In fact, in clear water and when you are continually cranking (rather than the burn/pause reaction style), the stretchier fluorocarbon might offer no disadvantage compared to braid
Small streams are delicate and a few big spawning fish being taken can disrupt the ecosystem for many years
You want pinch points or bottle necks that fish have to funnel through going in and out of other areas
Jenna [00:55:51] I mean, what do you think
I had zero hand or wrist fatigue after a full day of jigging for crappie and panfish from a jon boat on a backwater beaver slough
We gave slack in the line and let the seatrout jump, thrash or headshake, throw the hook, and swim away without any handling by hands or nets or having to be removed from the water. Holden and his team used logistic models to assess the differences in landing success and self-release success by hook type and fish size