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| Was thinking today about this as hot weather just don't seem to back off,Is there a point where hot water temp is to much for a relased fish to be able to handle the stress.I haven't checked yet today but we are looking at close to 80 degree water tempeture,What are some of your feelings.I plan on trying to relase'em boat side as fast as possible" If I score one this weekend"[:)] an then stay with'em til they splash my face with water Dennis Blume |
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| Not sure where you live, but I know around here the temps are high, but I am still confident that the fish is going to make it for the fact that they usually know where to go to rest up from being caught. Surprisingly enough I once read that if caught ,even fairly deep ,a muskie will seek shallower weed cover with shade and oxygen to allow its body to recover. I think the guy who wrote that was on Simply Fishing with Mesacomer, dont know how to spell his name, one time and explained the conditions and factors. That trip for the show was done in high temp waters on Lake of the Woods and was done to show and explain that warm water releases , unless extreme should be just fine. Good luck preforming dental surgery on fish this weekend. |
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| At this time of year I tend to take fish the appear to be exhausted and put them in the live well with the aerator going for a while. I`ll babysit them and make sure that they get plenty of fresh water before I put them back. |
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| If the water is that hot,I feel if the fish are already stressed because of that much heat they are not going to exert that much energy to slam your bait and stress/kill them selfs.Instinct,plain & simple!At warmer temps fish handling becomes extremly important though.Dont dink around and CPR FAST!Just cut hooks and repair your baits at home!We are fishing 85/86deg.water temps and the last 6 fish have been in excellent shape,cant say the same for the TR`s!When/if the point gets to real danger to the fish,you wont be catching them anyways!Remember,most damage comes from poor fish handling! Jeff |
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| Its a good idea not to overhandle the fish in warm water. I like to net the fish and keep them in the net over the side of the boat. Measure in the net and just dip the net and let them swimout. The fish seem calm and less stressed in the warm water. |
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| No doubt that stress levels are at their peak when dealing with these temps. If possible, water release all fish when temps are over 80. If she's a real bruiser, have the camera ready and get her up for a quick snap, but do it in less than 5 seconds. I know this sounds hard but 5 seconds is actually alot of time. Remember not to pull and push the musky back and forth, just let her swim away on her own. |
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| For many,many reasons this post needs to stay at the top!In the last week I have seen some of the poorest fish-handling in my life!So called CPR people putting fish in way to small nets,digging baits out of musky faces instead of cutting-hooks,fish out of water for extended periods of time,taking barely legal fish to there private ponds!Its very sadding to see this kind of thing going on in this day and age of KNOWLEDGE!Then you offer some advice and you become a @@$hole,very friendly advice at that!My guess is that there was 1/2 dozen released fish dead because of poor fish-handling! [:((] We as a large group need to continue to get the do`s & dont`s of CPR to everyone,and keep on teach`in.Really, there is no reason that the fish should have all the added stress of poor-handling when the know-how is so available!Here`s hop`in! Jeff |
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