06-22-2005, 11:11 AM
If they were fishing for 20 # carp in an overpopulated water from a kayak or float tube, I could see maybe something in it. I have never been with anyone that intentially attempted to foul hook anything except a carp (and that's usually because when carp show up, the other fish go away). But, for the fish they were after, and where they were, foul hooking a fish could be considered a really crude fishing technique - used by someone somewhat too ill prepared to fish for a member of that specific species but willing to harvest or kill it anyway.
BTW - Any large fish that is sufficiently foul hooked enough to get up to the boat to release, is most likely too injured to survive too long. Fish that are that wounded will likely die of infection, loss of blood, internal injury and even starvation - depending on the location of the injury.
When I use jigging, as well as all of the other anglers with whom I fish, it is a presentation to the fish - usually with relatively slow and small subtle movements. And again,in relative terms, the hooks are generally on the smaller side and injury to the fish is minimal and non life threatening.
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BTW - Any large fish that is sufficiently foul hooked enough to get up to the boat to release, is most likely too injured to survive too long. Fish that are that wounded will likely die of infection, loss of blood, internal injury and even starvation - depending on the location of the injury.
When I use jigging, as well as all of the other anglers with whom I fish, it is a presentation to the fish - usually with relatively slow and small subtle movements. And again,in relative terms, the hooks are generally on the smaller side and injury to the fish is minimal and non life threatening.
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