07-10-2012, 05:09 PM
Agree that if you do not intend on keeping them, crimp your barbs and try not to take them out of the water.
Cascade has extremely warm surface temperatures and fish CPR takes patience.
Do not squeze the fish while handling (try to avoid handling out of the water all together) .
If you must, hold the fish by the tail, with a firm grip but not to the point of squeezing. Submerge in the water. Move the fish back and forth, head to tail. While pulling back on the fish, make sure you are pulling back long enough for the gills to open and water flows through them...hence make sure you are going forward an appropriate amount of distance because it is the backward pull that revives the fish.
Back and forth, constantly, and this may take several minutes.
Do not let the fish go until it clearly has regained it's strength and has the power to literally swim out of the grip you have on it's tail.
In a river, this process goes much faster and expecially where there is current. In a lake, be patient. I have taken as long as 5 to 10 minutes to revive a fish. It's worth it!
In these warmer temps, it is almost better to use heavier gear, and horse them in quickly versus making them fight to the death, especially if you plan on not keeping the trout.
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Cascade has extremely warm surface temperatures and fish CPR takes patience.
Do not squeze the fish while handling (try to avoid handling out of the water all together) .
If you must, hold the fish by the tail, with a firm grip but not to the point of squeezing. Submerge in the water. Move the fish back and forth, head to tail. While pulling back on the fish, make sure you are pulling back long enough for the gills to open and water flows through them...hence make sure you are going forward an appropriate amount of distance because it is the backward pull that revives the fish.
Back and forth, constantly, and this may take several minutes.
Do not let the fish go until it clearly has regained it's strength and has the power to literally swim out of the grip you have on it's tail.
In a river, this process goes much faster and expecially where there is current. In a lake, be patient. I have taken as long as 5 to 10 minutes to revive a fish. It's worth it!
In these warmer temps, it is almost better to use heavier gear, and horse them in quickly versus making them fight to the death, especially if you plan on not keeping the trout.
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