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Originally Posted by BigFish
May I also mention that I continue to disagree with the so-called "authorities" on the catch and release percentages......I think the percentage of mortality on released fish is alot better than the "estimated" 8%. I have never seen more than 1 or 2 of all the fish I release in a given season have any problem and that is only due to taking a plug too deep....which does not happen often!
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right, if I recall correctly, they did a study of a mess of fish in an enclosure, caught and released and determined mortality.
But like you said, I bet it's closer to 2% than 8. In nature other factors are involved and they don't know what precentage is fishing bait or plugs/jigs/flys etc.
Gut hooked fish tend to die but plenty of them live, even with a leader hanging out. The so called "authorities" might tend to skew numbers how they wish.