Another thought on conservation...

[Walleye_GFA]

http://fishingminnesota.com/ubb/Forum65/HTML/000048.html

The above is a thread in the non game fish forum... I hear everyone talking about what they keep and dont... I've found that some rough fish taste just as good as "game" fish...

I know some people would rather eat their own puke than eat a non "game" fish, but look at some of these posts, and next time your needing fish for the skillet, and only have one walleye or a couple crappies, give this thread a thought...

Wally

[Guest]

Even though such fish as carp in England and other places in Eurpoe are prefered fish for table fare, I can not see that trend taking on here in the states. Most of those type of fish come from rivers around here and it is not the best practice to make eating those river fish a habit. I hear ya but I doubt it will ever be remotely popular.
Bullheads are a great fish to eat but you have a hard enough time explaining that to people. Not a lot of difference there from catfish! Anyhow.... It was a good thought.

[Aquaman01]

Walleye_GFA - MM passed your invite onto me. Thanks a bunch and I'd love to! I work a wage-slave day job and can get off at 4pm earliest before having to use vacation time (none left that isn't spoken for) and I'd have to clear it with my wife, as well. I'll let ya'll know one way or another.

I love that most folks consider Rock bass to be a 'rough' fish in this loh-kal-i-tee, 'cause I think they're yummy, fun to catch, open season year 'round, look cool, school up real predictable like, and as long as there's a little prejudice about 'em - there's more for ME!

In the northeast bluegill and sunnies are widely considered 'kiddie fish' and get treated as a rough. Real Yankee Men spend $400.00 for an Orvis flyrod and catch itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie-trout at a rate of one per trip, and are consistently outfished by 10 year old kids with worms.

(for the record, I'm a born and raised Vermonter and reserve my right to poke fun at my own kind)

Oh yeah, my e-mail is [email protected]
Shoot me some words so we can dialogue on your invite and future possible op'tunities.
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[This message has been edited by Aquaman01 (edited 04-11-2003).]

[vern]

I think some people are leary of keeping rock bass because they have a reputation for being wormy. I have never eaten one, but I'm sure they are pretty good. I think they're a cool looking little fish. Vern

[Perch Jerker]

Aquaman01,
From Vermont originally, hugh...
You ever shoot northen pike in the shallows with a shotgun back home? I heard it's legal there.

[Aquaman01]

I never did, and I never heard of that. Shotgunning northerns, eh? That's ....not my kinda thing.

It is illegal in Vermont, however, to whistle underwater.

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