Hey Matt,
I do hear what your saying and I normally am a catch and release guy. I don't disagree with you about the health concerns with eating bottom feeding fish out of poluted waters (I live near the anacostia and I am aware of all of the concerns with that waterway). On the same note I would feel guilty knowing all of this and giving a fish I would not eat to someone else to eat. If I were to give it to someone, I would have to informed him/her about my concerns and let him/her decide to take it anyway.
I imaging one of the concerns with leaving a fish carcus on land is that the birds would not take the entire carcus and they we have a dried out stinky fly breeding skeleton on the banks. One other option could be to kill the cat fish, cut it up and put the carcus back in the water instead of leaving it on dry land. We know there are plenty of fish and organisms in the water to break it down. I know this is a messy and time consuming idea but if you broke the body down in/under the water after your done fishing, the fish would be consumed faster and not leave a mess on our banks.
Just a thought. I honestly down know how many people other than me that would feel comfortable and safe breaking down a fish at river bank. For that matter how many people would even care to put that much effort into it.
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