Trout on ice...a bad thing?

[jeremypeace]

not directed twords any one I just chose cpierce as a reply because it was the closest reply button... Any way I just got off the phone with my brother as we always talk about fishing and fish because we are bolth avid fishermen not pros but we like to fish and we do it alot! Was talking to him about the whole slime thing and we bolth came to the conclusion that even if some of the slime is removed during the catch and release then it probly isn't as harmfull as every one is making it seem! Now hear me out.. The reason we came to this conclusion is if the slime being removed was teribly bad then they would swim them selfs to death they rub the bottom it takes of slime they rub against a rock in the water it takes off slime and so on I am very positive that the fish reproduce there slime layer at a fast rate... Exspecialy trout... As I have noticed every time I have caught a trout that I wanted to take home to eat.. When it sits there dead for a few minuts it starts getting very slimey so even when they are dead there skin poors produce that gue all the time it's in my opinion not as huge as an issue as every one makes it out to be... I mean I am very positive that not every one handles fish properly on a regular basis it may seem right to them but is it really maby maby not who is to say other than the person doing it they guy next to him could think it's wrong and his way is right and so on..
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