01-04-2011, 05:35 PM
I think you're smart for not just believing opinions, I'd also like to see some refereed research...
That being said, I can't find any research specifically on the topic either, but I found three papers about hooking mortality while ice fishing that each touch on temperature and handling for a few paragraphs.
I'm not saying I'm on one side of the debate or the other (Though I think we should all take a deep breath. I don't think anybody wants to kill any fish unnecessarily, so I think we should all be on the same side really...) this is just what I found.
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That being said, I can't find any research specifically on the topic either, but I found three papers about hooking mortality while ice fishing that each touch on temperature and handling for a few paragraphs.
I'm not saying I'm on one side of the debate or the other (Though I think we should all take a deep breath. I don't think anybody wants to kill any fish unnecessarily, so I think we should all be on the same side really...) this is just what I found.
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