I catch and release mostly unless it's a tasty fish that I'm going to cook up later (perch, walleye, crappie, trout) I can see both sides of the argument and I don't like to bash people but what I will say is the way some people catch and release they would be better off just keeping them. If you are going to release the fish you shouldn't handle it or even take it out the water. You also should be fishing with gear that will allow you to land the fish relatively quickly so you don't tire/stress it out. I'm not saying I do all these myself but if you are going to take the I'm holier than thou art stance you should be doing everything you can to ensure that fish will not only live but thrive long after you've called it the day/night.

He's not the only one. We walked with some guy who was talking to us so we fished with him and lo and behold he catches 5 in about 5 minutes and leaves put them in a Giant Eagle shopping bag. It just makes me mad. And as soon as June rolls around fish start disappearing out of the delayed harvests

So another guy catches 5 in as many minutes and LEAVES....totally his right to fish that way....I wish you could see that.

Maybe you should simply find a secluded mountain stream where you will be not so likely to have to endure us common soulless "killers"...save yourself so much trauma....

i like guys like that; more for me. you people like to put the p.f.c out of bussness they won't stock if there trout in the streams . they just save money and make you pay more. think about it your money not mine i don't like trout but i do keep what i catch and pickel them there great that wayor if some old women likes them i give it to her. [dream on ]

i almost always practice catch and release, about the only time i keep fish is if i hook a fish deeply and it's gonna die. i got no problem with anybody that keeps fish just as long as they are going to eat the fish they catch or use them for bait for bigger fish. what bothers me are the people that keep fish just because they can, or people that just keep fish so they can give them away to other people. also, just because you can keep a limit of fish doesnt mean that you should. for instance the limit for panfish on most bodies of water is 50 per day, nobody really needs to keep that many fish. if every angler kept a limit of fish every time out it wouldnt be long before every stream and lake was fished out.

I fish mostly DHALO and DHFFO areas, but when I fish a bait section it doesn't bother me when people keep fish. They bought a license, they are entitled to 5 a day while in season. What does bother me is when I hear the same people complaining about their not being any fish.

LMAO