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Location: Wishin I Was Fishin' | Looking for reasons to practice Catch & Release. Serious ones please.
I am working on a presentation for the New London Musky Magic show.
I have the obvious
1. less fish in the lake reduces odds for next fish
2. large predator fish contain the most toxins
3. Keep the biology of the lake in check to avoid a stunted population of other species.
4. Muskies really don't perfer to eat walleyes.
5. Better musky fishing should bring more money to local businesses.
Thank you for your help. |
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| You can only keep one a day in most states and then you would have to stop fishing...this way you can keep fishing...Ben |
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Location: Mpls, MN | Cappie, walleye, etc taste much better (not sure since I've never had muskie).
And if you are tring to get some food, much easier to caught those then it is a muskie.
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| because muskies are not abundant - I read somewhere they live in less than 1% of the earth's freshwater |
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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | Without them, the balance of forage fish and predator fish will become off balance. They have been stocked to control other species.
Steve |
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Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | Just knowing that some of the released fish are still available to be caught again. Pictures of released fish seem to keep the interest going in tough times on the water. |
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Location: Seymour, WI | The best reason to release a musky is to give the next angler that comes along the same opportunity that you had to experience the thrill of hooking, catching and releasing the musky that you just caught. If you don't release it, it can't happen again.
Grass, |
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Location: Stevens Point, Wi. | Odds are , the fish you just caught, was caught and released by someone else already. Pass the favor forward. |
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Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | Someone on this site has it on a quote or maybe Muskie Fix.
"It's not yours, put it back"
I love that quote, it's not mine but it's my rule, because my guide service is 100% catch and release. |
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Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water | Because your spouse or child may catch that fish down the line someday, and all 52+'' of it will have to be made into a replica, and your grandchildren may catch it's offspring. |
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| All great reasons. If you only rely on stocking like here in New Jersey it also becomes a cost factor. I found this in the Muskies inc. calender;
size range ..........#stocked fish per replacment ..... $ amount
30"-32.75"........... 10.639.................................... $62.77
32.75"-35.5" ...........15.385.................................... $90.77
35.5"-38.25" ...........19.231.................................... $113.46
38.25"-41.0"............33.146.................................. $195.56
41.0"-43.75"............52.632.................................. $310.53
43.75"-46.5"............86.490.................................. $510.29
46.5"-49.25" ..........151.320................................. $892.79
49.25"-52.0"...........500.0...................................... $2950.00
52.0"-54.75"...........750.0...................................... $4425.00
54.75"-57.5"...........1000.0.................................... $5900.00
57.5"-60.25"...........1000.0.................................... $5900.00
Muskies inc. states that it cost $5.90 to rear one musky to 10"
The source of this information is the 2006 Muskies inc calendar
This is a hypothetical release comparison chart
Edited by jyoung 1/14/2006 10:54 AM
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Reasons to Catch and Release