Stocked trout mortality rates...

[Duffman]

Been getting back into the FW game with my boy, who asks more MF questions than I can ever answer, but he got me thinking...

Hit the local hole, and scouted a few out of the way places (see the bear report) and have done OK.

Local place has been good to us. Releasing everything caught, everything jaw hooked. Fish swam away real healthy.

What are the odds these fish survive? Slim, none, caught again within an hour, die in the summer heat? etc....

Thanks. I'll have him read the responses......I'm done making up answers...


Whoa...I just had to edit this! I know you trout guys are a fickle bunch and will answer with "depends on the size of the impoundment, water movement, river size etc" I'm not talking a fast moving trout stream but rather a smaller impoundment (lake/pond) stocked onva yearly basis.