Ethical Ice Fishermen

[zhitoman]

Originally Posted by stevejordan

and lastly, everyone uses live bait on tip ups... been using live bait on tip ups since i was a kid and probably 99% of fish ive caught have been lip hooked or hooked just inside the mouth. once in a youll get a gut hooked fish but it happens. the only way to prevent that is to not fish...

Tip ups are not meant for catch and release. I don't know where and how you fish, but there is no way you catch 99% of fish lip hooked, unless you fish with 1 tip up and stay near it. About using trout for bait, trout is such a precious resource, it should be either consumed or released.

[stevejordan]

Originally Posted by zhitoman

Tip ups are not meant for catch and release. I don't know where and how you fish, but there is no way you catch 99% of fish lip hooked, unless you fish with 1 tip up and stay near it. About using trout for bait, trout is such a precious resource, it should be either consumed or released.

my location is in the top right corner of this post. if youre ever in the area pm and we can hit the ice and you can see for yourself. as far as the trout, the only people i know that keep trout for bait are keeping stockies. whats the difference if its consumed by a person or another fish?

[stevejordan]

not trying to be in a pissing match. i understand that your frustrated by the comments about foreigners but dont take it out on people that use tip ups and c&r

[Andrushkin33]

To be fair I only bash when its deserved.

I am sorry but you do not need 50 crappies and I have seen it time after time. Yeah I love to eat them but 50. Come on.

As far as pike or pickerel handling I do agree. I need a lot of practice to learn the proper release technique and solid advice from people here helps me out a lot. Still I have a long way to go. One thing to say it was released unharmed another to have it actually survive after you have released it.

Andre

[lennysky]

Originally Posted by zhitoman

Share a spot? I love catching them and eating them.

Almost all lakes have them. I've seen them in mountain lakes

[lennysky]

We all have uneducated fisherman among our waterways and it is our job to educate them gently. In terms of fish mortality, it is true that a fraction of fish survives rough handling. Especially in waters already low in oxygen or too warm. So I would vote to rather keep a few unfortunate fish which are hurt vs sticking strictly to CR.

[FASTEDDIE29]

[QUOTE=zhitoman;390621]Keep criticizing foreigners, but at least we don't use trout for catfish bait like some people on this forum.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Here we go again with the Trout used as bait drama. OMG!!!

[GetANet]

They all come out in the winter cause!!!!!! F'em All Buddy!!!
I love you no matter what kind of bait you use!!!!!
This shit is getting SO BORING, NOBODY wants to hear it!!!
If I wanna hear Bitchin About EVERYTHING all I gotta do is find my Old Lady!!!!

[saxmatt]

Trout make awesome bait and most of the pike and muskie I catch on tipups survive. I've seen the same fish get caught over and over and I've caught fish with severed gills hanging out of the gill plate and they survived that injury. I've heard the "they're gonna die anyway" excuse from the bucket brigade before. Bottom line is fish are heartier than most people think, but when you are planning on releasing a fish be prepared and try to return the fish in the best condition possible.

[jimcnj]

Originally Posted by stevejordan

ive only been on this site for a couple years but ive never seen anyone post a picture of a fish bleeding out and saying they released it...

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Agree. I never seen that either.
Also, using legally caught fish as bait is not necessarily unethical, trout or not.