Clear Lake Bass release?

Morgan · Post by **Morgan** » Wed May 22, 2013 7:24 pm

Why do they make you take the fish out 2 miles to release. I would think since many of the fish this time of year are in spawn mode and taken from beds, that releasing them closer to shore so they could either make another bed or take over one would be better for the fishery? I could see it during the other months (June through January). Thoughts?

Morgan

CBS · Post by **CBS** » Thu May 23, 2013 8:13 am

My guess its a strategy by fish and game to mitigate predation of the Hitch by the non native predators, less bass more hitch. You know everyone loves catching Hitch.....

crawdaddy · Post by **crawdaddy** » Thu May 23, 2013 1:42 pm

Most orgs don't want a bunch of dead, marginally well and fish in need of deflation floating around the weigh in site. Also deeper water is cooler and better for the fish after being caught and released. I have also seen people attempting to net or hand grab released fish and take them home for dinner.

Otay Michael · Post by **Otay Michael** » Thu May 23, 2013 8:03 pm

crawdaddy wrote:Most orgs don't want a bunch of dead, marginally well and fish in need of deflation floating around the weigh in site. Also deeper water is cooler and better for the fish after being caught and released. I have also seen people attempting to net or hand grab released fish and take them home for dinner.

deeper being the relative term here. 8' instead of 6'.

Hi Morgan.