Hmmm... 13.5K divided by 2... They do say $ is the #1 cause of divorces?...
They seem like OK guys so don't want to seem like I'm being too hard on them, but one more key observation I forgot to mention:
If I see them gill- grab & handle one more Bass (or Tog!) that they then pat themselves on the back for releasing... I'll scream!
On the giant Spoon episode, they molested a mid- 40's cow worse than Tommy Lee ever did to Pam Anderson!... then gently kissed it goodbye (after, oh... 1.5- 2 minutes out-of-water seemingly before release)...
Never a need-- esp. on a boat-- to grab gills! (even if you think "plate" is OK!)... indeed I never do so from surf, even at night & in rough conditions. It's just never necessary, unless you're keeping the fish. This paints them as "googs" or "chuckle- heads" more than anything else...
No bogas!... no gaffs!... (unless you're lip- gaffing a cow on the rocks, etc.)... & please no gill- handling on released fish! I believe there ARE ways to limit release mortality greatly, and this is rule # 1!
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