Henry's reports

[flyguy66]

In my opinion, catching and releasing a fish in the heat of summer with water temps in the 70's is more likely to kill a fish than having them in cold temperatures for a very short while to release them while ice fishing. As a fly fisherman in the warmer months and an ice fisherman in the cooler season, I realize that there is always some inherent fish mortality in both, even with best catch and release practices. I haven't seen any solid information that ice fishing catch and release has any higher mortality rates than open water catch and release. I don't think we should make people feel guilty about having a good time ice fishing until there is some good evidence that the mortality rates are significantly high.
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