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Sweetwater · 03-16-2009, 04:56 PM

I understand the concern, especially since fish have a much lower volume of blood by body mass than do mammals. Put I'd think a properly handled BFT that wasn't fought for 2 hours and had no gill damage or wasn't gaft in a critical area when landed has a reasonable survival rate when released.

03-16-2009, 04:56 PM	#6
Sweetwater Ruled only by the tide iTrader: (0) Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Truro Posts: 801	I understand the concern, especially since fish have a much lower volume of blood by body mass than do mammals. Put I'd think a properly handled BFT that wasn't fought for 2 hours and had no gill damage or wasn't gaft in a critical area when landed has a reasonable survival rate when released.
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