IMO the practice of cathing fish just for the catch is plain stupid. If you go fishing you eat the fish, not throw it back. I'm also highly annoyed by those stupid fishing programs on Discovery and stuff, the guys with a big grin 'LOOK AT WHAT WE COUGHT, LET'S GIVE IT A KISS MATE' and they go on discussing and the fish just lies there gasping for fresh water to get some oxygen in their blood.
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IYA pleasure fishing stands on the same moral level as shooting deer (or whatever), bandaging their wounds and setting em free.
However, the conditions our cattle/sheep/pigs/chickens are being kept in is much more appaling than 'pleasure fishing'.
