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Do you eat the fish you catch in Arizona or release them?

Area anglers discuss catch-and-cook versus catch-and-release

How many of you eat the bass you catch? Or are most of y’all fishing for the sport of it? — Travis C Patrick

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Do you eat the fish you catch in Arizona or release them?

Area anglers discuss catch-and-cook versus catch-and-release

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How many of you eat the bass you catch? Or are most of y’all fishing for the sport of it? — Travis C Patrick

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Worthy

I eat every bass I catch. Not as good as sunfish or crappie, but still worth eating. — Chris Coats

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Put ‘em back

Sport! Put the bass back. — Alan DeVries

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Move on

Y’all are fishing the wrong waters ... if your bass don’t taste good find cleaner water. — Clayton Morgan

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Choices

Sport. But if the person fishing has a license and wants to keep it, more power to him or her. — Bernard Hernandez

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Right back

I normally toss right back in the water. — James Ray

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Nope

Stop eating the bass, this is why we can’t have nice things. — Dominic Martinez

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Be free!

Catch and release everything we catch. — Chris Puchi

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Yum

Always wanted to try it. People are against it, other people eat them. Heard they taste good. — Cody Siow

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Just two

I only keep two for dinners and throw rest back. — Mike Crider

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Small

We eat most of the bass we catch. Never bigger ones (3+) it really helps them grow. There is too much competition for food, that’s why most Arizona bass are so small. — Matt Servis

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The best

Largemouth best eating fresh-water fish in my opinion. Only time I throw them back if it’s a catch-and-release place. — Marco Bisani

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Better

Depends on if I’m hungry for fish or not ... it’s damn good though not gonna lie, I’d even say better then some catfish. — Tyler Roberts

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Sometimes

I do when it isn’t spawning season. — Tom Simpson

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Costly

By the time I catch ‘em they cost about the same as king crab legs, so I eat ‘em. — Dave Gallinger

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Not tasty

Sport when it comes to bass. Hard enough to catch them at time in Arizona due to weather, golden algae. Plus, bass just isn’t that tasty; trout and cats are way better and hold more nutrients for us compared to bass. — Kenneth R Millea

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Not usually

Bass aren’t really one of my favorite tasting fish ... Only time I keep one is when I hook it badly and figure it’s going to die anyway... — Dane Hewitt

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Eat ‘em all

Eat every ... one of them! Bass are delectable! — Austin Garcia

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Golden brown

Love them when there that golden brown color and dripping with oil. — Scott Williams

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