10-09-2007, 03:53 PM
Great points by all. This is a very interesting discussion.
So lets talk about this side of it now. I have heard talk that larger bass should not be handled by the lower jaw alone. I'm guilty. I love to land them like this because of the paralyzing effect, but now I hear that it is very bad for them (they are at risk of breaking their jaws, thus making feeding impossible).
I think for smaller fish it is fine, but for bigger (4 pounds and up) it might be a good idea to add support under the belly??
Bassrods, you can surely add umput here. You have caught you fair share of lunkers....
P.S. All you contribution nazis, does this qualify as contribution[
] <--- that means that I was just kidding...
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So lets talk about this side of it now. I have heard talk that larger bass should not be handled by the lower jaw alone. I'm guilty. I love to land them like this because of the paralyzing effect, but now I hear that it is very bad for them (they are at risk of breaking their jaws, thus making feeding impossible).
I think for smaller fish it is fine, but for bigger (4 pounds and up) it might be a good idea to add support under the belly??
Bassrods, you can surely add umput here. You have caught you fair share of lunkers....
P.S. All you contribution nazis, does this qualify as contribution[
] <--- that means that I was just kidding...[signature]