That is why I try to never take them, or any fish, out of the water if I intend to release them. I have a huge landing net that I can keep them in and get the hook out of the mouth without bringing them into the boat. I have on occation had to cut the line with a fish too deaply hooked. All this is common practice with well informed anglers.
Zipperfish
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Posted: Fri May 01, 2015 9:04 am
I don't know about a pike, but if it's a salmon I jump in and punch the fucker in the head until he gives me my lure back.
PluggyRug
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Posted: Fri May 01, 2015 10:24 am
Zipperfish Zipperfish:
I don't know about a pike, but if it's a salmon I jump in and punch the fucker in the head until he gives me my lure back.
If it was a large pike it would give you back the lure but keep the arm and leg.
raydan
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Posted: Fri May 01, 2015 2:09 pm
I swear a lot and then, when I tell the story about the one that got away, I double the size of the fish.
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Posted: Fri May 01, 2015 2:10 pm
raydan raydan:
I swear a lot and then, when I tell the story about the one that got away, I double the size of the fish.
At the very least.
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Posted: Fri May 01, 2015 4:28 pm
Did any of you ever watch Monarch of the Glen ... when one of the main characters, Hector MacDonald, left the series by blowing himself up while trying to dynamite a huge pike lurking in his Loch?
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