For every yoyo fatality thare are hundreds, perhaps thousands of light tackle release deaths. Unethical is-the actual methodology of "catch & release"..that kills striped bass with light tackle///i.e. fly rod, spinning, and coventional....beat and wear down to fish beyond recovery......then the smiling release and the C & R dude exclaims-"Live fish live".....with a high percentage of the stripers become crab food...............The DEP should seriously look at mininum gear size--i.e. rods.....line & leader stength--for all C & R fishing............a regulation enforced..........to increase the percentage of stripers to live-after being played to death on light gear. Such a minimum gear size would save untolded striped bass.....get real
Light tackle "catch & release mortality"
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