And a simple video, for those of you who might need pictures…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfuXtqRra0Y
“There’s a fine line between fishing and standing in the surf like an idiot.”
Another question. Why do people grab the fishing line by hand? Something I have never figured out. Not saying it’s right or wrong but what is the reason to do so?
Key West 1720 115 HP Johnson Saltwater.
We grab the leader, not the line.
Leader less likely to break-braid can cut you.
Facilitates landing the fish
The man in the surf in the pic here has his hand on the line as a guide to the leader-he is not holding it.
“Watch what we do, not what we say.” John Mitchell
Sea Hunt Triton 202
Yammy 150
It’s also good to whisper words of encouragement to a fish just before you release it. It helps build self-esteem.
If you’re lucky enough to be fishing, you’re lucky enough.
A Redfish is a Drum also known as a red drum, channel bass, spottail bass or just red and its species is S. Ocellatus. COMPLETLY different species from a carp considering there are 9 types of those. Just saying.
I caught a 12inch whiting at the Breech Inlet one time and had a hard time getting it off the hook. It was pretty unresponsive but I passed it through the water and he started flicking his tail. so I let him go and bid him adieu.
…Then that dam Blue Heron speared him out of the water and flew across to the Sullivan’s Island side to eat him.
I used to crimp the barbs down on the hooks also till all the mullet I caught kept flying off the hook on the cast. now I just crimp the barb down while removing it from the mouth.
P.S. didn’t Bill Dance and all those pros on tv hold all their fishes that way then toss them over board?
Grew up fishing and sharking on the OBX beaches. Can’t count the # of huge drum I’ve seen released after much worse treatment by the dozens of fishermen in the conga lines. I can honestly say, I’ve not seen one go belly up.
As far as sharks go… we’ve landed hundreds of sharks and had some on the beach for extended time only to watch them swim off very eagerly. Much of this is people trying to regulate others ala the U.S. govt…
Personal experience can often trump all the “educated expert” opinions from their armchairs. If you come up and tell me on the beach not to keep a legal shark , I’ll tell you where you can jump. Same for the way I deal with said drum or shark IF I decide to release it.
Walkman-Just goes to prove all the theories about careful releasing of fishes originally stated here.
The Heron was rewarded by your kindly treatment of the Whiting just as the sharks which eat all the Reds we fail to release properly are rewarded by our actions.
I’m surprised there are any Reds left alive in all the Seven Seas when you consider how badly we treat them on release.
“Watch what we do, not what we say.” John Mitchell
Sea Hunt Triton 202
Yammy 150
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/sports/outdoors/article36593586.html
article on handling drum. the dnr biologist is probably 22 fresh outta college. snicker.
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