Oh crap. now you just had to go and post that didnt you. Here we go again.


I dont want to right an essay but on the question of whether or not its ethical that just depends on if your a purist or not. To some people your a scum sucking slime ball if you floss fish, to some people your only your a scum sucking slime ball on the internet but what they do and what they say are two different things. To some people its ok to floss surplus hatchery fish but your still a scum sucking slime ball if you floss native fish.

So is it ethical? That depends on whether you are a person that knows how to catch fish or a person that doesnt know how to catch fish? Most people that know how to fish will tell you it is unethical.

People also disagree on the legality of flossing. I personally believe its legal seems how for instance a gamie on a zipper was explaining to people how to floss silvers in a small river when I asked him if he wanted to come up to a hole of mine and watch me snag some fish. He of course hopped in his truck and followed me up to my spot where I proceeded to catch fish (not snag) using a jig. He looked at me surprised and told me he did not know these fish actually bit. Imagine that!

By the way he had polarized sunglasses on and I showed him the fish before I caught them. He watched the fish come up and nail it!