I quit posting weights a long time ago.
Due to dickheads.
Any dedicated Striper guys here?
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Due to dickheads.
cowhunter71
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I'd guess 13 and 17
I'd say that hanging them by the lower jaw for a weight is equally bad for the fish.
It took us way too long to realize this in the snook fishery in FL. I hate to think how many big fish I inadvertently killed by hanging them from a boga grip. On a good bite, this might have been more than a dozen 20lb fish, all injured or killed due to weighing them.
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Well Merv, I would say the first one is probably every bit of 30. Second one quite a bit smaller but hard to tell with the angle. You and Bryant do trade off trips?
How does weighing them hurt them ?
CliffordN
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Oh Ageless One, I would... But, you know I already know!
tntime
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Any large fish that is removed from the water instantly loses the buoyancy and most likely suffering damage to internal organs (especially from all the handling). Their innards are being crushed…
CliffordN
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That seems to be what a lot of folks do. I am just getting started with all of this, so maybe we can figure it out.
agelessssone
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Pretty damn good! 12 and 25!
agelessssone
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You were close, 25 on the first 12+ on the smaller. Yes, the angle was bad and we didn't want to do a retake, in a hurry to get back in the water.
S22
No trade offs. I took him and his boss out for an early morning trip for hybrids on Thursday.
It was slow until we found some ospreys banging the water.
His boss had never caught a hybrid so it was fun to get him on a few.
Chris's style/method doesn't fit well with an old guy like me so we don't do tradeoffs. I like Chris and he is always willing to share info with me so whenever he wants to go fishing with me, I try to accommodate him.
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Hmmm interesting
Thanks!
Hanging a large fish vertically by the lower jaw puts all of it weight on the ligaments that connect its head to its body. If my memory serves me well, this is called the isthmus. Damaging these ligaments is detrimental to the fish as they are the same ligaments used by suction feeders like, rockfish, snook, tarpon, bass, etc. to feed.
I'm sure not all of them die but the fish certainly isn't design to support its full weight, out of the water, by this part of its body.
CliffordN
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I wonder how beimg dragged around by a hook in that jaw works for them.
RobDooley
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I love strippers...heck, I've put a couple through college.
7mm08
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Likely. That was one of the original TFO 8 wts on a BASS PRO reel. ( finer rods & reels now) We ran them down with the motor or trolling motor to keep from stressing them out too much. Yes, and Clauser minnows on heavy sink lines. All hooked in the lip and all released alive. No trout sets!
7mm08
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J hooks that are swallowed with the bait. I've seen guys with balloons let them swim for several minutes BEFORE they set the hook. Think what that hook penetrates
7mm08
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Just a hint but either threadfin shad colors or tie it like a rainbow trout!! I tied these like a weighted Deceiver.
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There will always be mortality in catch and release fishing. We should take great care that if we intend to release a fish, we give it the best chance of survival. Just my opinion. Others can do what they want and I won't scold them for it.
Interesting read for anyone who wants to:
www.saltstrong.com
Are You Making These 3 Deadly Mistakes When Releasing Snook?
Do you want to see the three most common mistakes anglers make that end up killing thousands of snook after they are released? Then please read this.
www.saltstrong.com
