02-25-2014, 12:11 AM
I think there are many anglers who don't know what proper fish handling is or the differences between the fragility of fish species.
I learned to fish from my father. I learned what he knew. And what he did was toss the stuff he didn't want back in the water -- after sticking his fingers in the gills and generally pounding the fish around.
To be fair, until recently he hasn't caught enough fish on trips in the past to worry about releasing many anyway.
It's only recently that I learned a whole lot more -- largely thanks to this site and YouTube.
Now we are a lot better at handling and releasing particularly Cutthroat trout that populate many of the lakes we like to fish.
And its a good thing because we catch and release dozens each trip.
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I learned to fish from my father. I learned what he knew. And what he did was toss the stuff he didn't want back in the water -- after sticking his fingers in the gills and generally pounding the fish around.
To be fair, until recently he hasn't caught enough fish on trips in the past to worry about releasing many anyway.
It's only recently that I learned a whole lot more -- largely thanks to this site and YouTube.
Now we are a lot better at handling and releasing particularly Cutthroat trout that populate many of the lakes we like to fish.
And its a good thing because we catch and release dozens each trip.
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