troutdude
Everyone on here is saying that it will prob die. I disagree. Not sure if these other people steelhead fish much, or know much about them but steelhead are extremely resilient fish! They go through a lot out in the ocean and all the traveling they do and they are VERY tough! A little time on a stringer is nothing for a steelhead. Except of course if the gills were damaged which looks like they were untouched in the picture.Will that fish live after being released after being on the stringer? I am just asking cause I dont know?
Pretty unlikely.
Everyone on here is saying that it will prob die. I disagree. Not sure if these other people steelhead fish much, or know much about them but steelhead are extremely resilient fish! They go through a lot out in the ocean and all the traveling they do and they are VERY tough! A little time on a stringer is nothing for a steelhead. Except of course if the gills were damaged which looks like they were untouched in the picture.
This comment is absolutely outrageous. Yes, steelhead are tough, but there is NO WAY you can determine, with any certainty, that the gills of that fish were not damaged by looking at a picture. You don't know what happened to the gills when the fish was being attached to the stringer, hung up, and then detached and eventually let go. You also don't know if there was any transfer of bacteria from the stringer to the gills. You also don't know if the fish's protective slime was removed from being handled, which also increases the chance of a bacterial infection (and no a fish does not immediately die from a bacterial infection; it is a slow death). I don't care how "tough" a fish is, damaged gills (you said it yourself) or a bacterial infection will kill any fish. Yes, the fish might live, but definitely not with the chances it would have had if the fish was properly handled.
Grampa Ron, I'm not trying to attack you in any way. That is an awesome fish and I applaud you for catching it. I also understand that a C&R fish is not guaranteed to live even if it was properly handled. I'm just trying to point out, and educate others on this board, that if you're going to put a fish on the stringer you should keep it. If you're going to let it go, it should be properly handled (wet your hands before touching, try to keep it in the water as much as possible, etc.) and not put it on a stringer.
Why is it, that several peeps on here keep thinking that they are the Catch & Release Police? You say you "aren't attacking" Grampa Ron. BULL SHIPOOPY!!!
It wasn't your damn fish. So, don't tell Ron what he should have done with the fish that HE caught! It was his decision to make, NOT yours!
You won't like it when peeps start telling you, what to do with your fish. Will you? So, don't tell someone else what to do!
Damn, this crap is getting really old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nobody is beating him up,,,there simply saying if your gonna catch and release a fish then DONT put it on a stringer then release it back in the water....i dont understand why some people can't understand that......catch and release is not rocket scienceI'm sorry, but it really did seem like you were attacking Ron and his decision. And there's been several peeps in recent days, who have been doing that very thing. Yours has not been the first, but one in a string. I'm all for an open forum, but attacking peeps for their "catch decisions" really is getting old.
Voicing opinions, in other words, is one thing. But, beating someone up for a decision that was there's alone to make; is not my idea of voicing an opinion. Rather, it is cramming your opinion down someone else's throat. Isn't there something more productive that can be discussed (that doesn't provoke drama)?
That's the angle from whence I troll.
Why is it, that several peeps on here keep thinking that they are the Catch & Release Police? You say you "aren't attacking" Grampa Ron. BULL SHIPOOPY!!!
It wasn't your damn fish. So, don't tell Ron what he should have done with the fish that HE caught! It was his decision to make, NOT yours!
You won't like it when peeps start telling you, what to do with your fish. Will you? So, don't tell someone else what to do!
Damn, this crap is getting really old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wow dude, I'm sorry that I voiced my opinion. What was I thinking? Of course all the things you mentioned are a possibility, but highly unlikely. Ps. You definitely can see that he is using a snap stringer which is going through the jaw not the gills. I do agree that if it were myself personally I would have kept it once I strung it. But it wasn't either of us who caught it so don't take it to heart so much. I have my opinion just as much as the next person on here including you. Please stop crying and let's agree to disagree..
Nobody gives a damn if he kept it or released it the point is it's probably not going to survive after you take it out of the water and put it on a damn stringer then decide to release it. At that point releasing it was pointless, whether it was a steelhead or a brooder it was fairly close to the end of its life to begin with.it likely won't be able to revive from having been put on a stringer.
nobody is beating him up,,,there simply saying if your gonna catch and release a fish then DONT put it on a stringer then release it back in the water....i dont understand why some people can't understand that......catch and release is not rocket science
This comment is absolutely outrageous. Yes, steelhead are tough, but there is NO WAY you can determine, with any certainty, that the gills of that fish were not damaged by looking at a picture. You don't know what happened to the gills when the fish was being attached to the stringer, hung up, and then detached and eventually let go. You also don't know if there was any transfer of bacteria from the stringer to the gills. You also don't know if the fish's protective slime was removed from being handled, which also increases the chance of a bacterial infection (and no a fish does not immediately die from a bacterial infection; it is a slow death). I don't care how "tough" a fish is, damaged gills (you said it yourself) or a bacterial infection will kill any fish. Yes, the fish might live, but definitely not with the chances it would have had if the fish was properly handled.
Grampa Ron, I'm not trying to attack you in any way. That is an awesome fish and I applaud you for catching it. I also understand that a C&R fish is not guaranteed to live even if it was properly handled. I'm just trying to point out, and educate others on this board, that if you're going to put a fish on the stringer you should keep it. If you're going to let it go, it should be properly handled (wet your hands before touching, try to keep it in the water as much as possible, etc.) and not put it on a stringer.
Either way it osprey and duck food
yep! and either way it prolly didn't have much of a life left in that nasty pond with no oxygen. Nice fish! now ppl should stop flaming him about putting it on the stringer then letting it go. Atleast give him props for pulling a steelhead this late out of that pond... I have nevere pulled a steelhead outa that pond so i give this guy PROPS!! Way to get the fish bro!!
This thread has been hijacked so why dont we all shut up bout him letting it go off the stringer and congradulate him on the fish!!
you all need to get over it! I saw it again today, looks fine to me.
You all need to get over it! I saw it again today, looks fine to me.