release or grease

[jpdawg]

I keep Crappie and bluegill and will normally release everything else. I will normally keep 9-11 unless they are larger than normal. That is a meal for my family. I will keep a nice sized bass on occasion for the grill. I do not keep many for the freezer because I can catch a small mess just about anytime the wife wants to fry some up.

[kycreek]

I'll keep enough crappie & bluegill to always have some in the freezer. And I also supply a couple of elderly family members with fish. Almost always throw everything else back. We will keep catfish if we are preparing for fish fry's at the local campground.

[azdesertrat]

yea i feed my family mostly on wilde game and fish probally 5 meals a weak, i dont kill flathead but thats mostly becals i catch them during the spawn and for some reason when they get in the river they taste muddy but i knock the heck out of the channels but i prefer bass and crappie becals you can change it up more with cooking but ive just got back into fishing in the last couple years, i was a Comercial fisherman in AK for acouple yrs and that kinda killed my drive for sportfishing

[blue-jig]

Heard that! Maybe not the Spanish...lil wang??? Ha.

Or Snook, Flounder, Sheephead, Dolphin, Cobia, Wahoo, Kingfish, Spanish Mackeral, Redfish, Speckled Trout, Mangrove Snapper, well you get the idea.

[Tony the Tiger]

To each his own within the law.

[feeshrman]

Nothing wrong with keeping fish for the table as long as you stay within the regs.


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[Muttly]

I only eat trout salmon and some crappie now and then but I would say 95% is catch and release for me unless my elderly neighbor wants some fish then I catch them clean them and give them to her.

[azdesertrat]

im lucky if i catch anywhere near the limit the lake i mostly fish produces quality but not quanity our fish average 1lb+ and 2lb+ arnt too rare but limiting out is rare but does happen and if i somehow do get more than i need there's a looong line of pepole that want some

[LittleJohn]

First I love the taste of crappie such a clean meal. I fry fish for family members,friends, elders and have a few fish frys at church. So if they are legal then they are put to Grease.
LittleJohn

[bandchaser]

We eat crappie on a weekly basis almost. Within the regulations set forth by the state, it's seldom that I release any fish. We keep any crappie over 11", period. State minimum is 10". I do give fish to neighbors, family and a few friends. We also have several large fries during the year, and I have cooked fish for my employees about once a year.
The biologist says they will die in 4 to 7 years anyway, they might as well pay the price to my fillet knife and enjoy the best eating fish anywhere with family and friends!

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