wasilvers
Well-known member
Recently I've been introduced to the lovely dogfish that abound in my local river. Not to brag, but today I caught the ' largest dogfish I've ever seen', so said the local police officer patrolling the park. It was a good 25-27 inches long - caught in 8 inches of river water.
So some kids are there and they INSISTED on killing the thing. The police officer fully agreed with the kids as did others there. I gave it to the kids to do what they wanted.
Anyway, should I be killing each dogfish I catch? If so, I'll kill at least one for every 30 minutes of fishing this river, today would have been the giant, and 2 15 inchers during lunch. I hate to kill anything without using it. Are they edibile - if so, anything special to cleaning/cooking them?
To brag again, the kids kept talking about the bait I was using and how they had never seen anything like it. It was just a 2.5" yellow crankbait with the front hook removed and replaced with a weight - to keep it from getting hung on the rocks. Thanks to the other tinboaters for the suggestion
Will
So some kids are there and they INSISTED on killing the thing. The police officer fully agreed with the kids as did others there. I gave it to the kids to do what they wanted.
Anyway, should I be killing each dogfish I catch? If so, I'll kill at least one for every 30 minutes of fishing this river, today would have been the giant, and 2 15 inchers during lunch. I hate to kill anything without using it. Are they edibile - if so, anything special to cleaning/cooking them?
To brag again, the kids kept talking about the bait I was using and how they had never seen anything like it. It was just a 2.5" yellow crankbait with the front hook removed and replaced with a weight - to keep it from getting hung on the rocks. Thanks to the other tinboaters for the suggestion
Will