09-04-2007, 10:42 PM
Tom, I haven't heard or read where anyone said ALL the fish they release live. I KNOW some I release later die. No doubt about it. The duscussion was to REDUCE mortality as best we can, when we choose to release a fish. That's all! And if you've only eaten 4 or 5 fish all year, either you're not getting out enough, or you're also one of those dreaded "catch and release guys!"[
] ('cause I know you've been catchin' a few when you go!) Chill out bro.[sly]
Heck, I've definitely chosen to kill a douple dozen fish to eat this summer. (Killed one every night on the Green this past weekend for the wife!) Nothing wrong with that. But when an angler chooses to release a fish, or is required to by law, its nice to have the information at hand to give the fish the best chance to survive, even though we all know that they all won't make it. I was merely educating readers on the pluses and minuses of a lipper.
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] ('cause I know you've been catchin' a few when you go!) Chill out bro.[sly] Heck, I've definitely chosen to kill a douple dozen fish to eat this summer. (Killed one every night on the Green this past weekend for the wife!) Nothing wrong with that. But when an angler chooses to release a fish, or is required to by law, its nice to have the information at hand to give the fish the best chance to survive, even though we all know that they all won't make it. I was merely educating readers on the pluses and minuses of a lipper.
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