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LIVE RELEASE TIPS

 

  • Consider using artificial lures and barbless hooks. 

  • Treble hooks and flies will reduce hooking mortality in young fish. 

  • Retrieve your catch quickly. 

  • Use appropriate size tackle to quickly land the fish or break off large fish.

  • Release the fish immediately by gently placing it in calm water. 

  • Keep your fingers out of the gills and eyes. 

  • Avoid squeezing the fish. Use both hands to evenly support the fish’s weight.

  • Keep the fish in the water as much as possible. 

  • Cut the line and leave deeply embedded or swallowed hooks in the fish. 

  • A fish that can be legally kept should not be released if it is bleeding heavily. Its chance of surviving is very low.


(Info from:  http://www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Departments/nr-rn/pdf/en/Fish/Fish.pdf)

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