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Originally Posted by Swimmer

Better yet, how many passes do you make?

Not many like i said 1 ply At least I'm not like Howard Stern he has to go through a undercarrige wash and a look in the mirror. imagine a mirror in your toilet scarry thought just ask Maco Joe
he has night vision
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[LeCounts1099]

Never once gone anywhere near a Bass' gills during landing and/ or releasing any! Yes I see too many still do... but I've known since childhood that's wrong if releasing! (Basic fish Biology!). Not only that... Bass have no teeth worth fearing! I can get a lip- grip or if not cradle the fish in shallow water easily enough!


SD, point is simply: verify w/ your Boga all weights of Bass you'd like-- among the ones you're keeping! (You're weighing your Large kept Bass I'm guessing on that Boga?)

Bass to be released: better to be off 1- 4 lbs. or so on the exact weight in your estimate if need be... just let the big girls go as gently & with as great odds of survival as possible! If you're releasing them anyway... & would like a shot at catching that fish again 20 lbs. heavier... that's only logical, right?

"Show me the slips" I know! Yes guys exaggerate their Bass' size I know often!... but that's about their kept Bass-- not released! No one listens to or cares about how big someone else's released fish are-- unless it's a very credible friend! When C & R'ing, you're only looking to impress yourself with your catch-- your toughest critic! -- no one else!

I know of a boat- guy who landed a Bass obviously close to 60 lbs. last year in NJ... and DIDN'T weigh it/ didn't want to get the exact weight to brag with... BECAUSE his choice was to release it!

[BassDawg]

Very sensible, indeed, LeCounts.

[NIB]

I don't own a boga.I'm too cheap.I can see where they would be helpful to steady a fish for hook removal.Especially when in the water..
Not everyone has vise grip hand strenght..There are times,in order to protect my own safety.The subsequent health of the fish becomes secondary..
On another note..I never use pliers.
Ask NIB was WAY better...

[bloocrab]

. .. I don't get it, if y'all are SO worried about hurting the fish, you may want to think about giving up fishing, .....you will definately hurt less fish that way.



NIB - I'll bite, was WAY better?

[Jenn]

[QUOTE=bloocrab;572163] . .. I don't get it, if y'all are SO worried about hurting the fish, you may want to think about giving up fishing, .....you will definately hurt less fish that way.
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EXACTLY my point everytime the catch and release fish mortality question arises. Many claim not to kill fish because they catch and release but at some point they ARE killing at least some. If you are against killing fish....DONT FISH!!!

[BassDawg]

[QUOTE=Jenn;572175]

Originally Posted by bloocrab

. .. I don't get it, if y'all are SO worried about hurting the fish, you may want to think about giving up fishing, .....you will definately hurt less fish that way.
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EXACTLY my point everytime the catch and release fish mortality question arises. Many claim not to kill fish because they catch and release but at some point they ARE killing at least some. If you are against killing fish....DONT FISH!!!

AGREED, Jenn, there is the ocassional fatally foul hooked, gut hooked,
or improperly released mortality factor to the C&R equation.

For me, it's not an aversion to killing fish. i advocate C&R in an effort to not kill every fish one lands within the fishery management regs. because even if we did stay within the 2 per day max, imo, that would negatively impact our beloved prey as more and more of us answer the call of the surf. so, i choose to release far more keepers than i keep. and, there is also the pcb's and mercury factor to consider. i absolutely WON'T kill what i won't eat ~for me and my family.

also the more COWS we kill, ie. all that one can within fm guidelines, where will the Trophies for our children, thier children, and thier children's children come from?

don't get me wrong.............to each his own,
within the fisheries mgmt numbers, just my view about


"to kill, or not to kill? that is the ? whether tis nobler.............",
with thanks to Ye Olde Willy.