If you could change/create one Fishing reg/law, what would it be?

[Habs]

I actually meant mandatory C&R. No possession. No bait. Barbless. No roe in the creeks would reduce the "fishing and releasing all day" by a good margin to say the least

[Hardman]

One of my pet peeves is that of slot size for lake Trout! There are probably more fish wasted that way than ever taken home? Get rid of it!

The slot size for lakers needs to change. I agree this rule is not helping the fishery.

[trouthound]

I do a lot of Lake Trout fishing spring and summer and agree the slot size for Lakers must change. Have caught so many in the summer in the slot range and put them back only to see them float back up and die. In other words it takes at times to let go four or five Lake Trout and have some of them die to keep one for supper. In the spring time not as bad as the water temp is cold enough for them to survive. I stopped summer fishing for Lake Trout as it really upsets me to see so many fish going to waist

[werner.reiche]

so basically 2 AND DONE for trout . not like catch your 2 and keep fishing and releasing all day

Yes - it's an animal rights thing. C/R amounts to pointless torturing of fish. If you want to catch/kill/eat a fish, that's okay. But catching and releasing fish after fish is nothing short of torture for entertainment.

Switzerland, not Sweden, and Germany.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_and_release

[stillfisher]

Yes - it's an animal rights thing. C/R amounts to pointless torturing of fish. If you want to catch/kill/eat a fish, that's okay. But catching and releasing fish after fish is nothing short of torture for entertainment.

Switzerland, not Sweden, and Germany.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_and_release

Exactly.

[GrizzlyAdams]

I catch to eat not release...when everyone is out for muskie im going for perch...could care less about the big one if I cant eat it..so fully agree C&R is pointless from my perspective...also not in favour of catch and release of deer I hunt to eat not for trophies

[One_Tracc_Mind]

I catch to eat not release...when everyone is out for muskie im going for perch...could care less about the big one if I cant eat it..so fully agree C&R is pointless from my perspective...also not in favour of catch and release of deer I hunt to eat not for trophies

I fully disagree, catch and release is very important. And I'm teaching my child that our natural resources are something we need to cherish because when they are gone they are gone. Not saying we can't enjoy what we catch from time to time, but filling my freezer is unethical and selfish. Don't want to offend anyone here but as outdoor sportsmen we need to have a better attitude and not take for granted what this wonderful country has to offer. Catch and release is my way of contributing. Respect is a powerful thing.

[TroutSlayer]

I fully disagree, catch and release is very important. And I'm teaching my child that our natural resources are something we need to cherish because when they are gone they are gone. Not saying we can't enjoy what we catch from time to time, but filling my freezer is unethical and selfish. Don't want to offend anyone here but as outdoor sportsmen we need to have a better attitude and not take for granted what this wonderful country has to offer. Catch and release is my way of contributing. Respect is a powerful thing.

I've gone back to read all posts in this thread and can find nothing about anyone "filling their freezer". I don't know how anyone could fill freezers with existing possession limits even if they were inclined to. I agree with most here that C&R is very bad for certain species of fish.

[Rugger]

Yes - it's an animal rights thing. C/R amounts to pointless torturing of fish. If you want to catch/kill/eat a fish, that's okay. But catching and releasing fish after fish is nothing short of torture for entertainment.

Copied and pasted from PETA.com? Those poor little sea kittens.....

I'm not going to tell you that C&R is the best thing for a fishery but I believe that it's an important part. If I go out and my first laker through the ice is a 32"er I'm going to release it. I see no point in being legally forced to bring home a fish that my wife or any future kids can't eat. So I'm going to release that fish and keep trying for something that I want to eat, the same way I'm going to release the pike, rockbass, bass etc. that I catch before finally landing the walleye I'm looking to put in the pan. If enjoying that process makes me a sea kitten torturing sadist in your eyes, so be it. At least I'm not one of those evil guys chasing deer through the woods with a pack of dogs

[Rugger]

I've gone back to read all posts in this thread and can find nothing about anyone "filling their freezer". I don't know how anyone could fill freezers with existing possession limits even if they were inclined to. I agree with most here that C&R is very bad for certain species of fish.

You see TS, it's like so many other "discussions" that go on here: both parties must first take extreme sides of an issue to ensure that we never find common ground.