Good Article Mike
Sets the tone for being way more careful with any fish being released.
Seems there is room for a more detailed study for Stripers though.
Questions:
Do all bass who die from ill effects of catch and release float? If not then they are food for many ocean creatures and we would never see them to know they passed on.
Do seals eat injured, dying, or dead stripers? I know lots of birds do.
I release about 99.999999% of bass I catch and try to be careful always but do wonder on ones I clip the line with hook in gut or even a torn lip or bleeding gill....though they seem to revive ok and swim off.
How about when you catch a bass which has been hooked a few times and you see all the redness and even deteriorating sores from being hooked. Or the deformation of the jaw line from the same.
Always much to think about and consider.
Skitter
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