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Old 08-23-2012, 09:17 AM
txnative txnative is offline
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I had trouble releasing smallies last month on dale hollow. They fought fine, but had trouble going back down afterwards. I'm assuming the difference in water quality from 30' down to the surface is affecting them. I've seen a lot of fishermen on the lake, and if even a quarter of them are having the same problem, then the number of dead fish could be attributed to poor release survival.


Chris
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