Catch and Release?

[Jeremiah T. Bagwell]

I was just wondering if you anglers in the UK practice catch and release or do you keep all the fish you catch?

 

JT Bagwell

[Elton]

In coarse fishing, virtually every fish caught is released.

 

In sea fishing, it used to be the opposite. However, great strides forward have been made these days and anglers tend to take home just what they want to eat, returning any other fish to fight another day.

 

Salmon and trout anglers tend to keep most of their fish, because they are good eating fish (I suppose).

 

Tight lines,

 

Elton

[Apache]

Not all trout and salmon anglers keep their catch. Some fisheries allow you to now use a sporting season ticket-with catch and release, as long as the fish is not removed from the water, and is unhooked in the water.

[Peter Waller]

G,morning JT. For once the UK was way ahead of the US in the field of catch and release. It started off with lonely anglers and sheep but soon progressed to fish.

[Nodin]

In Russia 99% of fishermen eat what they catch,

 

because the country is on some 70-th position in the world "life level" list,

 

and because we cannot eat oil&gas we have a lot

 

That's why I mention "fish soup" in my reports

[Newt]

JT - one big difference I've noticed is that in the UK, someone owns nearly all the freshwater coarse lake fish and taking what you catch would be theft unless the owner has given permission.

 

And BTW - coarse is all fish except trout, salmon, and maybe grayling. Not sure exactly where eels fit in though. Not strictly a fish so ????

 

I'm also just a little confused about ownership of river fish.

[Jeremiah T. Bagwell]

Newt,

 

That is very interesting. I never really thought much about the differences between the US and everywhere else but, it is clear the differences are many.

 

JT Bagwell

[Elton]

We've been educating Newt for a number of years now. He currently has a Masters Degree in UKism and is studying for his Phd

 

Elton

[Steve Burke]

JT, apologies if I've mentioned this already but you may find this article on the differences between UK & US fishing of help: http://anglersnet.co.uk/authors/steve07.htm

[Newt]

Steve - I'd forgotten that article was there. Thanks. Should be a help.

 

JT - my real education started when a UK angler mentioned catching a 7lb bream. I allowed as how he must have been on drugs since the worlds record for any of the sunfish we lump together as "bream" is way below that. Turns out there is a UK bream of a completely different species. And they do run pretty large. Fight sorta like a crappie on a really lazy day and will seriously slime up a landing net.