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Utah DWR: Don't Catch and Release...Just Catch

We were in Seattle and had a chance to go on a boat that would then make sushi from the fish we caught. It was pretty cool. Some guy caught a small tuna on the tail end of the spawn run, I guess, where the tuna venture a little further north or east or whatever. We also had sea bass of some kind, grouper of some kind. It was pretty cool.
 
LogGrad98 said:
We were in Seattle and had a chance to go on a boat that would then make sushi from the fish we caught. It was pretty cool. Some guy caught a small tuna on the tail end of the spawn run, I guess, where the tuna venture a little further north or east or whatever. We also had sea bass of some kind, grouper of some kind. It was pretty cool.
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Holy crap, this sounds like my son's idea of heaven. I'd enjoy the hell out of it as well.
 
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Gameface said:
Holy crap, this sounds like my sons idea of heaven. I'd enjoy the hell out of it as well.
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It was hilarious because the sushi was fantastic, some of the best I ever had, including sashimi and really parts of the fish you won't normally find in restaurants, like tuna belly meat which is totally different than the red stuff you normally get as tuna (it was like pink and speckled with fat, almost like a prime rib eye steak). However, half of the people had some motion sickness so you had some people chowing down while others were puking over the side. Then the captain calls us over because there was a group of something gathered on the side of the boat, and it turned out it was like a few barracuda or something attracted to the puke in the water because he had stopped the boat so other people could calm their stomachs enough to eat. So here was this overly large pool of vomit spreading in the water with these long lean fish nipping at it. Then other people got sick at the sight of that. Overall very bizarre. None of it phased me, as I have an iron stomach in that regard, so I just kept eating until I started to grow gills. It was a cool experience though.
 
LogGrad98 said:
It was hilarious because the sushi was fantastic, some of the best I ever had, including sashimi and really parts of the fish you won't normally find in restaurants, like tuna belly meat which is totally different than the red stuff you normally get as tuna (it was like pink and speckled with fat, almost like a prime rib eye steak). However, half of the people had some motion sickness so you had some people chowing down while others were puking over the side. Then the captain calls us over because there was a group of something gathered on the side of the boat, and it turned out it was like a few barracuda or something attracted to the puke in the water because he had stopped the boat so other people could calm their stomachs enough to eat. So here was this overly large pool of vomit spreading in the water with these long lean fish nipping at it. Then other people got sick at the sight of that. Overall very bizarre. None of it phased me, as I have an iron stomach in that regard, so I just kept eating until I started to grow gills. It was a cool experience though.
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Being a Navy vet and having ridden a few "liberty boats" back to the carrier, anchored off shore, in a fairly drunken state along with other sailors in a drunken state, this sounds like pure gold to me.
 
I swear I started this thread to discuss Utah's fishing regulations and the value of catching and keeping vs catch and release.

Was hoping to catch a trout bum and jazz fish in my net.
 
Gameface said:
I swear I started this thread to discuss Utah's fishing regulations and the value of catching and keeping vs catch and release.

Was hoping to catch a trout bum and jazz fish in my net.
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I'm no fan of the game wasting laws. In a world where you have to manage resources, and stock fish like we do, what's the point of anti-wasting and tight bag limits that encourage anglers to throw back smaller fish in hopes of taking all the bigger ones?

Utah Lake has no bag limit on white bass. There are millions of them and they're pitifully small. They typically grow about 1.5 lbs (and up to 4 in the 70's), which is large enough to get some killer fillets from. Now they're all about 8 oz and nothing better than catfish bait.

I don't know what the state did to the sunfish and perch, but they're pathetic too. We used to have several lakes with large perch but there aren't any left. I blame it on walleye vulture fish but that might not be true.
 
Gameface said:
MFing Sunday!

It's an evening my wife and I typically have off together and we like to go out to eat so we make plans, get all excited and then realize the place we want to go is closed.

I appreciate the recommendation nonetheless.
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Just need to come to Provo/Orem where good sushi places are open on Sunday like Shoga.

https://shogautah.com/

Mostly joking since I often go to SLC on Sundays so **** is open.
 
On subject I was up last weekend in the high Uintas camping. We hike up to a little lake that was secluded and sat on the shore fishing, drinking and cooking everything we caught right as we caught it.

I almost never catch and keep just because it is a pain to get it home and my wife wont eat fish so its just me. Although this summer I caught some large trout at Strawberry and brought them home for the in-laws to eat at Sunday dinner. They had never had fresh caught trout. They were a little grossed out at the image of the fish but when they tried it they liked it. I ended up eating most of it them.
 
franklin said:
I'm no fan of the game wasting laws. In a world where you have to manage resources, and stock fish like we do, what's the point of anti-wasting and tight bag limits that encourage anglers to throw back smaller fish in hopes of taking all the bigger ones?

Utah Lake has no bag limit on white bass. There are millions of them and they're pitifully small. They typically grow about 1.5 lbs (and up to 4 in the 70's), which is large enough to get some killer fillets from. Now they're all about 8 oz and nothing better than catfish bait.

I don't know what the state did to the sunfish and perch, but they're pathetic too. We used to have several lakes with large perch but there aren't any left. I blame it on walleye vulture fish but that might not be true.
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The small white bass are a result of carp, plain and simple. I could go into it, but trust me on this one. Same goes for the perch, at least in UL.

I C&R 99.8% of the time simply because I haaaaaatttte cleaning/filleting. Another issue down south is the heat. Unless you're in a boat with a nice live well, your catch spoils pretty damn fast. I love fresh fish that I can cook on the campfire, but other than that, I'm not a fan. Sand Hollow is a prime candidate for stunting, and in my non-biologist opinion, it is already in bad shape. I've never heard anything about it at RAC's or online, but especially with the water situation down here, the bass population is in trouble.

If I had someone who would fillet all of my fish for me, I'd keep a limit every time it go out.
 
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