I can see them on the bottom in some lakes and will go pick up if I can as I try not to waste a fish that a human could eat .. caught and release quite a few .. some I release swim away out of hand good then go stick there head in the mud and drown them selves .. as I have a limit I will go pick up and take home .. I was planning not to take any that day.. or come back into that bay and see one floating and having trouble righting its self ..never even brought out of water.. just used plyers and released
there are other factors that can play into their survival rate
water temp
time of fight
etc
in some country's in Europe you can only catch a fish ..there is no release
also nothing is wasted in the end though as the circle of life come into play ( carrion eaters etc)
David
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Originally Posted by grinr
How do you know that you get some/any/none mortality??
I know for certain that I see 100% mortality with fish that I release into my cooler.The rest generally swim away never to be seen again.
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