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big jay · 11-26-2007, 10:25 PM

I started seeing some reports again from certain people going out on a regular basis and hitting 50 or 100 schoolie holdovers a day.
So I'm wondering - is this really a good thing?

When you consider mortality rates of C/R, is this just killing a crazy number of Bass?(keep in mind, I'm talking about doing this on a regular basis) And does tagging all of these fish make it better, or just end up increasing the mortality rate?

I don't know if I'm starting some crap here, but it just doesn't seem to sit well with me.

Thoughts?

11-26-2007, 10:25 PM	#1
big jay Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: 14000 / 44031.5 Posts: 932	Targeting Winter Schoolie Holdovers I started seeing some reports again from certain people going out on a regular basis and hitting 50 or 100 schoolie holdovers a day. So I'm wondering - is this really a good thing? When you consider mortality rates of C/R, is this just killing a crazy number of Bass?(keep in mind, I'm talking about doing this on a regular basis) And does tagging all of these fish make it better, or just end up increasing the mortality rate? I don't know if I'm starting some crap here, but it just doesn't seem to sit well with me. Thoughts?