The Truth About Catch & Release Fishing Handling Tactics

In this podcast, Dr. Greg Stunz and Will Johnson join us to discuss the facts and fiction about how to properly handle and release a fish.
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Will is the director of development for the Building Conservation Trust.
Dr. Greg Stunz is the director of the Center for Sportfish Science and Conservation and is also a professor at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.
In this episode we go over:
Devices to safely release offshore fish
Proper inshore handling practices
General practices for catch and release fishing
The biggest threats to our fisheries
We also go into the difference between venting and descending bottom fish when releasing offshore and why both are important techniques to know.
You can see the full post by clicking here: goo.gl/rEseFs
If you have questions about proper handling and catch and release techniques, let us know in the comments below.
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[@nctinter]

Wow this was incredibly informative. Should share this with the TBFC forum... Great job guys

[@elizabethfield3803]

Kenneth Saulnier what was great.. just blaming the average angler.. the commercial fisherman are under regulated and kill over 87% more than the average angler.

[@nctinter]

tugjunkie Field really guy? After 45 minutes of good video, that's what you come up with?

[@Saltstrong]

Thanks Kenneth!

[@Saltstrong]

Sorry to see that we did not clarify the purpose of this video... it was totally about making sure that we all handle our fish that are to be released as good as we possibly can. The Commercial impact to fishing is a completely different subject. Where did you get the 87% metric from? We're always looking for new guests to interview, so I'll be happy to track down whoever did the research behind that to get their insight.

[@elizabethfield3803]

Salt Strong the state of Florida Alabama Mississippi lousiana and Texas gathered the information. . I did enjoy the video and it's information and I apologize I misunderstood the content .

[@karlkaukis1000]

Great program. Great content. Kudos to you.

[@Saltstrong]

Thanks for making time to leave the kind words, Karl!

[@DavidSewellStopSmokingHypnosis]

Great interview guys! Thanks for posting!

[@Saltstrong]

Thanks David!

[@RealisticFishing]

I love videos like this. 👍👍

[@Saltstrong]

Thanks for making time to leave the nice comment.

[@GTA-qv8pk]

Catch and release fishing is the ultimate troll sport.

[@chasingredsoutdoors6371]

Great video I'm just wondering what you guys think about all this lake O discharge how come u guys haven't make a video covering the damage this has done too our eco system .I notice how the guys at the beginning of the video said they have spent 18 billion on fish havitad and so , correct me if I'm wrong but why spend all this money have all this regulation and then our state goes on to kill all this fish and destroy our marine life this it's not the first time this happened why aren't we doing something about it why aren't you guys bringing up the subject ?? Love your videos I hope we can do something to protect our waters so my kids can enjoy them too ...

[@Saltstrong]

We of course hate to see the damage from the Lake O discharge. Our belief is that we all need to focus on both cleaning up our waterways as well as restoring habitat... both have been featured on our site in the recent past, and they will absolutely continue to be brought up going forward too. Here's a link to a podcast that directly talks about the Lake O discharge assuming you missed it from earlier this year: www.saltstrong.com/articles/captains-for-clean-water-podcast/

[@chasingredsoutdoors6371]

Salt Strong I guess I didn't see that video i recently moved to this beautiful state and and I'm some what of a new subscriber thanks for the reply I'll check the video .. I have learn a lot from you guys keep it up

[@lionsdejudah]

Using Boga Grips, etc seems to me like a POOR amateur way to HANDLE a Fish.
If you can’t properly & respectably handle/control a fish without using Boga Grips then maybe you should resort to a different hobby.