Thread: KY LAKE BLUEGILL PIC...last weekend.

Originally Posted by ready2fish

very nice looking fish and good job finding them

not on a bad note, but do people really need to take home that many at one time

This is the reason I hate to post pics sometimes, but I do understand your question. My dad and I actually helped another very nice man clean every single fish in the picture and didn't keep a single fillet for ourselves (quite a bit of work, but we don't mind at all). His family really likes fish and we take him once a year to catch and clean enough for his family to enjoy for a while. This fish are not wasted and I don't see the difference in keeping 20 fish for 20 days or 400 in one day. I don't really enjoy cleaning fish, but when I decide to clean them I catch and clean as many as possible and release them the remainder of the year when my freezer has enough for 5 or 6 meals for friends and family. I also take fish to some guys at work once or twice a year as you will see from this weekends pic. This is the best I can answer your question.

I probably caught somewhere between 300 and 400 keeper crappie this year and only cleaned maybe 60 or so and released the rest.