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| Caught a 26 inch fat eye one wartm evening 2 weeks ago on a lindy. 16 fow. upper jaw hook placement
water temps were in the 70's and when we took the fish out of the net (whish was in the water) to take a pic the fish was stunned and appeared dead. 30 seconds out of the water
put her back in for her to float belly up
turned the fish over an slowly brough her back tolife with an aggressive tail splash good bye.
anyone experience stunned big eyes like ths?
and further what are the odds that my fish lived
thesebig old fish are vulnerable, i treat every one with kid gloves. |
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| I release a good number of 7+ pound fish a year. I keep them out of the water for as little time as possible. Take three or four pics quickly, and hold it over the side while gently rocking it back and forth. I have had many appear to be ready to let go, only to have them go belly up as soon as released. They ultimately upright themselves, and dive to the depths with a nice tail splash. The key while they are belly up is to watch the fins. If they (the fins) are moving regularly, nine times out of ten the fish is fine, will upright itself, and finally take off. Sometimes it takes a while. many times I've pulled all the gear in, and slowly circled the fish to make sure it will dive. I've only 'lost' one fish in the last four seasons. I could tell by the lack of movement that it wasn't going to make it, and circled around and grabbed it three times to try and revive it before giving up and placing it in the cooler. |
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| Everything hombra say's but one trick i learned at the bump tanks is massage the middle and upper tail area, just give its some quick but gentle side to side movement. often the fish is in shock and this will help! |
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| how deep of water did you catch the eye in, if your in deeper water you will have to fizz ( let the air out) other wise they will die. |
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| Interesting grammar and syntax. |
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| ^ Thx.
It was caught in 16 feet of water. |
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