Fishing with live bait

[returningcath]

Is using live bait for fishing a sin?

 

[Xanthippe_Voorhees]

Of all the scrupulous things to think of.

NO.

 

[pianistclare]

Where does it say Thou Shalt Not Kill fish?
Weren’t the Apostles fisherman?

 

[FiveLinden]

The Church does not have a strong tradition of concern for animal welfare. But in recent years there have been a few statements.

 

[JamalChristophr]

Are they family relation or not?

 

[Shakuhachi]

As a kid I hated hooking the worm. I am glad I stopped.

 

[JamalChristophr]

The apostles used nets.

 

[Entwhistler]

If you are concerned about fishing with live bait because it hurts the live bait then you shouldn’t be fishing. That hook hurts the fish.

So no sin.

 

[DaveBj]

The apostles used nets.

At one point Peter used a baited hook.

D

 

[Kathleen18]

Might I suggest reading about the following Saints? St. Francis of Assisi, St. Phillip Neri, St. Gertrude of Nievalles, and St. Anthony of Egypt. They are just an example of Saints that are associated with animals and ecological well-being.

 

[Entwhistler]

The Church also has bigger fish to fry.

No pun intended.

 

[AlNg]

Weren’t the Apostles fisherman?

The apostles used nets.

How do you know that they never used live bait? I have not heard any sermon about how fishing would be a sin, provided you do so with good intention and care not to deplete the area of fish.

 

[Xanthippe_Voorhees]

The apostles used nets.

Nets are often baited. The two are not necessarily opposites.

 

[pianistclare]

I didn’t’ say they didn’t use live bait.

 

[AlNg]

I didn’t’ say they didn’t use live bait.

Do you think that the Apostles did use live bait or was it only nets without any bait? Many vegans today say that fishing is cruel and painful to the fish. That is one reason they advocate that people eat only vegetables and plant based food. Should we just forget about the pain and suffering of the fish as it is caught and harvested?

 

[Shakuhachi]

I never really like it because I guess I over empathized with the worm and fish. I haven’t fished since I was about 14.

 

[Entwhistler]

I fish here and there but I’ve never used live bait. I’m slightly squeemish about it. I suppose I could do it if I had to though.

 

[Shakuhachi]

Squeamish? I am totally Squeamish. I cut my finger once and fainted.

 

[Xanthippe_Voorhees]

pianistclare:

I didn’t’ say they didn’t use live bait.

Do you think that the Apostles did use live bait or was it only nets without any bait? Many vegans today say that fishing is cruel and painful to the fish. That is one reason they advocate that people eat only vegetables and plant based food. Should we just forget about the pain and suffering of the fish as it is caught and harvested?

Oh.

Good.

Grief.

We should not act cruelty towards our food. But they are food.

And we’re actually figuring out that many plants can “feel” things. So the whole thing is a bit emotionally charged with a severe lack of logic.

 

[AlNg]

And we’re actually figuring out that many plants can “feel” things.

How is that painful to the tree if an apple drops or is picked gently from the tree? That seems to me to be totally different from the horrific suffering and pain that a fish must feel as it is caught and cut up.