Barnacles wrote:
I agree on the question of 'sporty'. I've been out rockfishing in deep water, and because there are currents moving in different directions at different depths, your line goes in different directions between you and the bottom so that you can't feel when you have fish on. Second, they're dead (inflated) before you get them half way to the surface, so there's no fight. That isn't really fishing, it's just ....Gathering fish.
Since bringing them up kills them, there's no catch and release. Made for some good meals, though!
I agree on the question of 'sporty'. I've been ou... (
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Actually, there is a way to release a fish that has been traumatized by ascending from deep water.