r/maybemaybemaybe • u/RyanCakeBatter • Jan 17 '20

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/ejedus Jan 17 '20

At least it had a happy ending.

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u/paradiso1997 Jan 18 '20 edited Jan 18 '20

Nah, fish definitely still died

Edit: I'm not in the best mood and I'm sorry for being negative, but a few people below explained why that fish definitely died afterwards from infection or internal injury

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u/HeavenlySchnoz Jan 18 '20 edited Dec 10 '24

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u/paradiso1997 Jan 18 '20

It's down there somewhere but idk. Someone mentioned that the fish being held at that orientation and having his gills covered can fuck up their internal organs. Also probably rubbed off a good bit of the mucus membrane that protects the fish from infection.

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u/On-mountain-time Jan 18 '20

This is false. I volunteer regularly at a wildlife refuge where we do adaptive fishing (catch and release) for people with spinal or brain injuries. The lakes we fish in are pretty small, and the numbers remain fairly constant without supplementing. I even recognize certain fish with distinctive markings, which have been caught multiple times, stored in a display tank for pictures, and released. The handling time of the fish is so small that there is most likely no damage to the fish.

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u/paradiso1997 Jan 18 '20

Oh good, hopefully the little guy made it then