I guess I've grown more of a conscious than I've been awoken to when it comes to fishing. Taking that worm and often having to tear it in half than shove the rest of it down the middle of it's body onto a hook seems torturous, almost inhumane....I guess I could understand it if it came down to me starving and needing the food but often times I don't catch anything of relative enough size to fillet and eat nor am I starving and anything will suffice for food....then consider the poor fish whom you just caused all this pain and suffering trying to get the hook out...which isn't to bad if you can get it out relatively easy but leaves you feeling awful if you end up tearing up the inside his mouth or it lodges to close to their eye. I've tried other non live bait without much success and here they don't allow you to use things like corn anymore you have to use things from the natural environment when using bait outside of using non live bait. I guess overall though it's a good idea to teach kids to fish because you just never know what the future holds and it could prove to be a vital way for them to get food. I enjoy sitting along a body of water and fishing but do I enjoy it enough to get past my conscious is my dilemma.