Cant understand with so much emphasis on releasing big tog here and in many surrounding states . A deep drop depending device isn’t required on every boat .
Many states have done tagging and radio studies proving it’s extremely effective .
Instead of letting a fish lay on their side in a fish box , or in a net .
Seems using a descent release would get those big fish back with a better survival rate .
https://seaqualizer.com/product/seaq...ending-device/
Same with deeper caught sea bass every spring . Even Nj has done study’s showing at least venting a sea bass allows them to get down instead of floating on the top .
Takes only a second to vent a fish to hopefully allow it to recover to be caught another day .
I have seen days fishing for sea bass among boats with hundreds of short sea bass floating away .
IMO that’s just total disrespect of that fishery .
And if a boat can’t do what’s right for the fishery they shouldn’t be fishing for them .
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