Re: Catch & Release Works
I have several catch and release success stories.
Once I was fishing Lake Champlain, and the guide broke off a bass on the hookset. A couple hours later we were fishing the same spot, and the guide caught the fish he broke off. On the same lure, no less!
On more than one occasion I have caught fish with a length of mono sticking out its butthole. Oddly, I have only ever encountered this with smallmouth bass.
I have caught two wild tiger trout in my life. In both cases, I caught the same tiger trout from the same spot a few days later.
I once caught a pickerel and hooked it badly in the gills. I brought it home and put it in my fish tank. Even with half its gills severely damaged, the fish survived in the tank for a year.
My policy is, if I catch a fish and it is hooked badly, and I have no use bringing it home, I release it and give it a chance. Fish constantly surprise me with how tough they are.
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Now the sun is just starting to climb up over the treetops,
And it's gonna be a beautiful day, that's plain to see.
But I won't be around at all, so don't even bother to call,
Cause on a day like today there's one place I gotta be:
GONE FISHIN'
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