Bear Lake - poor fish handling

[jacksonlaker]

I was hoping this thread would go away but it hasn't ! If you really, really care about the fish then don't go fishing. You can handle the fish like your newborn son, kiss it on the head, swim a while with it in the water but the truth is you don't know if that fish you released is going to live. You may think it will be fine, but you DON'T KNOW. Catch and release guys always think they don't kill any fish, but even if you had a 5 percent mortality rate, all those fishermen letting fish go are still killing fish. By definition, catch and release fishing is basically tricking a living creature into thinking it is feeding on something, impaling it on a hook attached to a line while it fights for its life, not knowing at all what is happening, being pulled out of its natural enviornment, the only place it can survive,...all for the sole purpose of your enjoyment. We don't do this to any other animals. I rarely kill any fish, but wonder how many die anyway ??
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