How To Release A Fish Properly

Описание: Best practices for how to release a trout correctly after catching one.
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Fisheries Biologist Gordon Edwards shows how to properly release a fish. As water temperatures increase during summer months, using the proper techniques to catch and release fish become increasingly important to help ensure the fish will survive. We ask anglers practicing catch and release to consider the following:

Fish early in the morning while the water temperature is cooler and carry a pocket thermometer to monitor the water temperature as the day warms.

If the water temperature is at or above 65 degrees, consider keeping what you catch within the regulations. If the temperature is 70 degrees or higher, do not attempt to catch and release fish.

Use flies and lures whenever many fish are being caught and released. Survival of released fish is five to ten times greater when using artificial rather than natural baits.

Play (referring to the time when you're reeling the fish in) and land fish as rapidly as possible, never keeping it out of water for more than 30 seconds.

Do not squeeze the fish or place fingers in the gills.

Remove hooks gently. If hooked deeply, cut the leader.

If a fish is so exhausted it cannot hold itself upright, and if regulations allow, consider harvesting it because the fish has a poor chance of surviving.