Turning a fish upside down

I've been watching the "New Fly Fisher" which broadcast Sunday
mornings. Yesterday I learned that if you turn a fish upside down
while they're in the water, they'll lose equilibrium and won't struggle.
Makes it easy to unhook and release them.
-tom

On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:08:45 -0800, "Tom Nakashima"
wrote:

I've been watching the "New Fly Fisher" which broadcast Sunday
mornings. Yesterday I learned that if you turn a fish upside down
while they're in the water, they'll lose equilibrium and won't struggle.
Makes it easy to unhook and release them.
-tom

That's a well known way 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 :-)

"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 )

"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

"daytripper" wrote in message
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On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:08:45 -0800, "Tom Nakashima"

wrote:

I've been watching the "New Fly Fisher" which broadcast Sunday
mornings. Yesterday I learned that if you turn a fish upside down
while they're in the water, they'll lose equilibrium and won't struggle.
Makes it easy to unhook and release them.
-tom

That's a well known way 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 :-)

Great to learn new things.
-tom

"Tom Nakashima" wrote

Man doesn't lose equilibrium in water.
-tom



You have OBVIOUSLY NEVER seen me attempt to wade

"Larry L" wrote in message
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"Tom Nakashima" wrote

Man doesn't lose equilibrium in water.
-tom


You have OBVIOUSLY NEVER seen me attempt to wade

LOL...
Hey, my friend fantasizes of banging a mermaid someday,
I better tell him to be on top.
-tom

"Tom Nakashima" wrote in message
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Man doesn't lose equilibrium in water.

Not true.

Wolfgang

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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"Tom Nakashima" wrote in message
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Man doesn't lose equilibrium in water.

Not true.

Wolfgang

You're right,
Man can lose equilibrium out of water as well.
-tom

Tom Nakashima wrote:
I've been watching the "New Fly Fisher" which broadcast Sunday
mornings. Yesterday I learned that if you turn a fish upside down
while they're in the water, they'll lose equilibrium and won't struggle.
Makes it easy to unhook and release them.
-tom



It works with trout, but (in my experience) with whitefish.

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