Who eats bass?, Just trying to see the numbers

then if its illegal to throw back a dead fish, and its illegal to keep an out of season fish,, what do u do if u inadvertently catch a out of season fish and its gut hooked to the point its dead??????

dammed if u do, dammed if u dont, or dont give a dam?

Immediate release if you catch any fish out of season by accident.

I would cut the line and leave the hook as opposed to ripping it out. Possible try to cut the hook or at least pinch the barb. Hopefully that way the fish can finish its spawn before the hook complicates is survival.

I have caught fish with a swivel hanging out its poop chute, so I don't know if the hook really dissolves like I have heard some people say.

I eat bass often. Nice fillets, easy pickin', and taste great. I did a blind fish fry with pike, perch, and bass... surprised to hear most said they liked the pike 1st, bass 2nd, and perch 3rd.

I don't feel bad eating fish I catch. I pay for my sportsman license every year (never keep the increased limit), contribute money to the local economy, and enjoy catching my own food rather than buying from the grocery store.

Getting a bit older, and in my eyes, I went from keep everything, to keep nothing, to keep some for dinner. My opinion, keep what you want to eat, be mindful of the size you keep, leave the lake cleaner than you found it.

I have a much bigger issue with people leaving trash, littering, and treating the lake like a dump. My favourite is the guy who gets mad if someone keeps a fish to eat, but leaves his empty pop cans and garbage scattered around the shoreline.

Just my 2 cents. Baba booey Baba booey!!!

Hey now!

Being of European background, I remember growing up in the sixty's in Canada when all the adult men at the cottage would wake up before dawn and go fishing on the Pefferlaw River. (I was always disappointed when they didn't take me.) They would come back at lunch with an assortment of fish. They would typically have smallies, bluegill, perch, carp, and catfish. My grandmother would clean the fish for dinner and everyone would enjoy a huge fish fry. And everything tasted great. I think nowadays we are a little spoiled with good fish and good food. Having said that, I don't think I would eat a carp today.

PS. I would always watch my grandmother clean the fish. Those catfish were always tough customers, flailing about after their heads were cut off.

Here here my thoughts to a T

Here here my thoughts to a T

Yes indeed!!

You guys serious? Hook tools are like 1-5$ max. Got one for 65cents at crappy tire. Slide it down the line till it hits the hook. Give it a push, keep the line tight and pull the tool and hook out together. Pick one up, won't save them all but it will def save a few a season

As an adult I don't eat bass but as a kid I caught and ate bass regularly.

haha. I think I once asked the very same question. Don't recall I got a clear-cut answer. Afterall there is no answer to this dilemma, or are there any?

Quote from the 2017 fishing regulations summary (which spells everything as clear as water):

* Only fish that are in such a condition that they will survive may be released. Releasing a fish that will not survive and allowing the flesh of that fish to be wasted is an offence.

* Fish accidentally caught during the closed season must be immediately released back to the water

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Now! You inadvertently caught a out of season fish, and once you landed the fish, unfortunately the fish was no longer in such a condition that it would survive!

I also don't think bass taste is much different from other fish like perch and walleye.

This post has been edited by icecy on Oct 11, 2017 - 09:47 pm

I'll eat the occasional bass now and then. Walleye & Perch are tops IMO.

I eat them occassionaly if I'm planning a fish fry. I find that they taste better in early spring when the water is still very cold. I east exclusively pan fish - bullhead, bluegill, perch, smelt, crappie, walleye. I keep all and give away, most people don't notice the difference in taste among out fish species.

As many people have said, if the fish is gut hooked, I'll try to let them end on my dinner plate. But most of the time, I don't have any means to bring fish home, so I end up giving the bass to the nearby Asian who keeps asking me to give him my catches hehe. I'm simply stating it because that's what I've experienced while shore fishing. ( I'm Asian myself)