killing fish to keep

[RossW]

And now for a poem. Ted Hughes explaining why anglers shouldn't beat themselves up too much for catching/hurting fish:

Relic

I found this jawbone at the sea's edge:
There, crabs, dogfish, broken by the breakers or tossed
To flap for half an hour and turn to a crust
Continue the beginning. The deeps are cold:
In that darkness camaraderie does not hold.

Nothing touches but, clutching, devours. And the jaws,
Before they are satisfied or their stretched purpose
Slacken, go down jaws; go gnawn bare. Jaws
Eat and are finished and the jawbone comes to the beach:
This is the sea's achievement; with shells,
Verterbrae, claws, carapaces, skulls.

Time in the sea eats its tail, thrives, casts these
Indigestibles, the spars of purposes
That failed far from the surface. None grow rich
In the sea. This curved jawbone did not laugh
But gripped, gripped and is now a cenotaph.

[neefish]

You and nee brains should have a pow wow up st Mary's with the other buffoon's
That spout -hite

what a knacker beachbuddy obvoiusly is

[neefish]

Eh? What's going on here?

Hi James... I had the temerity to say keepers should be knocked asap before unhooking.. stirred up a hornets nest.... beachbuddy gannin mad.. he wants fish unhooked alive it would seem... I dont get his reason. if reason can be a word that can be used alongside his name ,bizzar character

[magpies]

I think when we catch a fish we have a duty to treat it with respect. Quick visit from the priest if it is to be kept for the pan, careful unhooking and return if not. I have held a salmon in the stream for several minutes while they get their breath back. Just seems the right thing to do to me like.

[beachbuddy]

what a knacker

Iam afraid your opening post about how you deal with your fish is your choice,looking on youtube and commenting on people in Norway handling fish obviously hits a nerve with yourself.
If you look at my comments to your thread I've not once said I don't knock the fish on the head,so who's the knacker now.
It's people like you that start stupid common sense threads and get replys like mine.by the way I don't catch owt so the disposal of fish doesn't apply to me.

[neefish]

beachbuddy

heartening to know catch nowt too beachbuddy ..it happens... but you ve still not posted a reason you find knocking keepers such a stupid thing to do ...Ive tried but can't fathom any reason not to ....I really would be interested to know.....

[The Doctor]

Kill yer fish? Why man yer just gerra hold of the fish, put you thumb behind its heed and bend its heed reet back. Thats worradee wirrall my patients. ;O)

[neefish]

to the doctor

as long as its fast and effective doc...no need to perform surgery (deep hook removal) on a live ceature .. can't think why anyone would want to

[Ivabigone]

Think you need to take up some think else to do with your time if the fact of killing fish clearly affects you take up some thing less barbaric happy days

[phill_itofish]

I'm sure that everyone who calls themselves an angler will treat their catch with respect and dispatch their catch quickly and humanely. No angler likes to see fish mistreated as has been proven many times in the past with peoples outspoken views on people leaving mackerel flapping about on the pier and people keeping undersized fish. I actually can't believe there has been so many posts against what neefish was saying in the original post, which was basically if a fish is deep hooked and your going to keep it, dispatch it humanely first before trying to unhook it.

[sidblank]

Here here!

[topbanana]

Exactly what Phill itofish says, this forum has a lot of negative 'top rods' though.

[neefish]

Think you need to take up some think else to do with your time if the fact of killing fish clearly affects you take up some thing less barbaric happy days

i still cant get an answer as to why its stupid to dispatch keepers quickly

[neefish]

thanx

cheers for support chaps..good guys in the majority..Like Phil , I too am surprised anyone can object to my post...makes you wonder what the antis have upstairs..they obviously dont think very much if at all and could care even less about fish or anything else.... A ''couldn't give a toss'' attitude could give us a clue as to who the anglers??? are who leave the rubbish and loose line lying around at their backsides. .

[RossW]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klVZt-Y9HdA