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Well I've tagged an release a lot of fish and have seen a fes floaters from time to time but one sure reality is if the release mortality was just half what it is listed as you'd see hundreds of dead fish littering the shore line after every blitz. seems funny that with all the blitzes that have been witnessed just by those of us on this site there would have been loads of info and complaints on it about the release kill off. I've landed many fish that had hardware still hanging out of their mouths. Commercial release ie by-catch is just plain dead. netted fish don't swim away.I've worked on a gill netter as a kid. always thought it was such a waste.
Never have bought into the release mortality. especially after watching a Bassmasters show from time to time. No one is gonna ever convince me that the striped bass are that fragile and we're so poor at how we release the fish to swim another day. Ron
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