Locally caught fish are full of dangerous chemicals called PFAS, study finds

[ThatOwlWoman]

True, but she's a real nut case. She argues with people who agree with her.

I won't even correspond for any reason after the last time she was having a moment.

That's true. Well, I guess it's better than kicking her puppy but not by much. lol

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

You cannot eat tilapia as most of it is raised in sewers in China/India. They don't give a shit about Yankee dogs.

True about farmed salmon, but I only buy Canadian raised. I'm hoping that it's better than other farms.

That explains why it smells like poop.

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

Freshwater Catfish used to be my favorite eating fish, crappie next, and then Sandies! I have never caught a Bass, so I have never eaten one.

I favor mostly Brown and Rainbow trout now, as I fish for them exclusively now.

But, I am not much on Bubba fishing anymore anyway, as the lakes around here are polluted and I don;t even have a boat anymore.

Motor boats are a lot of the reasons why the lakes are so polluted.

I am a Fly Fisherman mostly now, and not just because I enjoy eating fish!

It is mainly because everywhere I have ever Fly-Fished, I found myself in some of the most Beautiful settings I have ever seen before!

And there is nothing that satisfies my love of the sport, than tying my own flies, presenting one to a fish, and fooling it as a food source!

I mostly Catch and Release now. When I have a taste for fish, I'll usually buy them at a store or head out to one of my favorite restaurants.

But, having said all that, I still love to catch a couple just for cooking back at camp! That's quite satisfying to close out a great day in the stream with a gormet' dinner of Trout and Tators!

I would love to learn how to fly fish. Did someone teach you or are you self-taught? We live just a few miles away from a world-class trout stream. People come from around the country to fish there during opening week.

 

[Geeko Sportivo]

I would love to learn how to fly fish. Did someone teach you or are you self-taught? We live just a few miles away from a world-class trout stream. People come from around the country to fish there during opening week.

If you can flick a tater off of the end of a fork, you can fly fish! I learned how to fly fish through books. I have lots of them and they are all fun to read, Fly fishing has become some kind of fraternity that only fly fishermen understand, and there are so many ways to explain it, often times using humor and just common sense that applies to everything in life! SO, the next time you are at the used book store.....I highly recommend books about the sport and these men who actually think they are smarter than any fish- and often times mistaken!

So, the trick to flyfishing is learning how to false cast until you have the distance and correct angle to present your fly to a fish that you already know is there- WITHOUT SPOOKING HIM AWAY!

If you know what to look for and where, you can find trout just waiting there for their food, that are very hungry.

You can always use what they call an attracter fly, like a wooly worm for example that a lot of trout just can't ignore.

But most trout have a certain food that they eat the most, and those will depend on the area and what mostly naturally hatches out in the water you are fishing in!

Let's get you started with this film of these beautiful creatures!

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

If you can flick a tater off of the end of a fork, you can fly fish! I learned how to fly fish through books. I have lots of them and they are all fun to read, Fly fishing has become some kind of fraternity that only fly fishermen understand, and there are so many ways to explain it, often times using humor and just common sense that applies to everything in life! SO, the next time you are at the used book store.....I highly recommend books about the sport and these men who actually think they are smarter than any fish- and often times mistaken!

So, the trick to flyfishing is learning how to false cast until you have the distance and correct angle to present your fly to a fish that you already know is there- WITHOUT SPOOKING HIM AWAY!

If you know what to look for and where, you can find trout just waiting there for their food, that are very hungry.

You can always use what they call an attracter fly, like a wooly worm for example that a lot of trout just can't ignore.

But most trout have a certain food that they eat the most, and those will depend on the area and what mostly naturally hatches out in the water you are fishing in!

You're right, there are TONS of fly-fishing books and an entire mystique built up around the art as well. Plus all that great gear that guys love so much. I'd be fine with boots, a simple pole, and a reel to wrap the line around --like my mom used. lol

 

[leaningright]

You're right, there are TONS of fly-fishing books and an entire mystique built up around the art as well. Plus all that great gear that guys love so much. I'd be fine with boots, a simple pole, and a reel to wrap the line around --like my mom used. lol

Here’s a nice trout stream early in the morning and a decent Rainbow caught shortly after the first pic was taken. The pictures are a few years old but fishing with my boy created many great memories. I taught myself to use a fly rod when I was in my 20’s. I’ve had lots of fun since.





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[Althea]

Freshwater Catfish used to be my favorite eating fish, crappie next, and then Sandies! I have never caught a Bass, so I have never eaten one.

I favor mostly Brown and Rainbow trout now, as I fish for them exclusively now.

But, I am not much on Bubba fishing anymore anyway, as the lakes around here are polluted and I don;t even have a boat anymore.

Motor boats are a lot of the reasons why the lakes are so polluted.

I am a Fly Fisherman mostly now, and not just because I enjoy eating fish!

It is mainly because everywhere I have ever Fly-Fished, I found myself in some of the most Beautiful settings I have ever seen before!

And there is nothing that satisfies my love of the sport, than tying my own flies, presenting one to a fish, and fooling it as a food source!

I mostly Catch and Release now. When I have a taste for fish, I'll usually buy them at a store or head out to one of my favorite restaurants.

But, having said all that, I still love to catch a couple just for cooking back at camp! That's quite satisfying to close out a great day in the stream with a gormet' dinner of Trout and Tators!

I used to fish the streams/rivers, and eventually started learning to fly fish.

Then I just gave it up and fished the lakes due to the sheer size difference of the trout.

 

[Althea]

Here’s a nice trout stream early in the morning and a decent Rainbow caught shortly after the first pic was taken. The pictures are a few years old but fishing with my boy created many great memories. I taught myself to use a fly rod when I was in my 20’s. I’ve had lots of fun since.





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The colors on these fish are amazing. Especially in the fall. Browns are yellow or red. Rainbows are always beautiful. This is from June

 

[Althea]

You're right, there are TONS of fly-fishing books and an entire mystique built up around the art as well. Plus all that great gear that guys love so much. I'd be fine with boots, a simple pole, and a reel to wrap the line around --like my mom used. lol

Well...first you learn to cast, then you learn to fish.

Some days, if you aren't matching the hatch the fish will just laugh at you.

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

Here’s a nice trout stream early in the morning and a decent Rainbow caught shortly after the first pic was taken. The pictures are a few years old but fishing with my boy created many great memories. I taught myself to use a fly rod when I was in my 20’s. I’ve had lots of fun since.





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Beautiful. Thanks for sharing. There really isn't much of anything as beautiful as a clear, cold, running stream with cunning food hiding within.

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

Well...first you learn to cast, then you learn to fish.

Some days, if you aren't matching the hatch the fish will just laugh at you.

Non-flying-fished finned ones do the same. lol

I've fished from Alaska to Florida, in the sea, in the Great Lakes, in rivers and creeks and farm ponds and inland lakes. Caught my first fish at age 4 in Little White Fish Lake in Michigan, and it's been an adventure ever since!

Homer, Alaska:

 

[Althea]

Non-flying-fished finned ones do the same. lol

I've fished from Alaska to Florida, in the sea, in the Great Lakes, in rivers and creeks and farm ponds and inland lakes. Caught my first fish at age 4 in Little White Fish Lake in Michigan, and it's been an adventure ever since!

Seward, Alaska:

Is that a salmon from the ocean?

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

Is that a salmon from the ocean?

Yes, it is. Seward, Alaska. And halibut too.

 

[serendipity]

They weren't preserved but were very good. That was 4 or 5 years ago. I think I need to do some more this summer.

The way people are talking you'd be led to think that tilapia was a single species whereas it's actually covers nearly 100 species of cichlid fish. There are even tilapia in the Sea of Galilee and have been since Talmudic times.

Tilapia (/tɪˈlɑːpiə/ tih-LAH-pee-ə) is the common name for nearly a hundred species of cichlid fish from the coelotilapine, coptodonine, heterotilapine, oreochromine, pelmatolapiine, and tilapiine tribes (formerly all were "Tilapiini"), with the economically most important species placed in the Coptodonini and Oreochromini.[2] Tilapia are mainly freshwater fish inhabiting shallow streams, ponds, rivers, and lakes, and less commonly found living in brackish water. Historically, they have been of major importance in artisanal fishing in Africa, and they are of increasing importance in aquaculture and aquaponics. Tilapia can become a problematic invasive species in new warm-water habitats such as Australia,[3] whether deliberately or accidentally introduced, but generally not in temperate climates due to their inability to survive in cold water.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilapia

 

[leaningright]

The way people are talking you'd be led to think that tilapia was a single species whereas it's actually covers nearly 100 species of cichlid fish. There are even tilapia in the Sea of Galilee and have been since Talmudic times.

Tilapia (/tɪˈlɑːpiə/ tih-LAH-pee-ə) is the common name for nearly a hundred species of cichlid fish from the coelotilapine, coptodonine, heterotilapine, oreochromine, pelmatolapiine, and tilapiine tribes (formerly all were "Tilapiini"), with the economically most important species placed in the Coptodonini and Oreochromini.[2] Tilapia are mainly freshwater fish inhabiting shallow streams, ponds, rivers, and lakes, and less commonly found living in brackish water. Historically, they have been of major importance in artisanal fishing in Africa, and they are of increasing importance in aquaculture and aquaponics. Tilapia can become a problematic invasive species in new warm-water habitats such as Australia,[3] whether deliberately or accidentally introduced, but generally not in temperate climates due to their inability to survive in cold water.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilapia

Yes, I suppose that in the right waters they’d be fine to eat. People can call me racist if they desire but I prefer not to eat any “farm raised” tilapia … or catfish for that matter, especially if they come from China. But I’m skeptical about it farmed anywhere, so since I have a choice I usually choose to avoid it.

I also noticed your link mentioned how invasive they are. I remember when Peacock bass were introduced to Florida. Someone thought that’d be a good idea but here we are years later…most regretting that decision.

 

[serendipity]

Yes, I suppose that in the right waters they’d be fine to eat. People can call me racist if they desire but I prefer not to eat any “farm raised” tilapia … or catfish for that matter, especially if they come from China. But I’m skeptical about it farmed anywhere, so since I have a choice I usually choose to avoid it.

I also noticed your link mentioned how invasive they are. I remember when Peacock bass were introduced to Florida. Someone thought that’d be a good idea but here we are years later…most regretting that decision.

There are many tilapia fish farms throughout Asia, especially in Vietnam, Thailand and India. Can't say that I'm a great fan preferring sea to river fish. Nothing better than a big old grouper, parrot fish, pomfret or sea bass aka barramundi. Also a great sea food fan, freshly landed tiger prawns, lobsters, clams, squid and crabs are just amazing.

 

[leaningright]

There are many tilapia fish farms throughout Asia, especially in Vietnam, Thailand and India.

Yes. I think there are lots of them in South America as well.

 

[Geeko Sportivo]

I used to fish the streams/rivers, and eventually started learning to fly fish.

Then I just gave it up and fished the lakes due to the sheer size difference of the trout.

I've caught hundreds of trout, anywhere from very small brookies and cuts to 5 lb. Browns, and they were all just as fun to catch. I have a N0. 5 Rod that I use on small streams and beaver ponds. And I have a N0.7 that I use when going after the big ones. Since I mostly catch and release, the size of the fish doesn't really matter that much to me. I actually enjoy catching the little brookies and native cuts in the smaller streams and the Beaver ponds, because you can see the fish easier, and go after the larger ones.
However those youngsters will dash out and steel the fly from the big ones a lot of times. It's every fish for himself down there. It's like who is the hungriest and who is the most daring sometimes. Fish learn as they age, and the older trout are not so fooled by man made flies tied to the end of a string! The Youngsters will attack anything that even resembles a fly, so they are the easiest to catch and often times the most fun when you are fishing with the grandchildren etc.

 

[Phantasmal]

I would love to learn how to fly fish. Did someone teach you or are you self-taught? We live just a few miles away from a world-class trout stream. People come from around the country to fish there during opening week.

I’m not very good at it, but I always try. My son and son in law are excellent fly fisherman. I’m an old Kansas girl, I like my cane pole at the local fishing hole.

 

[Phantasmal]

Here’s a nice trout stream early in the morning and a decent Rainbow caught shortly after the first pic was taken. The pictures are a few years old but fishing with my boy created many great memories. I taught myself to use a fly rod when I was in my 20’s. I’ve had lots of fun since.





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That’s a beauty! Fresh caught trout cooked on a campfire is amazing.