Re: Big Smallie and Appearance by the mighty Tiger
Despite "fin saving" coated mesh net bags, sometimes when fish thrash around in the net their fins split and bleed since they are vascularized. This is NOT a life threatening thing. Esocids displaying a reddish flush over their scales are a different story.....they ARE in trouble and therefore minimal handling is necessary. Despite this, one can do everything right and statistics show 10 percent of fish released still will succumb.
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