Thursday, January 28, 2010

Catch & Release Techniques 101




In Alaska, you can not remove a king salmon from the water if you intend to release the fish. If I know the fish is going to be released there are two things that go through my mind to make this as easy on the fish as possible. If I have to net the fish I'll reach for my rubber net. A rubber net is far superior to a standard mesh net when it comes to releasing a fish. Rubber is gentler on the fish and will rarely scratch scales,fins or bruise the nose of the fish. A better way to release a fish is not to net it all and use a needle nose pliers to remove the hook. If the hook is imbedded deep in the mouth, cutting the line as close to the hook is an acceptable alternative.


I know quite a few of my clients would love to take a king out of the water for a picture before a release but in all my years of fishing I've come to the conclusion that this is a law that is best for the fish. This practice of not removing a fish from the water has resulted in mortality rate on the Kenai of less than 10% (Bendix study).


One thing that I have yet to do is what I call the "Keeneye" king photo opportunity. This is a reference to one of the Kenai's biggest advocates of catch and release fishing and how he photographs his fish. The "Keeneye" when taking a photo will jump out of the boat in a shallow water area and cradle the fish in a half in the water, half out of the water pose. Beautiful, beautiful photographs. I would love to have a client catch and want to release a 90lb plus fish and I would gladly wade in the cold, glacier waters of the Kenai for a photo of a lifetime.


Now the question I have is this. Will 2010 be the year of the "Keeneye" king pose? Let's hope so.


Tight lines,

Keith

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is the year that I make you jump in the river!

Gary

Anonymous said...

How about some photos of Catch & Kill techniques?

Anonymous said...

Sorry Gary....This is the year I make him jump in the Water!

Anonymous said...

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