"Sputnik-Spooner" wrote in message
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Greetings,

Last weekend(September 26-28)Kingston, Ontario hosted a Bass
Tournament out of the Portsmouth Olympic Harbour. A great time was had
by all. On Sunday evening, I was watching the anglers pack up, and I
saw a guy fiddling in a compartment inside his boat -he tossed
something small onto the grass. Shortly after, he drove off, so I was
wondering about what he had thrown from his bassboat. It was three
syringes- two of them had the protective caps on, the 3rd was
uncapped- it was a large gauge monster of a needle, and sticking
almost straight up from the grass. Nice. What the heck would a
competitive angler be using syringes for. BTW, one of the capped
needles had blood on it, and it didnt look like human blood.

Lol, have I discovered Bass fishings dirty secret?

First off the guy is a jerk. Littering is my number one bitch about a lot
of outdoorsmen. I've even taken one guy back to the dock and put him ashore
during a tournament refusing to let him back in my boat after he
deliberately tossed trash in the river. If you know hime tell him Bob la
Londe called him a jerk.

However, there is probably nothing nefarious about his having syringes in
his boat. When bass (and other fish) are brought up from deeper water the
gases in their swim bladder expand, and can harm or even kill the fish. A
syringe needle is used to release that pressure for the better survivability
of the fish.

http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/b...zing_procedure
Here is a link to one article about fizzing bass.

Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com