"Sierra fisher" wrote in message
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It surprises me that they don't tell you to put your fingers in their
gills
to lift them. They do it on all of the bass fishing shows, even Roland
Martin and his competitors.

Putting your fingers in a trout's gills is just about the worst thing that
you can do if you're going to release the fish.

Well, actually, recent experiments conducted in vivo (as it were) suggest
that splitting them lengthwise with a rusty hatchet can be every bit as
deliterious as mucking about with the gills. Um......haven't done it
myself, so I can't confirm these findings.......but then, I've never exactly
drifted a continent or evolved any new species either.

I suspect that it's not
all that healthy for any fish.

Safe enough bet, I guess.

Wolfgang
and science marches ever onward.