Releasing Grilse a win-win?

[salmonthink]

From rivers in Russia to those in Canada, scientists have found with tagged Atlantic salmon that anglers have caught and released the same grilse and salmon several times. Would like to hear any stories from any of you who found evidence of grilse that have been caught more than once. With science now showing that grilse help divert predators from larger salmon during migration, and grilse being more likely to explore for new spawning habitat, wouldn't that make it a win-win situation to release grilse? Better for salmon numbers, better for the anglers?
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[chrome_junky]

what exactly is grilse? a young salmon i have never heard the term before.
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[kochanut]

n., pl., grilse.
A young Atlantic salmon on its first return from the sea to fresh or brackish waters.


i think tey call them Jacks on the west coast, but i might be confussing two different things
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[chrome_junky]

yep thats what we call a jack.
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