Handling BIG bass

On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 06:27:36 -0500, "Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers"
wrote:


"go-bassn" wrote in message
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I made the mistake of landing a 17 pound pike once by the gills - tore my
fingers to shreds! I sure as h-ll wasn't lipping that creature...

You stuck your fingers in too far and either got caught by the gill rakers
or if waaay too far, the teeth in the back of the mouth.

Practice makes perfect, now you just have to do it a couple thousand more
times and you'll have caught up to me.

Hi all, reminds me of a funny saying I once heard a fly fishing
instructor say.

If you practice doing something wrong enough you will be able to do it
perfectly wrong every time ;-)

Don't get me wrong, I have never caught a pike before and don't have a
clue how to handel them but just thought the saying was funny.

Later, DC

--
Dale Colemam

Holding a fish by its gill or its gill plate is stupid. Fish , at least
trout, are suposed to be held as horizontally as possible and their innards
are supposed to be supported. Fish live in a near zero gravity environment
and they have little to keep their organs in place. If you hold them
vertically, you are definitely not doing them any good, I do a lot of
volunteer work for the Nevada Department of Wildlife, and the California
Fish and Game, and they are unanimous is this. Even the Texas Budweiser
Lunker people say the fingers of one hand grabbing the lower lip, the other
near the anal fin. It's hard to do this except horizontally.


"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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How about just pouring the fish out of the net and onto a soaking wet
towel?
I've checked local regulations (Rochester NY) and found that it is legal
to
photograph a fish on a towel. Holding it up in the air by its gills is
ridiculous and unnecessary, unless your brother's name is Clevis and your
mom wore a backwards Caterpillar hat while she was giving birth, in which
case it's a tradition to hold a fish that way for 10 minutes while telling
anyone who'll listen that a fish should go back in the water ASAP if it's
expected to survive.

"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in
message ...

"go-bassn" wrote in message
...
I made the mistake of landing a 17 pound pike once by the gills - tore
my
fingers to shreds! I sure as h-ll wasn't lipping that creature...

You stuck your fingers in too far and either got caught by the gill
rakers
or if waaay too far, the teeth in the back of the mouth.

Practice makes perfect, now you just have to do it a couple thousand
more
times and you'll have caught up to me.
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com






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Agreed. I was making a sarcastic comment based on the vast majority of
yahoos I see on TV fishing shows. Admittedly, I only watch 11 minutes of TV
per month, but the only decent fish handler I've seen on TV is a guy named
Don Meisner, who used to do (and may still do) a fishing show from Watertown
NY. My local PBS station replaced him with re-runs of the Lawrence Welk
show. What putzes.

"Sierra fisher" wrote in message
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Holding a fish by its gill or its gill plate is stupid. Fish , at least
trout, are suposed to be held as horizontally as possible and their
innards
are supposed to be supported. Fish live in a near zero gravity
environment
and they have little to keep their organs in place. If you hold them
vertically, you are definitely not doing them any good, I do a lot of
volunteer work for the Nevada Department of Wildlife, and the California
Fish and Game, and they are unanimous is this. Even the Texas Budweiser
Lunker people say the fingers of one hand grabbing the lower lip, the
other
near the anal fin. It's hard to do this except horizontally.


"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
How about just pouring the fish out of the net and onto a soaking wet
towel?
I've checked local regulations (Rochester NY) and found that it is legal
to
photograph a fish on a towel. Holding it up in the air by its gills is
ridiculous and unnecessary, unless your brother's name is Clevis and
your
mom wore a backwards Caterpillar hat while she was giving birth, in
which
case it's a tradition to hold a fish that way for 10 minutes while
telling
anyone who'll listen that a fish should go back in the water ASAP if
it's
expected to survive.

"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in
message ...

"go-bassn" wrote in message
...
I made the mistake of landing a 17 pound pike once by the gills -
tore
my
fingers to shreds! I sure as h-ll wasn't lipping that creature...

You stuck your fingers in too far and either got caught by the gill
rakers
or if waaay too far, the teeth in the back of the mouth.

Practice makes perfect, now you just have to do it a couple thousand
more
times and you'll have caught up to me.
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com






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I caught the meaning of your previous post and agreed with it




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I'm so tired, I wouldn't notice if your message had come with a beer
attached. :-)


"Sierra fisher" wrote in message
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I caught the meaning of your previous post and agreed with it




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Another little trick when handling a big fish is to bend the pectoral fin
forward. It is about the equivalent of a half nelson and settles the fish right
down for hook removal.

Am I reading that incorrectly or did you just say something that made sense?
Are you feeling ok?


"Lure builder" wrote in message
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I think if you are taking a picture of a held fish you should take the
lure out
of it's mouth before hand. Taking the lure out first tells you how much
time
you have left to take the picture. If it is difficult to take out you may
decide to forgo the picture to preserve the life of the fish. JMHO

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From: lid (Sierra=A0fisher)
Holding a fish by its gill or its gill plate is stupid. ...

If you hold them vertically, you are definitely not doing them any
good,
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Lets see the fish just had a big hook embedded in its throat, lip, or
gut. Has been scared to near death most likely not knowing what the hell
is happening to it. Your tugging against it reeling it in with quite a
bit of force relative to the fishes size, remember that hook in its
throat is what you are yanking on. The fish is using all its energy to
try to get away.

After all this you people NOW worry about how the fish feels.
Worry if its being held vertically or in its gills.

LOL

Has been scared to near death most likely not knowing what the hell
is happening to it.

I don't think a bass's brain is big enought to do all that.
Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com

Rich Zaleski's book "Advanced Bass Techniques", has good insights pertaining
to a Bass's intelligence and stress. It expands on Ronnie's comment. I was
just re-reading it yesterday. Makes sense to me.
Al Crumrine

"RGarri7470" wrote in message
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Has been scared to near death most likely not knowing what the hell
is happening to it.
I don't think a bass's brain is big enought to do all that.
Ronnie http://fishing.about.com