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I recently came across this photo from my nephew Bill again, and it got me thinking: How well does catch and release work?

I found a recently study that's very interesting. It's a 27-year recapture study of largemouth bass in Wisconsin by biologists Kitchall and Hodgson. It was published this year and it seems to indicate that catch and release results are pretty darn good!

By my reading, of the 1,054 bass caught (average 10 inches or more), about 40% were never caught again. However, of the remaining 60%, 21% were caught one more time. The remnant 39% were caught anywhere from twice to as much as 22 times over. By any measure that's a bunch, and it shows a resource that's used many times over.

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Jon Q. Wright is a great American artist and nowhere is his fishing art better represented than on this Lures of the Past playing card set from Rivers Edge. Ron Lindner thumbs through the deck, reminisces a little and in the end is a little surprised at how long he's enjoyed the gift of life.

Because or progressive management methods, musky fishing is better today than ever before. Concepts like catch and release, strong slot limits and stocking efforts that encourage expansion have ensured that muskies are more widespread and available to anglers than ever before. At the same time, unparalleled trophy fisheries have arisen like we've never experienced.

This video clip, produced by my son James Lindner along with Jeremy Smith of Lindner Media, is a small part of a larger documentary which chronicles the bust then boom of this fantastic corner of the sportfishing world.

Be sure to check out the heart-stopping strike...