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The other day I landed a nice smallie that got gullet hooked, but the hook
rotated out quickly. As the fish was taken out of the water, though, there was some bleeding, probably from a gill, but it was hard to tell. There was no bleeding in the gullet area during the hook removal. After a few seconds back in the water, he took off with considerable energy. Was the fish likely to survive after showing some bleeding? Is the bleeding sometimes a hemorrage from the commotion of the fight? Thanks, Bill |
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Most likely the fish will die, at least from what I have read
"bill allemann" wrote in message . net... The other day I landed a nice smallie that got gullet hooked, but the hook rotated out quickly. As the fish was taken out of the water, though, there was some bleeding, probably from a gill, but it was hard to tell. There was no bleeding in the gullet area during the hook removal. After a few seconds back in the water, he took off with considerable energy. Was the fish likely to survive after showing some bleeding? Is the bleeding sometimes a hemorrage from the commotion of the fight? Thanks, Bill |
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![]() "bill allemann" wrote in message . net... The other day I landed a nice smallie that got gullet hooked, but the hook rotated out quickly. As the fish was taken out of the water, though, there was some bleeding, probably from a gill, but it was hard to tell. There was no bleeding in the gullet area during the hook removal. After a few seconds back in the water, he took off with considerable energy. Was the fish likely to survive after showing some bleeding? Is the bleeding sometimes a hemorrage from the commotion of the fight? If the hook came out easily and there was no tearing to the internal organs, there's a very good chance that the fish survived. I've caught walleyes (which are a less hardy fish than a bass) with an entire gill raker hanging out, gray and lifeless, yet the fish was actively feeding and apparently healthy. Last summer, a client caught a smallmouth that had swallowed the 5/0 EWG hook on a Zoom SuperFluke. The fish was bleeding heavily and not wanting to waste a good fish, decided to keep it in the livewell and take it to a taxidermist friend of mine to have a replica mold cast. I totally forgot about the fish by the time I got home and went to work at the firehouse the following morning. Halfway through a 24 hour shift, I remembered the gut-hooked bass. Now 36 hours later, I approached the livewell with dread, expecting to see a dead, bloated, stinky and possibly fuzzy bass. What I found was a VERY healthy smallmouth bass quietly finning in some pink water with a fluke and hook lying on the bottom of the livewell. The fish was released with no apparent ill effects. Think about it for a moment. Do you die every time you bleed? -- Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
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On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:22:25 -0500, "Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers"
wrote: "bill allemann" wrote in message .net... The other day I landed a nice smallie that got gullet hooked, but the hook rotated out quickly. As the fish was taken out of the water, though, there was some bleeding, probably from a gill, but it was hard to tell. There was no bleeding in the gullet area during the hook removal. After a few seconds back in the water, he took off with considerable energy. Was the fish likely to survive after showing some bleeding? Is the bleeding sometimes a hemorrage from the commotion of the fight? If the hook came out easily and there was no tearing to the internal organs, there's a very good chance that the fish survived. I've caught walleyes (which are a less hardy fish than a bass) with an entire gill raker hanging out, gray and lifeless, yet the fish was actively feeding and apparently healthy. Last summer, a client caught a smallmouth that had swallowed the 5/0 EWG hook on a Zoom SuperFluke. The fish was bleeding heavily and not wanting to waste a good fish, decided to keep it in the livewell and take it to a taxidermist friend of mine to have a replica mold cast. I totally forgot about the fish by the time I got home and went to work at the firehouse the following morning. Halfway through a 24 hour shift, I remembered the gut-hooked bass. Now 36 hours later, I approached the livewell with dread, expecting to see a dead, bloated, stinky and possibly fuzzy bass. What I found was a VERY healthy smallmouth bass quietly finning in some pink water with a fluke and hook lying on the bottom of the livewell. The fish was released with no apparent ill effects. Think about it for a moment. Do you die every time you bleed? Awesome!! "Do you die every time you bleed?" This is a heavy question. I don't think Winston Churchill or Alice Cooper could have asked it better. And the dread you experienced with such empathy......it is magnanimous. One can only hope to rise to such level through the ingestion of SPAM. |
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a little too heavy on the psychedelics years ago?
"The Great Gazooka" wrote in message ... Awesome!! "Do you die every time you bleed?" This is a heavy question. I don't think Winston Churchill or Alice Cooper could have asked it better. And the dread you experienced with such empathy......it is magnanimous. One can only hope to rise to such level through the ingestion of SPAM. |
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*((( Unless I'm in a tournament, I use barbless hooks. With them
you lose more fish, but if you gut hook them they usually survive. If I'm using barbed worms, lizards or other single hook rigs & I hook them deep I'll cut the line & they have a better chance of the hook rusting & falling out without killing the fish. Smallies are the best. |
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