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Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
makes you wonder about the whole mortality issue because your not holding it properly.........it survives fine with a 6" chunk of meat missing  |
Makes me wonder also.This past fall I caught a striper [another stupid one] in the 25# class. It had a hole in its gillplate about 2" round exposing beautifull bright red healthy gills.I turned it over to see another hole only about the diameter of a silver dollar.These 2 holes were on the edge of the gillplates and had healed beautifully.I thought it might have been shot with a speargun and some how got away.
I released that fish and hope it is swimming somewhere right now.