Catch And Release

Here on the west coast of this island of Newfoundland we are truly blessed ... beautiful scenery, abundant wildlife, and a wealth of pristine rivers only a short drive from one's home. And those rivers are home to the king of fish ... Salmo salar ... the Atlantic Salmon. Pound for pound the feistiest fish you can ever have on the end of a fly line. A precious resource that needs to be preserved for generations of fishermen for years to come. Sad to say, though, a lot of folks who call themselves fishermen truly aren't. They are not in favor of catch and release! Not at all! They want to take these fish to eat. And there are too few of them left to continue to have that kind of attitude. But it is quite prevalent around here nevertheless. We don't use a net. We don't even take the fish out of the water. Here you will see the correct way to release these beautiful fish ... so that they can live to spawn ... and perhaps even give someone else the enjoyment of having it on the end of their fly line sometime in the future.

 

To add to my enjoyment, I spent this past weekend fishing with my son ... my middle son. He comes to fish with me on the weekend after the Father's Day weekend since he has children of his own now ... but too young to fish just yet. 😊 He comes to Labrador to fish with me for part of the two or three weeks I spend there, too. Life is good!

 

Enjoy the video ... even if you aren't a fisherman!

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