Cyli wrote:
On 20 Nov 2005 01:27:14 -0800, wrote:
Do you recall the information about trout (and other salmonoids) not
being bothered in the least by icy water? They are NOT anesthetized
by it. Not that, by now, I'd have expected you to have paid attention
to verifiable facts.
I recall someone saying something like that, but I think their argument
was just that the cold water fish can still jump, and there was a
misconception that I said cold water would kill the fish. I don't
believe the post you're referring to mentioned anesthetizing anything.
I don't know how cold the water has to be, or how cold a bucket of ice
water is compared to the sea you're talking about, or whether it works
for all fish. Maybe it doesn't work at all. I just heard one opinion
that it does, which may not be much, but based on it and the
"arguments" here, I'm heavily leaning toward believing it. If you
don't, fine. I'll look into it more. You'll go fishing.
By the by, what's that woman's Ph.D. field? What are her peer
reviewed papers?
I have no idea.
Find a nice trout stream, wade out to your waist
with something nice and floatie tied onto you. Then come back and
tell us more. But it's more likely you'd find yourself becoming one
with the fishes. They do like to nibble on unresisting flesh.
If this is about the floating cooler idea that I didn't mention, I
don't know. Maybe anchor it?