Weird reaction. Anyone ever had it?
Jun 7, 2019 19:10:33 #
Been fishing quite a while and usually for “feeding” purposes. Like to get cod and share the catch with my ex wife. I fish, she cleans; good sharing of duties. Anywhoo, last week I went home with my cleaned cod and went ahead to prepare it (marinated in Indian spices and lemon juice). When ready to sit at the table, I had a flashback of when catching the thing and felt sorry for the creature. Finally enjoyed the thing, but with that bit of a guilt trip for what a horrible death did the poor thing had. Big hook down his throat, pulled out of the water and clubbed to death. Scary. Guess she will get all of my catch from now on and I’ll keep buying at the fishmonger.
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by derferico
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by derferico
Jun 7, 2019 19:10:39 #
Jun 7, 2019 19:10:43 #
Jun 7, 2019 19:10:48 #
Life is vicious. Everything dies, and most animals in nature do not die peacefully. If it weren't you eating it, it would be another predator that kills this fish, or a parasite or disease.
Honestly, I think clubbing fish to death is more violent than just fileting/gutting them. I don't know if you're really sparing the fish, or yourself, any trauma by beating it to death.
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by Artifoo
Honestly, I think clubbing fish to death is more violent than just fileting/gutting them. I don't know if you're really sparing the fish, or yourself, any trauma by beating it to death.
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by Artifoo
Jun 7, 2019 19:10:55 #
I heard fish can’t feel pain . Either way it’s natural. The eat each other alive .
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by doinkydoodler
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by doinkydoodler
Jun 7, 2019 19:11:00 #
Better than being torn apart by some other predator while it's still alive...besides their brains aren't big or complex enough to feel pain and the reason they fight being reeled in is they realize they're moving in a direction they dont want to go. I had a similar experience with a large bass my dad caught a couple years ago but I mostly fish catch and release anyway. I only keep panfish and bullhead catfish if I'm feeling the urge for a fish fry
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by dYaunie76
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by dYaunie76
Jun 7, 2019 19:11:03 #
I know it is all relative. I was just surprised by my reaction. Maybe just a disturbance in the force
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by derferico
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by derferico
Jun 7, 2019 19:11:09 #
I'm a catch and release fisherman and I occasionally feel some guilt after a catch. Look at it this way brother, at least you're eating you're catch. People like me just catch fish for sport. I love to see that you have a more humble attitude towards fishing but I'd hate to know that you're enjoying the sport less because of it. Also, if you hadn't caught that fish and consumed it yourself it would have been caught in a net, killed and sent off to some processing plant. Keep your head up and let this experience bring you closer to nature. Tight lines my friend!
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by boilermadness
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by boilermadness
Jun 7, 2019 19:11:16 #
This is a small part of the reason I don’t eat much fish. (The other being a nasty case of food poisoning when I was 12.)
I was visiting relatives when I was younger and we had trout. Something about seeing the skin got in my head and I just couldn’t shake it.
Now I eat fish maybe once or twice a year which sucks because I used to love it.
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by Scottler
I was visiting relatives when I was younger and we had trout. Something about seeing the skin got in my head and I just couldn’t shake it.
Now I eat fish maybe once or twice a year which sucks because I used to love it.
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by Scottler
Jun 7, 2019 19:11:23 #
Catch and release just for sport is more unethical than catching for a meal.
Up until the past 100 years fishing, hunting and gathering were main sources to keep us alive.
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by Guano-
Up until the past 100 years fishing, hunting and gathering were main sources to keep us alive.
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by Guano-
Jun 7, 2019 20:25:39 #
It is the circle of life. And the only difference between you and the fishmonger is that somebody else does what you did. The fish don't know whodunit.
Jun 7, 2019 20:25:43 #
If it bothers you to eat something that died by killing just go ahead stay home and starve. I’m like poor vegetables they die too. Get a grip and enjoy.
Jun 7, 2019 20:50:22 #
And if you really think about it, the Lord put that fish there just to provide you with high protein good fat meal and you got to have all that fun catching it. BIG BONUS!
Jun 7, 2019 23:39:14 #
Jun 8, 2019 00:46:20 #
I felt that way about hunting and quit. Once you shoot an animal you can’t throw it back. I f you don’t hurt the fish and you put it back it will survive. If not eat it.
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