![]() Occasionally anglers come back from a great day of fishing and begin filleting their catch only to find several small, white worms in the flesh. ![]() Finally, make sure that the fish is being measured correctly close the mouth and measure to the furthest tip on the caudal/tail fin. So, when you land a fish that might have a questionable length, here are a couple of tips to keep in mind.First, know the size limits of the fish species you are landing.Second, make sure you are measuring with an accurate ruler.Anglers often use the ruler imprinted on top of their cooler, but keep in mind that coolers are made from a mold and the measurements may not be accurate. Like many of you, in the summer of 2016, I spent a lot of time enjoying the great outdoors at a boat ramp.The difference was that I was on the other side of boating life with a bucket and a measuring board helping Texas Parks & Wildlife (TPW) employees conduct angler surveys.After a few hundred interviews, I began to notice that there were some fishing topics that anglers would often bring up.Most of these topics, like those to follow, were subjects that could easily be answered with science.Īh, yes.You brought back a fish that is smaller than regulation.It is almost guaranteed that at every survey conducted there will be a handful of anglers who say their fish shrank because it was kept on ice.Before you start thinking “it really happens” let me say that it does shrink… a little.Ī study was conducted by TPW scientists to observe just how much a Spotted Seatrout ( Cynoscion nebulosus) would shrink when placed on ice.After taking hourly measurements for twenty-four hours on several fish specimens stored on ice, they found that fish shrink between 2 and 5 millimeters, which roughly translates to about 1/5 th of an inch.In the scale of things, that is not a lot of shrinkage. The Lore & Legend of Texas Saltwater Fishing.
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