Ok so I�ve been enjoying reading these forums. One thing I�ve seen a number of times is that you shouldn�t release channels as they become hook shy. I would never have guessed this as I would expect a fish that hunts by smell and has relatively poor vision to be the easiest to fool multiple times. Curious what causes them to become hook shy? I would have guessed simply changing the bait would make it easy to fool them over and again.

Second question - how many times can you catch other species before they become uncatchable? I once caught a giant smb about four times in two weeks.

I would love to learn more about the reasons channels are hard to catch repeatedly and how they compare to other species with respect to repeated catchability.