How feasible is it to fish for sustenance?
Jan 16, 2020 10:17:00 #
Foodfisher
Loc: SO. Cal coast
Utah also has a hunting raffle for deer. You may not draw out for a year or three.
Jan 16, 2020 10:49:32 #
In Utah I have little to offer. Perhaps by having sharp fishing AND hunting skills and being willing to
eat almost anything you can make it!
In Texas, on the Gulf Coast if you have a cast net and learn how to use it you won’t starve! In a conversation with a black shoe shine lady, subsistence living came up and she said she would never starve and I asked her plan. She said she would take some stale bread and a cardboard box and trap pigeons! Also there is the problem here of wild hogs overrunning the. County side! RJS
eat almost anything you can make it!
In Texas, on the Gulf Coast if you have a cast net and learn how to use it you won’t starve! In a conversation with a black shoe shine lady, subsistence living came up and she said she would never starve and I asked her plan. She said she would take some stale bread and a cardboard box and trap pigeons! Also there is the problem here of wild hogs overrunning the. County side! RJS
Jan 16, 2020 11:44:46 #
Music_Man everybody on this forum loves to fish. Love to do it and love to talk about it. How many of us are professional fishermen or women? It's one thing to go out there and commune with nature, it's a totally different experience to go out there and have to catch fish. So most of us supplement what we purchase to stock our larders with the occasional fresh catch. That's a way different approach than having to go catch a fish with that being the difference between a full belly and going hungry. 60 years ago I knew a family that lived off the land exclusively. They ate fish occasionally. And deer. But mostly it was squirrel, groundhog, possum, and the chickens they raised. They were a pretty lean bunch. I think I'll stick with fishing for the love of fishing. The day I have to go will be the first bad day of fishing I will have ever had.
Jan 16, 2020 11:53:45 #
Ron620DVS
Loc: Guntersville Alabama
I don't believe the time and cost of this decision justify it. The only gaib is fishing and hunting more.
Jan 16, 2020 13:07:47 #
Unless you’re willing to eat carp every day, give it up. You can land 50lbs of carp on a good day, but can you eat it daily? Game fish are much harder to catch in large quantities.
Jan 16, 2020 13:51:02 #
You are in a great spot if you have a boat. And if you like catfish. Utah Lake right by you, is my favorite place to fish for catfish. I still go there from up here in Idaho. A 3 hr. drive now. But UL has lots of white bass, also easy to catch. And walleye, large mouth and lots of carp. One of my favorite cat baits is a chunk of carp meat. And just up Provo canyon is Strawberry Reservoir. Great trout and kokanee fishing. Also a good Dear and Elk area.
Jan 16, 2020 23:55:20 #
My idea is Plant a Garden and grow tomatoes zucchini’s green beans, fava beans n peas, while yer waiting for the produce go fishing.
Jan 17, 2020 00:05:31 #
You should plant some okra and peppers so you can make gumbo. And at least one lime tree. Margaritas and Coronas.
Jan 17, 2020 08:07:37 #
Never tried okra, I heard it’s slimy. I don’t think I’ve ever even seen it!
That’s something I can look fwd to. Peppers and limes yea!!
That’s something I can look fwd to. Peppers and limes yea!!
Jan 17, 2020 08:53:14 #
Hey Sp27,
R U Going to cal expo this weekend?
Int sportsman expo!
I am gonna miss it!
I have to work!
R U Going to cal expo this weekend?
Int sportsman expo!
I am gonna miss it!
I have to work!
Jan 17, 2020 09:33:23 #
KeyLargo172yam80
Loc: Ocala
I do not believe you can effectively “save money” by fishing . Fishing is never a guarantee #1 . Therefore the days you go out and catch no keeper fish you have used the money you could other wise just bought a steak and potato on your travel / gear / bait / misc. items you will find you need while fishing . Including those store bought snacks and drinks to keep you going while your fishing .. see where I’m going with this . . It’s a hobby for a lot of people at most , for me it’s a passion. I have no care for money’s spent on going out on the water . I average $100 a day to take a trip out inshore fishing and I do it multiple times a week in summer , but yes I do score lots of variety and large size fish so I feel it does pay for it self kinda ..... lake fishing might be different ... I wouldn’t know ..but just enjoy the outdoors and supplement your diet with the extra wild fish you harvest at the least . Don’t try to “quit buying meat” you’ll starve
Jan 17, 2020 10:14:20 #
Raw Dawg Ron
Loc: St. Petersburg, FL
Good for supplementing our wild diet, but total sustenance I would think not! Sure go an a wild month and live like a bear. When food sources get low you will have to eat a stored food or starve all winter, well that`s a bears life.
Jan 17, 2020 11:04:40 #
DonSchaffer
Loc: Savannah Georgia.
I’m Back in the 80’s I kept a log of everything I spent on Elk hunting and total pounds of meat I put in the freezer. I did this for 5 years.
Simple math showed it cost about $35 per pound for meat, pretty pricey. I read somewhere way back that fishing was over $50 per pound, I don’t have a source for this just something in recesses of my old brain😉
Bottom line I kept hunting and fishing because I ENJOY it.
Simple math showed it cost about $35 per pound for meat, pretty pricey. I read somewhere way back that fishing was over $50 per pound, I don’t have a source for this just something in recesses of my old brain😉
Bottom line I kept hunting and fishing because I ENJOY it.
Jan 17, 2020 11:10:15 #
Jeffrey1 wrote:
Never tried okra, I heard it’s slimy. I don’t think I’ve ever even seen it!
That’s something I can look fwd to. Peppers and limes yea!!
That’s something I can look fwd to. Peppers and limes yea!!
Never tried okra, man you don't know what you're missing. It's only slimy when it's boiled,,, chop it up add a little corn meal, salt, pepper then fry it up, um um good
Jan 17, 2020 11:29:20 #
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