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Originally Posted by AK47
It is actually quite significant. Read link I posted please.
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Again, not much there to back up your claim.
"Using bait increases the chance of cryptic mortality, but by different degrees depending on species." So, there's some varying degrees of mortality, due in much bigger part to the type of species (trout) and fishing technique than bait vs. no bait.
"although 10 per cent of fish caught using leeches died soon after release because of hooking damage to the throat and gut." That is readily explainable if you've got anglers rigging with leeches that don't know how to properly remove the hooks, the same is true if you're rigging with a worm or even minnows. Jigging with a leech or a minnow, there's ZERO difference.