That was me.
It was me that caught that 4 lber at TTL. As I posted on the other page, as I was leaving a guy asked me why I bother if I'm not even going to keep a trout like that. He seemed a little ticked at me.
I've been a converted catch-and-realeaser for so long in my bass fishing habits that unless I'm walleye or ocean fishing (or think I have a record ) it seems strange to keep a fish. The guy pointed out that the fish would die by next summer anyway, but it still seems pointless if I was not planning on eating it. I like to think that someone's son or daughter might catch that fish next and have an long-lasting fishing memory.
Maybe I should have given it to one of the hard-fishing corn-throwers at the lake. I wonder if they would have felt guilty that they didn't catch it themselves. I doubt it.
It was me that caught that 4 lber at TTL. As I posted on the other page, as I was leaving a guy asked me why I bother if I'm not even going to keep a trout like that. He seemed a little ticked at me.
I've been a converted catch-and-realeaser for so long in my bass fishing habits that unless I'm walleye or ocean fishing (or think I have a record ) it seems strange to keep a fish. The guy pointed out that the fish would die by next summer anyway, but it still seems pointless if I was not planning on eating it. I like to think that someone's son or daughter might catch that fish next and have an long-lasting fishing memory.
Maybe I should have given it to one of the hard-fishing corn-throwers at the lake. I wonder if they would have felt guilty that they didn't catch it themselves. I doubt it.
