Have you ever been made to feel like a criminal for keeping your catch? - Bluegill - Big Bluegill2024-03-29T12:41:53Zhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/forum/topics/have-you-ever-been-made-to-feel-like-a-criminal-for-keeping-your?feed=yes&xn_auth=noI see nothing wrong with eati…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2014-08-27:2036984:Comment:5448362014-08-27T22:18:07.774ZBruce Tomasellihttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/BruceTomaselli
<p>I see nothing wrong with eating a few fish or releasing them. People have been eating fish since the beginning of time and they're still plenty of them swimming around.</p>
<p>I see nothing wrong with eating a few fish or releasing them. People have been eating fish since the beginning of time and they're still plenty of them swimming around.</p> Earl I dont feel a bit of rem…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2014-08-27:2036984:Comment:5446072014-08-27T14:21:49.026ZBrian Joneshttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/BrianJones
<p>Earl I dont feel a bit of remorse when I fish. I have long ago accepted that no matter what I do, someone will fetch and complain. Some folks have nothing better to do or have theirs priorities and values out of balance. In the end I do what I feel is right and what I would want my kids to do, I am after all leading by example.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I lean toward keeping the runts, taking pictures of the larger ones. Sometimes I may keep a larger one but not the largest. I keep only what will…</p>
<p>Earl I dont feel a bit of remorse when I fish. I have long ago accepted that no matter what I do, someone will fetch and complain. Some folks have nothing better to do or have theirs priorities and values out of balance. In the end I do what I feel is right and what I would want my kids to do, I am after all leading by example.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I lean toward keeping the runts, taking pictures of the larger ones. Sometimes I may keep a larger one but not the largest. I keep only what will fill my appitite and enjoy the fight I get from the others.</p>
<p> </p> I agree with Walt and have se…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2014-04-04:2036984:Comment:4924892014-04-04T11:13:19.924ZGeoffhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/Geoff
<p>I agree with Walt and have seen bg factories reduced to 7/8 in. max by the over harvesting pigs.Selective harvest is important in maintaining our sport,If dnr.has determined stunting is a problem thinning is very helpful along with habitat improvement.</p>
<p></p>
<p>I agree with Walt and have seen bg factories reduced to 7/8 in. max by the over harvesting pigs.Selective harvest is important in maintaining our sport,If dnr.has determined stunting is a problem thinning is very helpful along with habitat improvement.</p>
<p></p> About the only thing I've hea…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2014-03-31:2036984:Comment:4912082014-03-31T23:29:11.629ZCharles Ray Herringtonhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/CharlesRayHerrington
<p>About the only thing I've heard is "if you don't want that fish I'll take him".</p>
<p>About the only thing I've heard is "if you don't want that fish I'll take him".</p> In Hawaii, your made to feel…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2014-03-31:2036984:Comment:4910242014-03-31T20:49:35.324ZStan Wrighthttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/StanWright
<p>In Hawaii, your made to feel like a criminal if you practice Catch & Release. I remember the first time 20 years ago I showed releasing a fish on our TV show and the station got death threats and loads of hate mail. The station told me if I wanted to release fish that was fine… just don't show it on TV again. Things have slowly started to change since then, but not much.</p>
<p>In Hawaii, your made to feel like a criminal if you practice Catch & Release. I remember the first time 20 years ago I showed releasing a fish on our TV show and the station got death threats and loads of hate mail. The station told me if I wanted to release fish that was fine… just don't show it on TV again. Things have slowly started to change since then, but not much.</p> It takes YEARS To grow a blue…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2014-03-31:2036984:Comment:4909552014-03-31T03:06:47.941ZDavid, aka, "McScruff"https://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/david553
It takes YEARS To grow a bluegill to trophy size. Im talking 5 to 7 years... And more if the growth season is short.*<br />
Certainly food and genetics play a part.<br />
But, the fish simply must be left alone if it is to gain size.<br />
<br />
So, if we take all the big ones, the best ones, for braggin' and eatin, well... you can do the math.<br />
<br />
* Bluegill grow, i.e., add body mass, when the water temperature reaches above about 70 degrees and stays there. Here in the South(SC), that starts about mid April and goes…
It takes YEARS To grow a bluegill to trophy size. Im talking 5 to 7 years... And more if the growth season is short.*<br />
Certainly food and genetics play a part.<br />
But, the fish simply must be left alone if it is to gain size.<br />
<br />
So, if we take all the big ones, the best ones, for braggin' and eatin, well... you can do the math.<br />
<br />
* Bluegill grow, i.e., add body mass, when the water temperature reaches above about 70 degrees and stays there. Here in the South(SC), that starts about mid April and goes to October.<br />
In Northern waters, that may only be from June to Sept. Maybe I'm wrong in my thinkin…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2014-03-31:2036984:Comment:4908622014-03-31T01:30:34.159ZEric Piercehttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/EricPierce
<p>Maybe I'm wrong in my thinking, but I always thought that the genes of the parents were passed on to the off spring...Generally speaking, if your parents were very tall then most likely you would be too. Then there is the skip in generations. You might collectively be more like your grandparents, or great grand parents. Would not at least part of that years, or prviouse years fish have the genes to grow large like the parents did? And surely that great big gill did not grow that big in one…</p>
<p>Maybe I'm wrong in my thinking, but I always thought that the genes of the parents were passed on to the off spring...Generally speaking, if your parents were very tall then most likely you would be too. Then there is the skip in generations. You might collectively be more like your grandparents, or great grand parents. Would not at least part of that years, or prviouse years fish have the genes to grow large like the parents did? And surely that great big gill did not grow that big in one year, so the genes should have been passed on to multiple years of fish. I would think it has a bit of food supply to the number of fish available as well as the genes of the fish to determine the size they would grow to. Just an other look on the matter. Ifyou took two off spring from the same parents, placed one in a lake with only large fish with ample food supply for all of them, and the other one one in a lake that had too many fish for the amount of fish it had, would not the fish in the less crowded lake with ample food grow larger, even though they had the same genes? Something to ponder....</p> Great advise, Rob...especiall…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2014-02-22:2036984:Comment:4799522014-02-22T01:54:23.199ZJim Gronawhttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/JimGronaw
<p>Great advise, Rob...especially that 375 tip on the hot oil!</p>
<p>Great advise, Rob...especially that 375 tip on the hot oil!</p> GOOD ONE PAT and if ya can't…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2014-02-16:2036984:Comment:4786162014-02-16T21:32:22.046ZDAVID L EITUTIShttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/DAVIDLEITUTIS
<p>GOOD ONE PAT and if ya can't eat your fill send em my way, I"m not afraid to eat lots of fish , and the only way to do that is keep a bunch . As long as you aren't hurting anything what's the difference anyway. GO GET EM PAT!</p>
<p>GOOD ONE PAT and if ya can't eat your fill send em my way, I"m not afraid to eat lots of fish , and the only way to do that is keep a bunch . As long as you aren't hurting anything what's the difference anyway. GO GET EM PAT!</p> I guess there must be a whole…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2014-02-16:2036984:Comment:4786142014-02-16T21:18:14.316Zpathttps://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/pat568
<p>I guess there must be a whole bunch of people who don't like me I keep quite a few fish I like eating them what I don't do is supply the whole neighbourhood I keep enough to eat then they go back I also throw the big ones back (big fish breed big fish )</p>
<p>I guess there must be a whole bunch of people who don't like me I keep quite a few fish I like eating them what I don't do is supply the whole neighbourhood I keep enough to eat then they go back I also throw the big ones back (big fish breed big fish )</p>