Thread: Depth trauma and survival rates.

Originally Posted by stingray

I personally believe we should take a feed and move on...catch and release fishing is a falsehood / feel good fairy tale. We expose fish to high levels of stress , fatuge and depth change as well as handling oxygen starvation etc..better to bin the first few and leave the rest than damage a number of fish ...

Totally agree. I used to do a lot of catch and release. I now think that was the wrong thing to do based on various experiences and reading around the subject. It’s not easy to admit you’re wrong and change what you do, but sadly, I think I just created a lot of shark food.