Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 05:52:41 GMT, "Calif Bill"
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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 19:26:07 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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"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.

Mortality rate is lots less than catch and release into 350 degree oil.
Sure there is a mortality from C&R, and lots do not do a good release.
They
abuse the fish when ripping the hook from the fish. The California F&G
has
done a lot of C&R testing, and they do not see an excess amount of loss.
Part of it is barbless fishing hooks.

I swear, if they went and made barbless hook mandatory, you'd see that
drop too.
Friend of mine manufactures these. Donates a lot to the kids fishing ponds
at sport shows, etc. Work well. It is making some for the salt. So the
advantage of a J hook that you can release.
http://www.sheltonproducts.com/sheltonrelease.html

I just sent him an email - if he does make a sal****er version, I want
some - I think that's a great idea.

I'm going to try some of the larger hooks for testing.
Tom,
That will solve the problem of damaging the fish the fish by touching
and removing the hook. I have heard a problem with real "fighting" fish
is the die from all the stress and the lactic acid they produce while
fighting. By the time you get the them to the boat, they are completely
spent and don't even have enough energy to swim to keep the water
flowing past their gills. Someone posted something about keeping fish
in an live well until they have recovered, I have never heard of that
before, but it does make sense if it is at all possible.