INGREDIENTS:
1 pound Large or Smallmouth Bass
3 tomatoes
1 onion
paprika, to taste
3 cloves fresh garlic, minced
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 cups monterey jack cheese, grated
1/2 head lettuce -- shredded

DIRECTIONS:
In a large saute pan add 2 Tbsp. olive oil, onion, tomatoes and garlic. Cook for about 1 minute. Add fish and cook for 5 minutes until soft. Add paprika. Grill tortilla until soft. Add fish and salsa, jack cheese and lettuce.

Studies indicate that long-term catch-and-release fishing can indeed impact a fishery in a negative manner  .(Smaller, more aggressive fish deplete the food resources of a lake faster and more efficiently than larger fish. According to biologists these fish actually take more forage for their size than they're worth to the lake in recruitment. That equates as larger fish having less to eat and not growing as fast as they could under optimum conditions with plenty to eat.

Ah, but we don't want to kill our little bass. We know that they grow up to become big bass. We believe we are doing the "right thing." But we could be cutting off our noses to spite our faces. The real question is are we practicing catch and release, or reverse selective harvest?

scout637 wrote on 04/25/12 at 15:33:44:


You should tell that to anyone who eats a bass over 1 lb.

Dan's fact list:

Fact 1: Everything eventually dies.

Fact 2: Fish kept for food die immediately.

Fact 3: catch and release works. It has been proven thru the catch records of tagged fish. You can't argue with that. There is no way more than 5 out of 12 fish I catch die immediately.

Fact 4: you don't die from a pierced lip.

Fact 5: You got some bad info from a meat fisherman.

I think the discussion is being directed at the stress factors and while there is studies that point this out, the technology put into livewells, aerators and even oxygen supplementation and cooling systems in the hotter climates are quickly addressing these and lowering the numbers.....alot of information is still based on old numbers and old thinking but the fact is that while alot of folks dont like tournament fishing...it is BECAUSE of tournament fishing that all this technology is possible!!! Selective Harvest is always going to be a viable and required segment of any fishery and should be promoted but for alot of us its just a hard thing to do.....My 2 cents.

On a lighter side... the recipe mentioned above can be used just as well with crappie, bluegill, walleye, perch, etc..

Selective harvesting is needed on some lakes problem is it needs to be managed & no one keeps track of how many bass are being taken Unlike salmon Do you have a punch card for Bass Also Salmon tend to die when caught they just are not hearty as bass when it comes to C&R.
Salmon are stocked & managed Bass are not. Salmon grow much faster then bass so the recovery of harvest is much faster. Bass grow to about 2lb in a year then only average 1/2lb a year after that.On the wetside of the state.
A 5lb fish could be 10yrs old. Taking those would be like cutting down the old growth trees.

C&R works & many 1000s of hrs & $ have been spent studying this. Tagging tracking & logging have proven it. If you think it does not then please link us to some prove otherwise I can fill this page with links to many studies that prove it does no harm & what happen when tournaments in the past had big fish frys at the end on the day. Watch a few bassmaster tournaments on TV they always are talking about management & how much better the fishing is now.

Bass are needed to keep bluegill perch & other fish populations in check If there are not enough bass then those fish will become a problem to trout eggs Bass eat trout also but they do not eat the eggs. Also note bass are opportunistic feeders & will go after the weak trout natures way of cleaning up. 

As for why C&R & what is our motivation I can only speak for myself. I can go out catch a limit & be done in 1-3hrs When I C&R I can fish all day & know that the next time I go there will be fish to catch again. The best part is its never the same one day to the next & I must figure out the puzzle every time.

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Yes to get proficient & the thrill.
monetary gain  you need to fish a few tournaments then you will realize that you lose $ even when you win.
Why do people compete in anything Why race cars your just going in circles wasting gas. Why play golf you just hit a ball then walk to it & hit it again.