Dan,
Excellent! I knew I missed a couple of things. The upside down trick really works with a few saltwater species, and it seems to disorient most fish. Wet hands and forceps, definitely.
Another thought with those trophy fish is to adequately support their weight (don't lift pike by the eyes, keep the fingers out of the gills, don't expect the gill cover to support 20 lbs, etc.). It seems obvious, but I can't count the times I have seen someone dragging a fish around by the head and then pitching it, to "jump start" it. Sigh. Save the torpedo move for the tuna, dude.
I would like to see more C&R designated water with single barbless hooks mandatory...
Cheers!
Brian
Dan Crowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
dittos to what Brian said. Here's a trick, though if you have to handle the fish. Make sure you wet your hands first, and then when you hold the fish, hold it upside down, belly up. They go calm when you do that for about 15 seconds. Also, always try to use the forceps to remove the hook. It is smoother, you get a better grip, and it should be easier on the fish.----- Original Message -----From: Angela and ZacharySent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 12:56 PMSubject: [VFB] a question of catch and releaseTo me a trout weather it is a rainbow, a brown, or the mythical brook trout, is THE most beautiful thing in the world. Fly fishing to me is to touch beauty and set it free, but it has come to my attention that there is a proper way with its own procedure in catch and release. I do however know that just yanking the hook out and tossing a trout into the water is not the procedure. but to save me writing a book would some one please give a step by step process of the proper way to catch and release? I know there has to be more to it than what I know, and to insure that the fish survive so I can great her on a much larger day.
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