Mortality Large vs. Small??

[BigFish]

After further reading Numbsculls post again I resent all that George staets as far as I am concerned and take it as an insult!! I do not propogate the killing of fish George and as far as my plug sales that has nothing to do with this discussion and I resent that you stated that perhaps it does!!

[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!

[BigFish]

I find it funny how people exaggerate what the actual thread starting post is about???

[Slipknot]

I see now, I never saw THAT reply by NS, I was replying at the same time then I read yours. sorry

Larry, relax it's the internet, maybe he read it wrong
people make mistakes and I have no idea what is going on here

[Slipknot]

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!

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.