07-31-2006, 04:15 AM
Glad to hear you were able to find some willing fish. I had the same problem with two fish on Friday but was able to revive the fish by trolling with the fish in the net, it seemed like the water rushing over them got them going again but I'm not sure it would work every time. I think one of the problems is the high water temps, trout don't seem to like the temps when they get that warm. We were reading water temps of 70 and 72 degrees for a high on Friday. Years ago I caught a nice 18 or 19 inch trout from a little lake in Idaho that had a min. size restriction of 22 inches. The fish swallowed the lure and was bleeding bad before I got it to the boat. I felt the same way you did about letting the fish go but that was the law. As we got a few hundred yards from the fish a bald eagle swooped down and picked up the fish, that made me feel better, knowing the fish did not go to waste.
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