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Rockfish9 08-03-2012 08:28 AM

Ugly Wound..
 
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We've been catching some pretty beat up fish as of late...split tails... bleeding wounds...not sores.. possibly from rough handeling..some even have ripped jaws/mouths...
here is a picture of a fish caught this week that appears to have survided something tramatic... I guess is may be a gill net.. other than the healed over wound , this fish is healthy and strong.. she gave me all I could handle on light tackle.. she even recovered very quickly and swam off smartly... but not before giving me a puss full of water as a "screw tou suka! as she left...i wish her well.. opinions of the scar/wound?

LINESIDES 08-03-2012 08:41 AM

Gill net is my guess!
30 years ago I got caught in one in front of the old coast guard station coming off the flat...
They were banned at the time.
Fouled my prop. I removed it!!!

Rockfish9 08-03-2012 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by LINESIDES (Post 951974)
Gill net is my guess!
30 years ago I got caught in one in front of the old coast guard station coming off the flat...
They were banned at the time.
Fouled my prop. I removed it!!!

There were a few of them around that year Leo... big mesh floating nets.... I got so tangled in one out on the beach so bad that I had to anchor the boat and go swimming with a knife...I couldn't rise the motor for fear of sinking the boat..

PaulS 08-03-2012 09:26 AM

I thought that the post was going to be about your wound - glad it wasn't.

chefchris401 08-03-2012 09:34 AM

Joe you catch some amazing fish man!!

That wound looks rough.

Glad it wasn't you with the wound
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doc 08-03-2012 10:00 AM

despite the wound, beautiful fish!

Poncho 08-03-2012 10:08 AM

great pic on the release, thank you for sharing

Night Shift 08-03-2012 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Rockfish9 (Post 951971)
this fish is healthy and strong.. she gave me all I could handle on light tackle..

The superior boat handling made the difference :tooth:

Rockport24 08-03-2012 10:43 AM

wow ugly wound indeed. Love that pic of the release, you really see how that fish has some shoulders!

GattaFish 08-03-2012 10:55 AM

Bright moon,,, I figure Joe was out hitting it... He has said he liked the bright moon here for years.... Looks like we know why,,,,

I caught a nice fish with a fresh wound this June,,, I will dig up the picture in the next day or so...... looked like something with big teeth almost got it....

Rockfish9 08-03-2012 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by GattaFish (Post 952011)
Bright moon,,, I figure Joe was out hitting it... He has said he liked the bright moon here for years.... Looks like we know why,,,,

I caught a nice fish with a fresh wound this June,,, I will dig up the picture in the next day or so...... looked like something with big teeth almost got it....

yea.. and we get another "blue' moon the 31'st!.. I've already booked vaction time.

GattaFish 08-03-2012 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Rockfish9 (Post 952012)
yea.. and we get another "blue' moon the 31'st!.. I've already booked vaction time.

I wish I had the same luck under that moon,,, Sometimes its good and sometimes its bad... Couple nights ago,,,,, BAD.... lol,,,

vineyardblues 08-03-2012 11:18 AM

Very Nice Joe
Peter

Night Shift 08-03-2012 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by GattaFish (Post 952017)
I wish I had the same luck under that moon,,, Sometimes its good and sometimes its bad... Couple nights ago,,,,, BAD.... lol,,,

Don't give up, I would continue to fish it.

Rockfish9 08-03-2012 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Night Shift (Post 952023)
Don't give up, I would continue to fish it.

Hey.. what are you doing out of work... don't you have a roof to fix or something...

Night Shift 08-03-2012 11:43 AM

Punch list in Salisbury 0530-0900. That was plenty for a day I took off.

Rockfish9 08-03-2012 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by chefchris401 (Post 951984)
Joe you catch some amazing fish man!!

That wound looks rough.

Glad it wasn't you with the wound
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night shift gets the credit for this one.. I was only the angler.. if the boat dont put you on 'em.. ya can't catch 'em.

I havent had a hook in my anatomy since i was 14( sabiki rigs aside).. that left a 19 stitch scar... a permenant 'tattoo" from my first "40"

Slipknot 08-03-2012 12:43 PM

Nice fish Joe :)
I thought of you last night as I stood on the shoreline flogging the water with plugs for hours to no avail and to end up not being able to get out because of the high water(my truck doesn't have a snorkle) so I went back out for some more punishment. home by 5:smash:

Full moon was bright last night

did you get her on an eel?

call me next full moon ok

OLD GOAT 08-03-2012 12:57 PM

Nice pics Joe.

Raven 08-03-2012 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by PaulS (Post 951982)
I thought that the post was going to be about your wound - glad it wasn't.

me too
i was afraid to see his latest accident just before we went out to lunch

Rockfish9 08-03-2012 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Slipknot (Post 952045)
Nice fish Joe :)
I thought of you last night as I stood on the shoreline flogging the water with plugs for hours to no avail and to end up not being able to get out because of the high water(my truck doesn't have a snorkle) so I went back out for some more punishment. home by 5:smash:

Full moon was bright last night

did you get her on an eel?

call me next full moon ok

yup... eels.. ... sadly that next moon will trigger our start to the fall run...that will be the turn around moon for our area...

I'll give ya a ring...

The Dad Fisherman 08-03-2012 02:33 PM

That is a very cool release photo....

I also thought it was a wound to you....glad it wasn't

MarshCappa 08-03-2012 02:48 PM

Beauty of a fish!!! great photos!!!

massbassman 08-03-2012 03:52 PM

nice fish joe... and great pics!!
it reminded me of an experience i had about six or seven years ago. i was fishing point judith one nite to the left of the east wall, using eels and getting into some low to mid teen fish. during one of my hookups as i was reeling in, i felt a hard thud, and the fish stopped fighting. it was still there, but the fight was gone. as i got the fish in and my light hit it, i noticed a silver dollar sized bite taken out of the fish right behind its dorsal. seemed too small to be a shark bite, so i wrote it off as a bluefish. it wasnt bleeding at all but was definately into the meat. when i proceeded to start unhooking him, he sprung to life and started thrashing about. i contemplated keeping him for the dinner table, but he seemed no worse for wear, so i laid it in the water to "revive" him and he damn near shot out of my hand! so i guess its safe to say that these fish do okay... even with some nasty looking wounds.

GattaFish 08-04-2012 01:10 PM

munch
 
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Caught this fish earlier this year.. fresh wound....

stinkyink 08-04-2012 02:32 PM

That's a pretty serious wound. Never seen one that bad

Fisherwoman 08-04-2012 05:00 PM

Looks like a seal bite!!!!

Stripersurg 08-04-2012 05:37 PM

Very nice fish Joe.....:kewl:


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