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In Reply to: RE: Trophy fishing, like trophy hunting, is rather despicable posted by Feanor on May 24, 2023 at 04:30:28
Certainly marlin fishing off the US East Coast did, years ago.
Ocean City, MD hosted a white marlin tournament for years -- I don't know if there even are any white marlins to catch off the mid-Atlantic coast any more.
The ability to catch & release is what I like best about fishing. That and the zen of fishing. As a good friend of mine liked to say, "notice that they call it fishing, and not catching." :)
Catch and release doesn't work so well with hunting. :(
I was an avid (although not terribly serious) fisherperson for a long time -- for whatever reason, it's been years since I last went fishing, though.
... and, no, not a deep-sea fisher, although I've done more than a bit of salt water fishing on and near the US East Coast.
all the best,
mrh
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And give the rest back to the sea. It keeps sport fishing sustainable.
I am curious what the procedure for releasing such a fish consists of?
I hope not just cutting the line.
Generally the fish is pretty tired and brought by the side of the boat. Tagged and hook removed.
Often they are held by the side of the boat while in gear to force water through the gills to re energise the fish a bit before letting it swim away.Bigger fish are harder to handle and the hook can often be left in, but stats seem to show the hooks get shed by the fish.
Unfortunately big fish as big as this one sometimes die. I don't know the stats, but there's a +90% survival rate.....
Trying to hide from entropy
John K
Edits: 05/24/23
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