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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Migrator Man" data-source="post: 301229" data-attributes="member: 2369">I asked that question to the AIM director when he came on this site and he never answered it. The thing about fishing deep in a catch and release tournament is they are killing more fish by continuing to fish than they would if they kept their first 5 keepers and then quit. It’s not a big impact on Sak because of an abundance of fish but what about the lakes with low populations?- - - Updated - - -It doesn’t matter how fast you bring them in from deep depths it just delays the inevitable death of the fish. The Barotrauma will kill these fish whether it is right away or if it is an hour later. Fizzing them or reeling them in slow will not keep them from the affects of barotrauma. Look at the research!- - - Updated - - -The air bladder is one of the signs of barotrauma but it is not the only visible issue. Check the bottom of the chin of the fish. You will see it turn red from the burst blood vessels because of the barotrauma pressure. I think the research says The fish has a very low chance of survival (1-20%) After being caught from that depth.- - - Updated - - -Out of sight, out of mind right!?!?Just because it swims off doesn’t mean it is going to survive. It will eventually die from the barotrauma and is not always an immediate death. It’s like when an old person falls and goes on about their day like nothing is wrong and then they die from internal bleeding once the effects take action. You should have just kept it and fed it to your relatives because that fish was going to die anyways.</blockquote>

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