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Is that Hemingway on the right? nt , posted on May 23, 2023 at 18:06:59
Sondek Audiophile Posts: 8945 Location: Fort Worth Joined: May 17, 2000 Contributor Since: April 5, 2002

RE: Is that Hemingway on the right? nt , posted on May 23, 2023 at 23:08:44
pictureguy Audiophile Posts: 21195 Location: SoCal Joined: October 19, 2008	Can't be. No shotgun...... Too much is never enough

Trophy fishing, like trophy hunting, is rather despicable, posted on May 24, 2023 at 04:30:28
Feanor Audiophile Posts: 8988 Location: London, Ontario Joined: June 17, 2003 Contributor Since: March 12, 2004	Doesn't do much to keep the weight off middle-aged guys either. Dmitri Shostakovich

I generally agree, but..., posted on May 24, 2023 at 04:49:28
Victor Khomenko Manufacturer Posts: 53355 Joined: April 5, 2000	...aren't these sold and fully consumed? I know big tuna is usually sold for thousands of dollars.

most of it's gone to catch and release, AFAIK, posted on May 24, 2023 at 04:51:15

mhardy6647
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Certainly marlin fishing off the US East Coast did, years ago.
Ocean City, MD hosted a white marlin tournament for years -- I don't know if there even are any white marlins to catch off the mid-Atlantic coast any more.

The ability to catch & release is what I like best about fishing. That and the zen of fishing. As a good friend of mine liked to say, "notice that they call it fishing, and not catching." :)

Catch and release doesn't work so well with hunting. :(

I was an avid (although not terribly serious) fisherperson for a long time -- for whatever reason, it's been years since I last went fishing, though.

... and, no, not a deep-sea fisher, although I've done more than a bit of salt water fishing on and near the US East Coast.

all the best,
mrh

Agreed ..., posted on May 24, 2023 at 04:54:21
reelsmith. Audiophile Posts: 12789 Location: CT Joined: June 7, 2005 Contributor Since: January 19, 2010	Blue Marlin is a gamey tasting fish and generally not eaten. A waste of a beautiful creature. Dean. reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.

Agreed..., posted on May 24, 2023 at 05:23:53
Ivan303 Audiophile Posts: 47145 Location: Cadiere d'azur FRANCE - Santa Fe, NM Joined: February 26, 2001	What a rogues gallery. Only respectful looking one in that pictures is the fish! "Reality cannot exist because it cannot keep up with the lies on the Internet."

Not being a fisherman, I wonder..., posted on May 24, 2023 at 05:40:07
Victor Khomenko Manufacturer Posts: 53355 Joined: April 5, 2000	I am curious what the procedure for releasing such a fish consists of? I hope not just cutting the line.

I'm not sure but...., posted on May 24, 2023 at 07:08:00

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Unless you're a commercial fisherman I don't think you're allowed to sell your tuna catch... in CA anyway. My brother-in-law fishes tuna off the coast of Southern California and further down toward Baja. They take a charter boat from San Diego for several days of luxury* fishing. He will catch huge tuna and have them processed at a nearby processing plant. He keeps some and gives most of it away to friends and family.

*I call it luxury fishing because the boat is fairly large, they have a crew that help you with anything and a chef serving up outstanding meals throughout the day. They also have nice sleeping quarters. The boat captain is always on the lookout for fish with his sonar and knows the best spots.

They all look like Hemingways to me., posted on May 24, 2023 at 07:14:23
peppy m. Audiophile Posts: 1715 Joined: February 19, 2021	Hemingways with hemorrhoids.

Similar but different., posted on May 24, 2023 at 09:20:03

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I went to a fishing camp for a three day weekend once with some co-workers. The camp was owned by a large vendor we did a lot of business with. We were taken by boat to a camp in the swamp. From there we went in small boats and fished for redfish and speckled trout along the coast. It wasn't glamorous, but the rooms were adequate, the food was good and the booze was free. The camp consisted of an anchored floating barge with bedrooms, a community bath, a commercial kitchen, a large screened in porch that had a pool table, table tennis, and a few pin ball machines.

When we came back from fishing, a couple of us started to clean the fish, but we were told, that would be taken care of. A few guys went shrimping with one of the guides the first night. The rest of us played cards and had a few beers. The food was decent and we all went home with lots of cleaned and flash frozen fish.

Community bath... heh?, posted on May 24, 2023 at 09:43:58
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RE: Not being a fisherman, I wonder..., posted on May 24, 2023 at 09:55:19

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Generally the fish is pretty tired and brought by the side of the boat. Tagged and hook removed.
Often they are held by the side of the boat while in gear to force water through the gills to re energise the fish a bit before letting it swim away.

Bigger fish are harder to handle and the hook can often be left in, but stats seem to show the hooks get shed by the fish.

Unfortunately big fish as big as this one sometimes die. I don't know the stats, but there's a +90% survival rate.....

Trying to hide from entropy
John K

Nothing like that., posted on May 24, 2023 at 10:13:16
srdavis2000 Audiophile Posts: 10147 Location: Deep South Joined: January 11, 2003 Contributor Since: December 16, 2004	Individual shower stalls, individual toilet stalls. There were no women.

Sort of like that in 1960's Japan but not crowded...., posted on May 24, 2023 at 10:29:22

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Completely separate entrances and visually partitioned off sections for men and woman. You thoroughly wash and rinse outside of the community bath pool. The steaming hot water community bath pool is for soaking only, no swimming. But I was just a 4th grader kid in the 1960's so I swam! Never got kicked out but scolded many times.

Homes had baths but the hot community bath was a treat especially during the cold winter months. Nothing sexual about them.

Take what you can use, posted on May 24, 2023 at 11:32:00
Uncle Mike Audiophile Posts: 6501 Location: Southeastern Pa. Joined: June 20, 2003	And give the rest back to the sea. It keeps sport fishing sustainable.

At that level it has everything to do with showing off who has the biggest..., posted on May 24, 2023 at 13:18:14
musetap Audiophile Posts: 30898 Location: San Francisco Joined: July 8, 2003 Contributor Since: January 28, 2004	pocket trout while covering up their minnow amongst their fellow manly men. A sad stereotype. "Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination"-Michael McClure

"Only respectful looking one in that pictures is the fish!"..., posted on May 24, 2023 at 13:22:04
musetap Audiophile Posts: 30898 Location: San Francisco Joined: July 8, 2003 Contributor Since: January 28, 2004	And it paid the price for that. "Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination"-Michael McClure

RE: FOTD, posted on May 25, 2023 at 13:06:32
pictureguy Audiophile Posts: 21195 Location: SoCal Joined: October 19, 2008	Takes quite a 'scale' to lift a fish like that! Too much is never enough

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