FloatnFly Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 Its always good to have a reminder about safe fish handling at the start of open water season, and this article does a fantastic job of that http://www.thecleanestline.com/2015/03/the-release-fundamentals-of-fish-and-path-to-responsible-angling.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnote Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 Thats a fairly in depth article, good read for anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJL Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 Great article. Over the past 5yrs, I've been trying to evolve my fishing and photography around conservation best practices (ie. keeping fish in the water as much as I can). I believe it gives you a more aesthetically pleasing picture and both you and the fish are happier in the end Brookie by MJLeung, on Flickr Reflection by MJLeung, on Flickr Below the ice by MJLeung, on Flickr Half & half bass by MJLeung, on Flickr Gar by MJLeung, on Flickr I don't take too many selfies...Sometimes you just gotta be your own cameraman Selfie brownie by MJLeung, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatnFly Posted April 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 those are some awesome pictures! love the laker and brown! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnote Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 Beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dks Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 Great article, this should be a must read for all anglers! The best point in the article was using the analogy that leaving a fish out of the water is akin to holding one's breath after running a marathon. One big complaint I have is the way most (yes I said most) TV fishing hosts don't handle fish correctly. They leave the fish out of the water way too long while they are yakking at the camera. I always say to myself "put the damn fish back in the water!" That's my thoughts for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatnFly Posted April 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 personally i like to use a rubberized net to land fish, keep them in the water 100% of the time and still have a little control for the release Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnote Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 Great article, this should be a must read for all anglers! The best point in the article was using the analogy that leaving a fish out of the water is akin to holding one's breath after running a marathon. One big complaint I have is the way most (yes I said most) TV fishing hosts don't handle fish correctly. They leave the fish out of the water way too long while they are yakking at the camera. I always say to myself "put the damn fish back in the water!" That's my thoughts for now. Its the worst part about fishing shows. The constant mishandling of fish seen by millions every day who assume its ok to do because these dummys do it on tv. So much for leading by example Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatnFly Posted April 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 Great article, this should be a must read for all anglers! The best point in the article was using the analogy that leaving a fish out of the water is akin to holding one's breath after running a marathon. One big complaint I have is the way most (yes I said most) TV fishing hosts don't handle fish correctly. They leave the fish out of the water way too long while they are yakking at the camera. I always say to myself "put the damn fish back in the water!" That's my thoughts for now. I watched a show by Italo one day, he was fishing at the time a fairly unknown creek around new castle, not the willy, but a smaller one, he caught a nice steelhead, netted it, and had sitting in the net on the rocks for 5 minutes while he talked about his gear, pathetic heres the episode, keep in mind this is supposed to be a profressional.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netminder Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 I can't stand Italo anyway. Seems very condescending. Always talking down to his wife and the guides. But I'm sure it's what Jesus would do... Anyway, I didn't see what happened after he kept that fish on shore for 5 minutes, but he is one of the few TV hosts that actually keeps some of the fish he catches. Not sure if that's what he did here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatnFly Posted April 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 I can't stand Italo anyway. Seems very condescending. Always talking down to his wife and the guides. But I'm sure it's what Jesus would do... Anyway, I didn't see what happened after he kept that fish on shore for 5 minutes, but he is one of the few TV hosts that actually keeps some of the fish he catches. Not sure if that's what he did here. they put them back in the net, drop them in the water, then poke at the fish with the net til swims away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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