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GERRIT- AFTER THERE DONE SPAWNING THEY START TO EAT EVERYTHING IN THERE PATH!!! HENSE AT THIS POINT WHY ANYONE CAN CATCH A FISH COME OPENER LOL
DOES NOT TAKE THEM LONG AT ALL TO GET BACK INTO SHAPE!!! YES THEY WOULD BE LETHARGIC IF YOU CAUGHT THEM HRS AFTER THEY HAVE SPAWNED!!!BUT THESE FISH HAVE LOST ALL THERE SPAWNING COLOURS AND ARE ALMOST BACK TO PURE CHROME!!! AND THE FIGHTS WERE VERY POWERFUL!!!
A HIGH MORTALITY RATE THIS TIME OF YR COME FROM FIGHTING A FISH TO LONG!!! WHEN THE FISH IS FIGHTING IT BUILDS UP THIS ACID IN THE BODY(SORRY I CANT REMEMBER THE NAME RIGHT NOW ) AND CAN BE DEADLY!!! IMPROPER HANDLING OF FISH ALSO!!! JUST TODAY I WAS WATCHING A GUY CATCH FISH !!! HE'D PICK THE FISH UP UNDER THE GILL PLATE(which is fine if you know what your doin) BUT THEN HE'D THROW THE FISH ABOUT 3 FT BACK INTO THE WATER FROM THE GILL PLATE!!!!
OFCOURSE I SAID MY PIECE TO HIM BUT YA COULD TELL HE JUST DIDNT CARE!!!!