% TROUT DEATHS??????

  • jeffleek
    preston, mn.
    Posts: 118
    May 13, 2005 at 5:12 pm #1309948

    JUST WONDERING IF ANYONE HAS ANY INFO ON THE PERCENTAGES OF TROUT DEATH RATES FROM FLY FISHING, SPINNERS, PLUGS, AND JUST PLAIN OLD BAIT FISHING?

    rickk
    Eagan, MN
    Posts: 28
    May 13, 2005 at 8:20 pm #362985

    I’ve heard it was closee to 100% for the ones that you keep!

    jeffleek
    preston, mn.
    Posts: 118
    May 13, 2005 at 8:24 pm #362989

    I guess I needed to stipulate released fish. Not put on a stringer or a livewell of sorts.

    clintm
    mazeppa mn
    Posts: 177
    May 14, 2005 at 1:02 am #362999

    I don’t know any pecentages, but I do know trout do not handle stress of be unhooked well and fly fishing they rarely swallow a hook so they can be released with less handling of the fish than say a spinner. If you are mostly catch and release fishing for trout it is highly reccomended to crimp or file the barbs.

    d.a.
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 481
    May 17, 2005 at 12:45 pm #363419

    Hook Mortality Link

    Here’s a place to start. There are lots of studies out there, many of which are in pdf format and are VERY long to wade through.

    Regards,
    D.A.

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