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Location: Eastern Ontario | Thinking of buying a small cruiser for big water trolling.
I see videos of people releasing fish by torpedoing fish over the side how effective is this and how many fish are lost?
I see no oportunity for a second try if fish turns up.
And a question for others fishing these waters how many floaters do you see.
I have always been a caster fishing from a low feeboard boat but arthritis is going to turn me into a troller and I also want to target the big fatties on the Larry
Edited by horsehunter 3/8/2012 7:18 PM
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| Fish jump out of the water and back in all the time. They were jumping before we were here and they will be jumping long after we are gone. So I don't see the issue. Sounds like it is just a jump back into the water. H |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | The problem as I see it Homer the fish wasn't tired and stressed before it jumped. In the past 25 years I have had to hold a number fish for an extended period of time before they would go.
Edited by horsehunter 3/8/2012 7:23 PM
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| I think most those guys have a tank on board that they revive them in and then they go back. |
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Location: Detroit River | Years ago on LSC the torpedo method was the norm but these days most trollers have a release tank that they hook up to their wash down pump or live well pump. Some guys have built their own release tank out of wood & water proofed it & others buy the tanks from a local LSC guy that makes them out of some type of plastic. I think the name of them is Fish Tanks & they sell for around $300.
Here's the Fish Tank that a friend of mine uses.
Here's the tank that another buddy of mine made.
Edited by Zib 3/8/2012 10:31 PM
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| In my opinion the torpedo method is straight up horrible. I have spent nearly just over a decade on St Clair and my conclusion is that this method keeps the fish under the water long enough that when it comes to the surface belly up you are already 300 yards away so you don't see it and can sleep at night. An average day in trollers water I normally see a number of floaters and typically revive a handful of fish I come acrossed who are belly up but not dead yet. The live wells however are the solution. As long as u make sure that the fish is completely revived and don't try to release him to early you should have an extremely low mortality |
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