I don't buy the high mortality ratio... You see so many fish out there with sea lion marks such as open wounds and such... Do you think them fish were fighting for their life before they got away?? Plus, if they're such a fragile fish then why do they bite and whoop your rear after all of that? Here's a great example...



If the water temps were much higher and conditions were worse then maybe...

Here's a pic of a nice native recently released, Sparkey do you see any scales missing???

This fish swam off just fine, as well as all the others in the pictures... It's all of those that wine about it that will get it shut down....
Keith