ML. I'm just not a gloom and doom sort of guy - I enjoy succeeding when others fail.
All fish are vulnerable to catch and release mortality.
LMB tournament professional fishermen face this problem continuously, and devise sophisticated live well systems to handle the problem, yet fish sometimes die when released back into tournament lakes. Oxygenated live wells are now being used in some of the new bass boats.
Didn't you recently lose a 10# LMB due to catch and release stress?
It's not only HSB that are vulnerable to C&R stress.
I will be happy to catch 2 – 3 HSB the rest of my life, even though I have caught and successfully revived several larger fish.
I am not into “trophy” fishing.
“It all depends”
