Killing Steelhead

H3Fisher
Are these the same scientists that claim global warming?

TheBlueLagoon

tim from harrisburg
If you intend on CPR'ing your fish then there is nothing wrong with educating yourself on safe handling methods and trying to release/revive your catch with as little stress a possible. Nothing wrong with having a bit of respect for them. No matter what kind of "scientist" you "think" you are. Just because the steelhead you booted up on the bank or fish gripped for 1.5 minutes trying to get the hook out swam away fine doesn't mean it didn't go belly up later that day. 
 
But hey.. out of sight out of mind.. right..

I'm sure you catch and release fish with perfect form everytime, Tim from harrisburg. BTW He never booted a fish up the bank.  You elitist get worse every year, your shat don't stink and even if it did you would find a way to say it smelled like roses.

TheBlueLagoon

tim from harrisburg

TheBlueLagoon

tim from harrisburg
If you intend on CPR'ing your fish then there is nothing wrong with educating yourself on safe handling methods and trying to release/revive your catch with as little stress a possible. Nothing wrong with having a bit of respect for them. No matter what kind of "scientist" you "think" you are. Just because the steelhead you booted up on the bank or fish gripped for 1.5 minutes trying to get the hook out swam away fine doesn't mean it didn't go belly up later that day. 
 
But hey.. out of sight out of mind.. right..

I'm sure you catch and release fish with perfect form everytime, Tim from harrisburg. BTW He never booted a fish up the bank.  You elitist get worse every year, your shat don't stink and even if it did you would find a way to say it smelled like roses.

There is nothing elitist about treating a fish you intend on releasing with a little respect. But hey.. they're just dumb fish right and the state will stock millions more so woo kares right! Get over yourself. 

You get over yourself, he released the fish and it swam away to fight another day. I guess you never had an issue getting a hook out before?  Get over yourself ya schmuck. Cry cry cry....wah wah wah...

Porktown

dano
Within two hours many of the fish they had tagged, and released in good health, were dead.

A knife in the skull and tearing out their gills usually has them dead in a minute or two.  This 2 hour business sounds inefficient.
 
Not sure what the hollering back and forth is about?  The article is about 1 study.  I can't imagine they are lying, I don't see any real gain from it if they are?  Is it the end all truth, who knows.  It seems to be pretty common knowledge, if you are going to C&R, keep the fish in the water as much as possible and release as fast as possible.  Add that hero shot in, and you are jeopardizing the fish's life, pretty clear and simple logic, although it may hurt your feelings.  I do it too, so guilty of torturing fish that have about the same sense of pain as most bugs, but still living creatures and should be respected to some level.  All this is saying is there seems to be less damage when the fish stays in the deeper water and not smacking its head while being freed.  Of course SOME fish smack their heads on water falls, who says these fish don't end up dead?  Many if not most (without any government consirocy liberal scientist trying to steer me away from the facts that only talk radio provides) Erie circushead end up dead before they make it back into the lake anyway, mostly to ice jambs smashing the unlucky ones that didn't go home on a stringer and provide a meal.  Heck, even fertilizer or cat food is better than rotting corpses on the side of the streams or floating in the lake.  That is what a PUT and TAKE fishery is about.  For those that think these fish all make multiple runs, explain why 1/3-1/2 of the fish in the streams aren't jacks, when they make up about that portion of the population?

H3Fisher