Funny you should ask. My fishing buddies and I were just discussing that yesterday. Here are our answers

1. To loosen the eggs. (Do they need to loosen sperm as well?)

2. To shake off sea lice. (But trout jump and they don't have any sea lice.)

3. Because they don't have a middle finger.

4. Just cuz.
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