Frustratedearthmother's Journaling Journey

[frustratedearthmother]

We sure did! Had moderate luck. Caught less fish, but much bigger fish. We catch and release so it's not really a big deal what size they are, but it does make for a lot of excitement to reel in a big one! DH and I are thinking about dropping a line at the local park this morning. We've never fished there and I don't expect to catch much, if anything. Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

FISH!

 

[tortoise]

Why don't you keep some?

No judgement, just curious. We dont usually keep fish because we're too lazy to clean them

But DS7 is almost ready to learn, so that might change soon.

 

[flowerbug]

around here almost all of the rivers have a lot of pollution so i don't fish them - when i was up north the waters were a lot cleaner and the fish were delicious so i would keep a few once in a while. brook trout and rainbow trout, northern pike just over the limit were good eating too (if they had a lot of bones we'd just chunk them and cook them in a soup and the meat would fall off the bones). now i've made myself hungry...

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Why don't you keep some?

Where we fish is really close to several chemical plants. It is strongly suggested by the Texas Parks and Wildlife department that certain species not be eaten from these waters. Mostly bottom feeders like catfish, flounder and crab. Some species they say are safe to eat once a month. Nope - I'm not going to eat any of them, lol. Not that hungry !

We enjoy the sport. We love fish and I don't mind cleaning 'em. If we went further offshore I would gladly consume a flounder or two, a redfish, trout... Just can't do it where we fish. These fish glow in the dark, lol!

Galveston Bay and all contiguous waters including Chocolate Bay, East Bay, Trinity Bay and West Bay

dioxins polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

For all species of catfish, adults should limit consumption to no more than one, 8-ounce meal per month Children, and women who are nursing, pregnant or who may become pregnant should not consume catfish from these waters

Clear Creek upstream and west of Clear Lake in Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston and Harris counties

polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

Persons should not consume any species of fish from these waters.

 

[tortoise]

Come up nort' sometime!

 

[FarmerJamie]

Took a while to convince my MS FIL that we actually had real fishing up here in Ohio. He honestly didn't know we had crappie here too.

Not a fisherman, but I do like fried fish

 

[FarmerJamie]

Where we fish is really close to several chemical plants. It is strongly suggested by the Texas Parks and Wildlife department that certain species not be eaten from these waters. Mostly bottom feeders like catfish, flounder and crab. Some species they say are safe to eat once a month. Nope - I'm not going to eat any of them, lol. Not that hungry !

We enjoy the sport. We love fish and I don't mind cleaning 'em. If we went further offshore I would gladly consume a flounder or two, a redfish, trout... Just can't do it where we fish. These fish glow in the dark, lol!

Galveston Bay and all contiguous waters including Chocolate Bay, East Bay, Trinity Bay and West Bay

dioxins polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

For all species of catfish, adults should limit consumption to no more than one, 8-ounce meal per month Children, and women who are nursing, pregnant or who may become pregnant should not consume catfish from these waters

Clear Creek upstream and west of Clear Lake in Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston and Harris counties

polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

Persons should not consume any species of fish from these waters.

We have a popular reservoir here that has the former arsenal (now a national guard training facility) in its watershed. Supposedly safe, but none of the locals eat out of it. A century of military runoff.

 

[Mini Horses]

I don't fish. Don't like taste of fish. Works well.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I don't fish. Don't like taste of fish. Works well.

That does work well - for you and the fish,, lol!