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Dilemma

as you know, ole Pat, typically doesn't get too serious here, but i have a serious question for the "experts" on this site. (aaron - no need to comment)

i have a friend who is populating his pond. she is doing this by cathcing a few fish, from some local lake and transporting them to his pond. we will ignore the illegailty of this as it pertains to this discussion.

the dilemma is this: why is this any different than someone harvesting/eating fish from a lake? either way it negatively affects the population of the lake the fish are being taken from.

you nazis that freak at the thought of someone eating a fish, or in aaron's case catching it off a bed, how can you not be equally outraged by this?

(on second thought go ahead aaron)

btw: i am strictly a catch and release person

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Mark Byrne on May 31, 2011 at 11:22pm

Spread of disease is the real issue here, fish from different bodies of water have been exposed to different diseases and the fact that they are still alive proves they have developed resistance, but add fish that have never been exposed and you can have an outbreak that could kill off your pond and all fish downstream. This would be bad!

Permalink Reply by tyler inderbitzin on May 31, 2011 at 11:40pm

Ya either way the fish is still living like Jerry said, I got a great lake to take small ones from, Tapps trust me there are plenty small ones to be caught.

Permalink Reply by Randall J DeFreese on June 1, 2011 at 5:54am

My pond gets checked from time to time to make sure the bass can't escape into salmon streams. In the past they have given me suggestions as to the proper water run off and containment of the fish and have required me to do a few modifications.

Permalink Reply by Jake "The Snake" Anderson on June 1, 2011 at 10:37pm

To me it is no different. I like the bass to stay where they are, so they can be caught again AND to reproduce in the area I have access to.

Taking hawgs out of the system is what annoys me.

I don't mind when I see someone keep a fish or two particularly small to medium fish. What gets me is the bankies on the yakima who bonk every darn fish, and half of them probably don't even have a license. Its painful to watch.

Permalink Reply by Zackery Shaff on June 2, 2011 at 2:31pm

half is a very kind estimate.

Jake "The Snake" Anderson said:

To me it is no different. I like the bass to stay where they are, so they can be caught again AND to reproduce in the area I have access to.

Taking hawgs out of the system is what annoys me.

I don't mind when I see someone keep a fish or two particularly small to medium fish. What gets me is the bankies on the yakima who bonk every darn fish, and half of them probably don't even have a license. Its painful to watch.