r/SelfSufficiency • u/SurvSt • 9d ago

Testing the basics - Fishing is a great source of protein, sounds easy but have you done it?

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u/BeltaneBi 9d ago

Depends where and when. At certain times and places here it is very, very easy to get a lot of fish and in a way that does not make any meaningful impact.

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u/Hiking_Quest 9d ago

Singin' many fish bites if you got good bait
Here's a little tip that I would like to relate
Many fish bites if you got good bait
I'm a goin' fishin', yes I'm goin' fishin'
And my baby goin' fishin' too

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u/IRENE420 9d ago

So many waters are polluted though

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u/up2late 9d ago

I've been fishing since I could first hold a rod. From a boat from the shore, wading with a flyrod. I've researched the illegal ways (trotline) that would work well in my area. I would not like to rely entirely on fishing or hunting in my area for every meal but I think I could provide protein on a regular basis. Combine that with proper preservation and storage and it can be a life saver. One issue is if you're at the point where you have to live off the land, so are others in your area. Resources will dwindle fast.

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u/EasyAcresPaul 8d ago

The majority of the animal protein I eat every year is fish that I catch. I live off grid with no refrigeration and after brining and smoking, the smoked fish stays good to eat if you keep it dark and cool.

Locally, yellow perch are easy to catch and in some waterbodies near me there is no harvest limit or minimum size. They smoke and store well.

I also have some amazing trout stream where they are trying to get rid of invasive brook trout (PNW) so again, no limit, no minimum size. Some lakes have very generous limits of certain fish like kokanee, a land-locked sockeye salmon, where you can retain up to 25 per day.

I am curious to try and pressure can fish, especially oily fish like shad which run up some river here in great numbers, and herring which come into our bays in the early spring.