Re: do you eat what you catch??
Kill and eat the majority of stocked trout I catch, if I have enough in the freezer then they go back.
Kill and eat the majority of sea fish I catch unless I have plenty in the freezer then as above they go back. The only exception to this is regarding bass. I will only take a few fish each year, if they are takeable size, and as the other poster I release all the larger specimens.
I have no qualms in taking wild trout if there is a healthy sustainable population but I limit my bag to what I can eat at the time, I don't stock the freezer with these.
If the rules allow I will always take my limit of salmon/sea trout. I only fish for these a couple of times a year and if what I kill is could be detrimental then I believe we shouldn't be fishing for them at all.
In short I enjoy catching and eating fish, particularly wild fish.
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