11-03-2009, 06:43 PM
Just so you know, we carefully grabbed their gill plates without touching their gills and held them up for about 5 seconds to snap a picture. Hands were wet before touching them and only out of the water for less than 30 seconds at most. I rarely hold big fish by the gill plates and I probably won't anymore from this point on and I do appreciate the reminder.
But just curious, who has come up with the number that 90% of fish die after carefully holding them up by the gill plate? Is it more dangerous to do on larger fish? Just curious.
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But just curious, who has come up with the number that 90% of fish die after carefully holding them up by the gill plate? Is it more dangerous to do on larger fish? Just curious.
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