"Larry L" wrote in message
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"daytripper" wrote


to avoid having to use a net. Coupled with a barbless
hook it's about the least stressful way to turn a caught fish loose...

/daytripper (Keep watching, all kinds of neat tricks out there :-)



it does work very well

BUT

I still carry a net on waters where bigger fish are a real possibilty ....
the net allows me to subdue a big, hot, fish, faster, when he's not so
tired yet. I can get him in a net sooner than I would be able to "grab"
him. Once in the net and still thrashing, I turn him upside down to
make dehooking easier .... and it's been a few years since I fished with a
barbed hook ( yeah I "early release" a few more than I did with barbed
hooks, but that isn't a big deal )


Yes, that's exactly what the angler did, get the fish in the net first,
then turn it upside down to unhook and release.
I didn't know a fish would lose equilibrium in water if they were
turned upside down.
Man doesn't lose equilibrium in water.
-tom