To answer your question, yes and no. Several years back The Maryland DNR
did a study on hook retention, hook type and barbed vs barbless.
Researchers hooked striped bass in the throat and retained them for 60 days
in one study and 120 in another. For complete information and the finding
look at the Sept/Oct 1995 issue of Sport Fishing (send me your fax number
and I will forward you a copy). For an objective review of the study query
the 1996 Flyfish archives at
http://bullhead.ais.unc.edu/cgi-bin/wais-flyfish-q with the search words
"cadmium". When the search is completed look at the first article titled
"re: saltwater hooks"
Regards
Mike Santangelo
-----Original Message-----
From: Vincent Pons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 2:29 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: spawning time, study on biat fiching vs lure fishing
thanks for these advices on when and where I can observe steelhead spawning.
I'll go later this month.
I have a question, do you know where I could find a study that prove that
bait
fishing decreases the chances that a fish has to survive as compared to lure
fishing?
Thanks in advance,
Vincent
