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Saltheart · 05-08-2000, 02:29 PM

One thing is too avoid overly light tackle. If you take too long to land a fish , its probably not going to live. I see guys fishing the canal with lighter stuff and a 12 LB fish takes 20 minutes to land. Not good.
Fish jigs where you can. They seldom hook a fish anywhere but in the mouth.
If you are going to keep fish , put a piece of tape on your rod so you can immediately judge the shorts and return them to the water. Leaving the fish out while you find you tape measure or pliers or whatever and them humming and haoring about if its close , kills fish. On the same note , don't cut it too close on the limit. It takes too long to split hairs and if you keep a boarderline fish , its probably too short about and hour after it sits in the cooler. Could save a fish and could save you a big hassle and a fine.
I'm going to write a seperate post about poppers and will hit on the conservation aspects there too.

05-08-2000, 02:29 PM	#2
Saltheart Registered User iTrader: (1) Join Date: May 2000 Location: Cumberland,RI Posts: 8,555	RE:Ways to improve the Mortalitly rate of recreational catch and release Striper fishing? One thing is too avoid overly light tackle. If you take too long to land a fish , its probably not going to live. I see guys fishing the canal with lighter stuff and a 12 LB fish takes 20 minutes to land. Not good. Fish jigs where you can. They seldom hook a fish anywhere but in the mouth. If you are going to keep fish , put a piece of tape on your rod so you can immediately judge the shorts and return them to the water. Leaving the fish out while you find you tape measure or pliers or whatever and them humming and haoring about if its close , kills fish. On the same note , don't cut it too close on the limit. It takes too long to split hairs and if you keep a boarderline fish , its probably too short about and hour after it sits in the cooler. Could save a fish and could save you a big hassle and a fine. I'm going to write a seperate post about poppers and will hit on the conservation aspects there too.