hello guys ive posted this on another website but will do it here as well. Friday is the opening of Retention of Springs on the Fraser, i believe , through much research and opinion, that the chance of getting a fish in the imposed slot limit of 77cm and below is a very very low chance. Therefore a lot of the fish played out will be put back with a lesser chance of survival and we will be doing more damage to already threatened stocks. I believe that if sports fisherman cant keep their catch(springs especially), then there still is a concern and we should be off until we can keep our catch. I am not naive at all and understand that natives are netting and a few nets of theres would equall the total killed after release by sporties, or that tackle stores and the Fresh Water Fisheries Society will be more than pleased with lead, line, licence and hook sales, but when chances are sooo low to get in that slot, we will be doing more harm. I am very aware of the mortality study at Grassy but that is on sockeye which are landed in a few minutes where springs exhaust themselves with lengthy runs and time consuming power fights, this applies to Bottom bouncing, river mouth fishing and spin and glo fishing. Thoughts??
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