Earlier this summer, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources fisheries biologists offered some tips to help minimize impacts to fish while fishing at lakes and reservoirs during a drought. If you are heading to a river or stream instead, here are some tips to decrease stress on a variety of fish species and increase their survival when releasing them: · Use single hooks on lures and bend down the barbs for easy release. · Minimize the time you spend “fighting” the fish while reeling it in. Tired and stressed fish have higher death rates. · Try to minimize handling of the...

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