Questions...Ask - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

WadingWill · 03-04-2008, 12:14 AM

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Yes, I too do land & release all my Bass (& Blues too) by (usually gloved) hand! I Lip even 30lb.+ Bass no problem! (unless she has a face- full of trebles!)... & release in- water usually! I would NEVER use a Boga on a Bass of any size: not because they're "uncool"/ non- traditionalist to use... but because they KILL BASS TO BE RELEASED! (Or at least up the release mortality very significantly! Think about it: 20- 30+ lbs. of weight supported by a living creatures' jaw?... & then it has to feed again soon afterward, or eventually weaken & die?

Just my 2 cents on this. I think that hooking and landing a fish puts alot more stress on the jaw than the boga grip does. It only takes a few seconds to get the reading on the scale.

RIROCKHOUND · 03-05-2008, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by WadingWill

Just my 2 cents on this. I think that hooking and landing a fish puts a lot more stress on the jaw than the boga grip does. It only takes a few seconds to get the reading on the scale.

Not to HiJack, or put words in Steve's mouth, but the argument against bogas is the stress on the fish when hanging OUT of the water; in the water, fighting it, the body weight of the fish isn't handing from jaw. Especially with larger fish.