People Who Mis-Handle Fish!

[Vogt]

It doesnt matter what it is! Last week I was fishing tin and got a bunch of sea robins. I released them with the same care as I would bass.

[Hooper]

IMHO, that guy is a first class idiot.

This moron wrote an article in Sport Fishing magazine recently about a canyon trip he went on, alone. But get this, it was after he struck and killed a large racoon with his truck while driving to the boat. He get out of his truck, picks up the nearly dead racoon, gets bitten and then says, ah, what the hell, I'll head to the canyons for the day WTF???

Upon returning to the dock, his wife or girlfriend or whatever they were at the time, takes one look at the bite and drives him to the ER, which is where he should have gone 18 hours earlier...

In another article he writes about how he loves his new 33' Hydra Sports CC with a couple huge outboards, so he can cruise to the canyons in the pitch black at 36 knots He's lucky he hasn't killed anyone pulling that stunt.

Common sense and good judgement are two things any skipper should never be without. He's an arrogant jerk.

[jimmyCT]

some fish do better when dropped head first into the water, from 2-4ft, and it what a lot of offshore fishermen do. Done alot with the tunas. I personally dont think its that bad if this is what he did but didnt see the show.

Big part of getting fish back into the water with high survival chance is getting them back in quick. Ive nudged a few in with my feet but never kicked them, this only if they are not lively enough to not need resuscitation. I dunno.

The whole canyon thing he did was quite controversial, no one goes out there alone. Anyone could. Its just a matter of safety. One of the best tuna fishermen in the world died last year while fishing alone off new jersey while landing medium sized tuna. They found his body connected to the fish days after he was supposed to return home. It shows it can happen to anyone.