Where is the Sport in That

I took my son fishing the other day. It sounded good to catch fish and then cook them up over a grill with fresh herbs and such. Since he's only four, I was feeling lazy, and people were counting on numerous fish for dinner, we went to a farm with a stocked trout pond. This is one of those places where a pond 15 feet across had 5 feet across of fish. It is so easy to catch fish that my four year old almost caught one with his bare hand.

I had trouble deciding if it was easier fishing there or in one of those tanks in the supermarket. The only experience like it is when I let a not so good fishing guide take us out in a boat in the Monterrey Bay and we caught over 80 fish in 4 hours. Turns out that our guide anchored us in the marine sanctuary outside the Monterrey Bay Acquarium. In a turn of divine justice he got arrested.

I don't know why it makes a difference, but it feels better when the fish has a chance to get away. It probably tastes the same either way.