"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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"Stinkweed" wrote in message
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Thanks Dave, I knew about the water, they can't be out long and didn't
think it hurt to hold them by the lower jaw for a quick picture. That is
true if you tried to hold it and your hand wasn't wet that would for sure
hurt the fish. Although I didn't know the reason why your hands had to
be wet, I'm a little squeamish, so I have used a very wet rag. I'm not a
big fisherman, err fisher lady, but I live on a lake and I love to fish.
I have since I was a kid and don't have to catch a monster to make me
happy, but is would be nice.


You wet your hands so they don't wipe off the fish slime. The dry rag or
even a wet rag will remove even more of the fishes potective slime than
your hands.

I personally think lifting a bass by the jaw so that it hangs vertically
is less harmful than wrapping your dry hands or worse a rag around the
body of the fish.

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Bob La Londe
http://www.YumaBassMan.com


Thats what we had always thought, hold it by the lower jaw take the hook out
and get it back in the water.