JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Stumbled into something on Saturday and tried 'em out last night.

WHOO HOO!!!

http://tinyurl.com/f3hpy

In Pearl/Gray, they are very attractive to stripers - big stripers. I
was totally surprised.

Boated and released a ton of blue too.

Good times.

Those things are delicious with dijon mustard.

Somewhat related: I'm reading more and more info lately (and not from anyone
even remotely involved with PETA) that catch & release does not work. The
mortality rate may be MUCH higher than we've thought for many years. It has
no relationship, either, to whether you use barbless hooks.


It seems the stress of the fight is too much for the fish. I have seen
many more dead fish floating around the lake in the past few years,
especially in the coves, as catch and release has become more popular.
I have actually seen a "catch and release" fish kill a fish that was not
caught. a 12" large mouth bass tried to eat a 24" large mouth that had
died (my assumption was caught and released) and the smaller fish died
because his eyes were bigger than his stomach.

As the popularity of fishing with light weight tackle increases, the
mortality rate among the catch and release increases substantially. It
seems if you can pull them in very quickly they stand a greater chance
of surviving, but who wants to catch a 5 lb fish with 50 lb tackle.
Fisherman need to start fishing with a chum line and then snapping
photos of their "catch".

I try to stay out of the "hunting" and "fishing" debate, but the Shark
tournament TV show makes me sick.