Fuzzy

first off 8% is an extremely high figure to use as a CnR mortality statistic. try between 1-3% probably lower with barbless singles.


second of all a fish that dies after being released is not a complete waste. it's carcass provides nutrients that our rivers are desperatly lacking..

if you end up releasing a lot of bleeders there is something seriously wrong with the method you are using. fish that bleed as the result of hook injury should be extremely rare ( rare as in almost never happens) thats my experience anyway..

you killem all guys sure like to play the mortality card a lot but one thing that is rare to see on any river is a dead steelhead...

as i have stated before the moratorium was a superb idea and it should be a permanent rule regardless of how many wild steelhead there are.. There are sooo many hatchery fish that there is no need for anyone to ever keep a wild one. making anyone who does keep one a greedy person by deffinition.

mortality on steelhead caught and released on barbless single hooks is as close to 0 as possible.. where are all the dead steelhead to prove me wrong??? dead salmon wash up on the bank but there are never any dead steelhead that haven't spawned... why not???