I think out of 100 fish this year in our boat about 5 have been males.
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Posted On: 05/08/2009 10:14 AM
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