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numbskull · 10-16-2012, 02:53 PM

Toby, as editor of a fishing magazine it would help all of us if you had better information on C&R mortality for striped bass.
Here are some articles.

Striped Bass Catch-and-Release Mortality Study | Careful Catch Maryland

http://www.laterallineco.com/fishing...hards_1996.pdf

http://www.fws.gov/northeast/fishery...rdetal2005.pdf

I believe the average C&R mortality is 8-9%. That includes lots of badly hooked and handled fish. The lower end for lip hooked non-bleeding fish is more like 2-3 % although it rises quickly in warm water.
Gut hooking fish also raises mortality quite a bit, and guys fishing bait with J hooks catching larger fish creates mortality rates closer to 20% (or higher in deep summer when waters are warm).

10-16-2012, 02:53 PM	#9
numbskull Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master iTrader: (0) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: over the hill Posts: 6,682	Toby, as editor of a fishing magazine it would help all of us if you had better information on C&R mortality for striped bass. Here are some articles. Striped Bass Catch-and-Release Mortality Study \| Careful Catch Maryland http://www.laterallineco.com/fishing...hards_1996.pdf http://www.fws.gov/northeast/fishery...rdetal2005.pdf I believe the average C&R mortality is 8-9%. That includes lots of badly hooked and handled fish. The lower end for lip hooked non-bleeding fish is more like 2-3 % although it rises quickly in warm water. Gut hooking fish also raises mortality quite a bit, and guys fishing bait with J hooks catching larger fish creates mortality rates closer to 20% (or higher in deep summer when waters are warm).