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Originally Posted by capecodder
While I have never caught a BFT, never have time to try, I have watched the shows like OTW and seen photos here and elsewhere. It seems every fish is bleeding all over the deck even when they intend to release. Pix posted on this site and others by guys catching them are also usually a bloody mess.
Will these fish survive? Is there a way to release them without the bleeding? If it were a bass bleeding like that, I would think the odds are low of survival. Even when the guys on the shows do nothing more than remove the hook, the blood is flowing... why is that?
Just curious on how to minimize the damage were I ever to hook one...
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The fish you are seeing posted are those of fish being kept. I fished on 4 boats last year and every fish that was going to be released stayed in the water. We took all the fish on single hooks with the majority being hooked in the side of the jaw. No blood..
If you plan on releasing the fish, stay away from treble hooks and beef up the gear to land the fish in a timely manner.