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Scoot
OK, not sure if this has been covered or not, but I have a question about releasing a fish. I was told, as most of our members were, that when releasing a fish you should hold a fish in the water upright, and gently rock it back and forth. The back and forth action "runs fresh water over the gills". This always made sense to me and I've always done it that way. However, more recently I've heard a couple times that there's no reason to rock the fish back and forth and that only a few sharks need to "move water over their gills" to get oxygen into their system.
So... my question is this: does rocking a fish back and forth when releasing it actually provide any real benefit to the fish?
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