I don't see much of a problem with it..... The vedder gets large if not the largest runs of all the rivers in the lower-mainland so who cares. It's a harvest for some and for others it's a sport. The sorties seem to think that what they enjoy should be what other must do and I don't agree with that. Under the exact same argument the PETA group says the fishermen are barbaric and they are right... We don't need the meat as we can get protein from else wheres... And the C&R guys are doing nothing more than torturing fish for their own amusement.... and they seem to like to do so on runs that are not hatchery and wild and in reality should be left alone... But they seem to think they are special.
And people seem to keep implying that hunting is sporting and, blah, blah, blah,....
they shoot the animal from large distances as it is a harvest. Now if a guy went out with a knife and took an animal on then I would call that sporting, but all other mean is no different than flossing... Even bow hunters sometimes sit and wait to take a "sucker shot" with out the animal not even having a chance.... And I have no problem with that as it is a harvest, NO C&R there.
The fact is those who preach that it is unethical are hypocrites and nothing more!
Now I personally don't floss much any more as I enjoy knowing that they bite and I do fairly well, but the odd time when it is called for I'll also floss. I won't however floss unless there is a decent sized run and most likely I'll be keeping the fish and usually it is a last resort as conditions may be difficult for what ever reason.
Flossing on small flows is unfortunate but that is the human nature.
But if there were lots of fish it'd be no problem...
Snagging is not flossing and is wrong!
It blows me away when people, and I won't name names, but think that flossing is so unethical and choose to bait fish (which I find can result in death due to deep hooking of wild fish) preach how bad flossing is yet go and hunt???
I'm sure they would be up in arms if some one tried to shoot a fish for food, LOL. Now if they went out with a rod and bait (bark, leafs, what ever land creatures eat) then they would have a leg to stand on... but they don't.
Rec fisher have little impact on the numbers VS the commercial guys who are far less "ethical" than the people who floss.
The real problems here is over fishing and usually this is the result of commercial fisheries. Flossers are consuming a local food source,
but commercial/some FN guys are exploiting our local foods source for greedy cash!!!And we also have a government that is putting less and less money into our resources (look at hatchery numbers from the 80's to now, it is declining on some rivers) as I believe they have an opposite agenda.... no fish in the rivers would mean that it would be far easier to dam them which would result in more hydro electricity they could produce in which would grow the economy and put money into the hands of the social elite (the ones who run the show).
No fish = no fishermen = no one to speak up when they want to dam and destroy rivers...
Fishery's are a management nightmare and don't add much to the over Canadian economy. In fact, I "think" that fish farms actually add more to the over all economy than natural runs... no enforcement, more stuff purchased (tax paid), etc....
I say simmer down.... enjoy what you have... as our government will soon destroy it....
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