The famous nocturnal Hex hatch of the Midwest (and a few other lucky locations) stirs to the surface mythically large brown trout that only touch streamers for the rest of the year.
There is an interesting section in the article that claims that catch-and-release was started on our Au Sable in the early 50's...I was always under the impression that it didn't happen until the late 80's sometime...My impression was that the Angler's of the Au Sable came in to existence because the national TU and others didn't support catch-and-release.
Mandatory catch-and-release should not be a management tool used in Alaska's sport fisheries. ”Board of Fisheries" can do much, much better simply by limiting access and harvest and by restricting methods and means. What kind of future will we leave our children and grandchildren? Fishing that kills Alaska's fish for the fun of it? Fisheries prostituted to the highest bidders? Or will we leave those following us the tradition of non-wasteful harvest of Alaska's fish that has helped define Alaskans and sustain the Alaskan spirit for generations past? Alaska's fish are far too valuable to be caught more than once.
Cabela's Fly Fishing 2002 catalog advertises, on page 154, a lodge on Alaska's Tsiu River where anglers...can expect to hook-up with 25-50 each day.
The message of catch-and-release is the same in the instances cited above and in thousands of others besides ”fish util you drop, or, perhaps more accurately and if truth were told, until the fish drop".
Having read most of the article, though not word-for-word,
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Eric, you ain't kidding!!! Our rivers are frozen over here, probably like yours...
Jonathon
Spence aka Mr Lore
Last Spring, we took you to public access stretches of Spring Creek, and on that stream, you saw (but unfortunately did not fish) the Heritage Section known as Fisherman's Paradise.
This "No Wading" section is considered the first FFO project in the U.S. (single fly, barbless hook) commencing in 1934.
It also had a "ladies only" section, which to this day we old timers call the "ladies creek", as it flows directly out of the adjacent hatchery.
There was a two trout limit of the stocked fish until 1961 when it became a "catch and release" project.
Stocking was discontinued in 1981.
Fisherman's Paradise remains FFO/CnR, but recently the single fly/barbless restriction has been lifted as has the wading ban (except in one small area).
They must need some sunshine in the motor city.