Feeding the fish in my half acre pond has shown returns on Growth.
I fish my farm pond and throw back what I catch as a catch and release fun hobby for me measuring weighing and throwing the fish back in to see their growth. It is a serious alternate food source if the world goes to crap, and I need to find food too.
A one pond 10.6-inch redear bluegill.
A 9.45-pound Channel cat catfish.
My pond
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@Carissimi I can tell you they don't like it much. However, if you handle them properly, they'll survive quite well with little more than a lip piercing.
@atlantic59 But we go to the dentist to relieve or prevent pain and suffering, and it’s our choice. A fish swimming around minding its own business is not in pain until the human decides to inflict it for their own pleasure. I’ve never understood how some humans can enjoy something by inflicting pain and suffering on other creatures.
@MarineBob So how does it hook into the fish, and is it painless? I would think if we “got hooked” on something that dragged us out of our oxygenated environment fir even a few seconds, it would be traumatizing.
@WillaKissing I can understand fishing for survival. I can’t understand fishing for sport. I don’t like either one for the fish, but I understand survival, and what must be done, although I don’t have to like it. It’s the inflicting pain on creatures for the “fun” of it that makes me recoil.
