Flat calm ocean yesterday. Slept in, ate breakfast and left the dock at 8 am. Got 4 gags, 1 scamp, 1 lobster, limit of BSB, limit of pinkies, some nice vermilion, sheepshead, an a couple dozen dinner plate size triggers.
I kept hearing all this talk about barotrauma and release mortality, so I played pretty close attention yesterday. We were pretty picky with the bass because we were getting some nice ones. We released many more than the ones we caught and I only saw 1 floater all day. All of our fishing was in 100’. Pretty crazy to think about, but fish seem to survive pretty well if you don’t bring them in the boat and dry hump them.
Sorry guys, I just figured people were dry humping them. I tend not to handle my fish that much and they seem to get to depth on their own 95% of the time with no tools needed. Am I doing something wrong?
Don’t think so, and I agree, poking a hole in them with a venting tool probably doesn’t help them out much. Dry humping on the other hand may be detrimental to the fish, you and your reputation:smiley:
Capt. Larry Teuton
Cracker Built Custom Boats
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skinneej, you are the man, if you pee over the bow while at cruising speed! For my age and I’m pretty spry, I stop the boat! skinneej didn’t anyone ever teach you not to piss into the wind[:0] I guess everyone else on the boat is practicing Duck AND COVER drills:smiley:
skinneej, you are the man, if you pee over the bow while at cruising speed! For my age and I’m pretty spry, I stop the boat! skinneej didn’t anyone ever teach you not to piss into the wind[:0] I guess everyone else on the boat is practicing Duck AND COVER drills:smiley:
Piss into the wind? he has a cat… it ain’t fast enough to create any wind.
Set the trap boys, we going to pass through them again!!
I went out on a commercial boat out of Murrells inlet about fifteen years ago to gather BSB for a fish farm / research facility in Edisto. We used traps and hook and line to bring back way more than should be in a 300gal tank. We vented most and most still floated on top of the water in the tank. We got in and loaded them on the truck and drove them to Edisto and had almost no dead fish upon arrival. We did have to vent some after dumping them in the pools. If they swim down and don’t get eaten they live. I don’t care what your friends at the SAMFC say. No humping wet or dry.
