TY - JOUR
T1 - Survival of foul-hooked largemouth bass (micropterus salmoides)
AU - Pope, Kevin L.
AU - Wilde, Gene R.
N1 - Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We thank Tanya and Malcolm Thomas for providing access to fish at the 04 Ranch and Bass Pro Shops for donating the angling equipment used in this study. We also thank Christopher Chizinski, D. Bailey Gaines, Francisco Sanchez and Aaron Urbanczyk for volunteering to fish in our experiment, Kaylee Baumer for assistance in the field, and Bart Durham, Doug Knabe, Craig Paukert and Mark Porath for commenting on an earlier draft of this manuscript. Reference to trade names does not imply endorsement by the author or any U.S.g overnment. The Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit is jointly supported by a cooperative agreement among the U.S. Geological Survey, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, the University of Nebraska, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Wildlife Management Institute.
PY - 2010/3
Y1 - 2010/3
N2 - We conducted a field experiment to determine the survival rate of foul-hooked (hooked external to the oral cavity) largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) caught and released by recreational anglers. Of 42 largemouth bass caught with hard-plastic baits containing three treble hooks, 15 were hooked only within the mouth and 27 had at least one hook penetrating the external surface of the fish (i.e., foul-hooked). There was no difference in survival of mouth-hooked (100%), foul-hooked (100%), or control (100%) largemouth bass.
AB - We conducted a field experiment to determine the survival rate of foul-hooked (hooked external to the oral cavity) largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) caught and released by recreational anglers. Of 42 largemouth bass caught with hard-plastic baits containing three treble hooks, 15 were hooked only within the mouth and 27 had at least one hook penetrating the external surface of the fish (i.e., foul-hooked). There was no difference in survival of mouth-hooked (100%), foul-hooked (100%), or control (100%) largemouth bass.
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U2 - 10.1080/02705060.2010.9664366
DO - 10.1080/02705060.2010.9664366
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77949421296
SN - 0270-5060
VL - 25
SP - 135
EP - 139
JO - Journal of Freshwater Ecology
JF - Journal of Freshwater Ecology
IS - 1
ER -