flaming gorge 5/15-19

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[quote vetfisherman]No disrespect to anyone, but do you people realize playing "catch & release" with the kokanee is the same as killing them and just throwing them back into the water. It's very stressful on these fish. There's a very good chance a kokanee will die after being released even though it looks like a good release and the fish swims off. Try keeping your first 3 kokanee you catch then fish for a different species of fish.[/quote][font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000][size 3]Welcome to BFT vetfisherman and no disrespect intended to you either. But coming on here with your very first post to slam somebody's actions isn't going to gain you many friends on here.[/size][/#800000][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000][size 3]I agree that the kill ratio for catch & release kokanee is very high with the average running about 1 in 3 not surviving the practice. I don't practice catch and release on my boat and think it is an unwise decision for anybody to do so.[/size][/#800000][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000][size 3]However, the practice is legal and no laws were broken. And we have no idea how many people were fishing on Fritzfishin's boat or what their collective limit might be. I would suggest to you, vetfisherman, that a better approach would have been for you to have sent a PM to Fritzfishin politely pointing out the survival statistics of catch & release for kokanee and ask that he consider those statistics in his future kokanee fishing adventures.[/size][/#800000][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000][size 3]And based on your user name, thank you for you service.[/size][/#800000][/font]
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