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Not sure how much I believe about the handling of the fish will lessen their survival rate greatly. If so, there would be dead trout every where with the amount of fish we catch!THOMAS CITY CURVE wrote: Years ago, they did a survival rate of released fish and unless you wet your hands before handling and handle them very gently, that rate wasn't great. Even with this, at least the survivors add back to the stock.
I spend my dirty ole money in bait and tackle shops, grocery stores, restaurants, gas stations, boat ramps, etc and actually did just buy a house and 2 lots on the coast using the services of our site owner. Before that, I owned a condo at the Cape. My sisters and I have a condo at Daytona. My great uncle owned a full city block of downtown Jacksonville. My family and I have owned property in Florida for close to a 100 years.Gulf Coast wrote:This thread is derailed, lol....MD dirty ol money does spend good, just not enough of it in bait and tackle, buy a lot and build a house !!!I just don't buy a rouge netter taking more than what come out of that camp ground down there. Either way like SK said its a lot of things, we need to close trout in Feb. at least that would protect the fish in the river for awhile.
No hard feeling Crackers 
... Wonder why that is ?My bad Thomas City, I tried to delete some of the words that someone else quoted so it wouldn't take up the whole page and left the wrong stuff.THOMAS CITY CURVE wrote:I didn't say that.
I posted that. That was what a FWC biologist told me. He also said that we don't see a lot of the fish that die from mishandling. What he said was basically if the fish's slim coating was broken by rough net or hands, the fish, already stressed from being caught, was very susceptible to infection. He wanted to require everyone use a soft rubber net. I have heard and read the same thing from other sources. So, don't shoot the messenger.milto wrote:Not sure how much I believe about the handling of the fish will lessen their survival rate greatly. If so, there would be dead trout every where with the amount of fish we catch!THOMAS CITY CURVE wrote: Years ago, they did a survival rate of released fish and unless you wet your hands before handling and handle them very gently, that rate wasn't great. Even with this, at least the survivors add back to the stock.
We agree !!Pirate wrote:Being fair, I, for one, have absolutely nothing against legal netting. If its legal then have at it. It's anything illegal that needs to be stopped. If it is rec. fishermen taking double limits then nail um no matter where they live. Same with illegal netters, drug dealers or thiefs. Nobody like a lazy SOB.
Hey MD, I was just being funny. I don't doubt that mishandling fish in any manner, whether holding them upright or with dry hands, reduces their chances of survival.MudDucker wrote:I posted that. That was what a FWC biologist told me. He also said that we don't see a lot of the fish that die from mishandling. What he said was basically if the fish's slim coating was broken by rough net or hands, the fish, already stressed from being caught, was very susceptible to infection. He wanted to require everyone use a soft rubber net. I have heard and read the same thing from other sources. So, don't shoot the messenger.milto wrote:Not sure how much I believe about the handling of the fish will lessen their survival rate greatly. If so, there would be dead trout every where with the amount of fish we catch!THOMAS CITY CURVE wrote: Years ago, they did a survival rate of released fish and unless you wet your hands before handling and handle them very gently, that rate wasn't great. Even with this, at least the survivors add back to the stock.
