From: terryt@tekig5.pen.tek.com (Terry tURner)
Newsgroups: alt.fishing
Subject: Re: Catch and Release
Date: 14 Apr 92 14:35:08 GMT
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.

In article <1992Apr13.211340.2470@col.hp.com> fleck@col.hp.com writes:
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>A  few  questions  or  more  like  a  survey  to  enlighten  (Wildlife
>management major in college ( don't ask why I am in computers now)) me
>on how this net population perceives fishing.
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>Do you fish for sport or subsistence or both?

	Sport only.  If I had to fish for subsistence my family and I would
	surely starve.

>Do you feel that since you fish you have to keep the fish? (world perception)

	Like you Dave, I was raised that way, and kept everything I caught
	and threw it in the freezer or gave it away.  I now keep a few
	to eat but most are released.

	I will keep 2 or 3 spring chinook a year because that's all I 
	usually catch.  The Willamette run is in pretty good shape right now
	although I have my doubts, and if I keep a couple of hatchery fish
	it isn't going to make a big difference.  I do take exception to those
	that feel a need to fill their punchcard every year.

	On trout and kokanee trips, I keep a few to eat but not all the time.
	I usually release about 80% of what I catch.  My last trip to Crane
	Prairie, we released 'em all.



>Do you feel Catch and Release makes a difference?

	Yep.  If done properly only very few fish are killed and those become
	part of the food chain.

>Would you like to see more Catch and Release only water?

	Yes, I would also like to see more slot limits with no bait 
	permitted water as well.  Bait caught fish are much more difficult
	to release safely.


>Do you think you can make a difference by using Catch and Release?

	I'm not sure if I catch enough fish to make a difference personally
	but I would like to think so.

>Do you fish for Trophies only? and do you keep them?

	Every fish I catch is a trophy, 10" or 10 lbs.  Only keep a select 
	few.

>Do you feel the waters in your area are declining or rising?

	I am more optimistic with the introduction of the CAR reg. for all wild
	steelhead this year.  As I implied above I think the Willamette 
	chinook run may be in more trouble than we think because of the 
	declining numbers of wild fish.  All the more reason to eliminate the
	gill nets in the Columbia.  

		SIGN THAT PETITION!!!

	Trout fishing in the immediate Portland area is pretty dismal.  A few
	native fish on the Clackamas, some emerging Brown Trout fishery, but
	it is mostly put and take hatchery fishing.



>What methods of control are used on these waters?

	The Deschutes is an excellent example of how selective slot limits
	and CAR only has brought back a great native fishery.


>Are we ever going to have a president that gives a Damn?

	A little beyond the scope of your survey, but i'm not sure that 
	wild fish runs bubble to the top of the list for presidential
	priority, and that state and local groups will have a much bigger
	impact.


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>I have spent a  significant  amount of time on Catch and Release  only
>rivers and have had some expeperiences that I will not soon forget.  I
>would like my unborn child to be able to  experience  the same things.
>Will  it  happen?  I sure  hope  so.  How do all  you  feel?  I  don't
>believe C&R is the total answer, but it does make a difference.

	I agree.  Catching fish is part of an overall outdoor experience
	for me so keeping them is not the focus of the outing.  I am slowly
	working on my girls that it is not important to keep everything we
	catch.  It is a tough sell sometimes because they are pretty excited to
	show mom how they did.  

	Terry

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Terry Turner		   If people paid more attention to the really
terryt@tekig5.pen.tek.com  important things in life, there would be a serious
503-627-5630               shortage of fishing poles. 
From: glenn@hplred.HP.COM (Ed Glenn)
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 19:27:26 GMT
Subject: Re: Freshwater Fighting Fish
Organization: Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto CA