Hooks in hand

[fishinwrench]

2 hours ago, Basfis said:

I’ll have to check that out. 

If I had to place a bet in advance, I’d bet on a stinking white bass being the fish that one day sticks me. 

Never try to lip a White.  Use the Gill clamp method.   A quick authoritive squeeze on the center of the gill plates immobilizes them immediately.

[1farmer]

22 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Never try to lip a White.  Use the Gill clamp method.   A quick authoritive squeeze on the center of the gill plates immobilizes them immediately.

Don't let that white slip either, if you do you can end up with an inch long gash across the palm of the hand. 

The best way I've found to deal with the step method. This is done like this: Put fish in boat, place foot on fish, grab needle nose pliers and remove hook, then gently grasp fish with pliers by the mouth and release back into the water.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[dtrs5kprs]

11 hours ago, Al Agnew said:

Didn't see how they got it out.  Don't think the string trick would work with two hook points buried; it would have been no problem with just one point buried in that spot (as long as you had a partner...doable if you're alone but not as easy.

Fishing a lot of two and three treble hook lures, I've always been very careful about lipping bass, but usually manage to do so with no problem.  Trick is to not be tentative...see the opportunity to grab that lower lip and do it quickly and as hard as you can grip.  But sometimes it just isn't possible to do it safely.  I never have carried a net in the canoe, but will be buying one for the jetboat and I might start carrying it in the canoe as well.  On the North Country trip that CWC and I did last summer, where we were catching a lot of big, hot smallmouth, I finally gave up on using my walk the dog topwaters because those fish were just too hot and too strong to handle safely, and we didn't have a net.

They didn't. Got it off the bait and taped it down. He won with it in him.

[dnj21]

15 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Never try to lip a White.  Use the Gill clamp method.   A quick authoritive squeeze on the center of the gill plates immobilizes them immediately.

I was wrestling a Hybrid yesterday with a mouth full of Jerkbait and was thinking "There must be a better way"....

[dnj21]

Especially after watching Poche the day before, it was fresh in my mind.

[Deadstream]

15 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

a sturdy stick.

Is that to bite on? 

[nomolites]

I catch a lot of big hybrids on crankbaits and and such and have had hooks buried in flesh multiple times - one flip while you are handling is all it takes.  Have mitigated this issue for the most part using locking plastic pliers the last two years.  They work surprisingly well.  I also carry high quality diagonal and needle nose pliers in the first aid kit cause “stuff” happens.  My last unfortunate patient was my 80# Weimaraner with a # 6 Triple Grip in each nostril and a 10+ # blue cat attached to the other hook on that crankbait.  Some lessons come hard.

Mike

[rps]

After a number of painful and bloody sticks and two ER visits, I am a wimp. I net all fish and they come out of the net with a boga. Then I use needle nose to extract the hook. I then use the boga to put them in the ice chest or the lake.

[MOPanfisher]

I use the plastic gripping pliers too, works well.  If it's a walleye etc.  I net him. I can tell you that cursing LOUDLY doesn't help.  Does make you feel better but when you run down its still.  A decent pair of small bolt cutters that the jaws come all the way together on is by far the easiest.  I have a pair but they are never in the boat, which leads back to.the part where cussing doesn't help.

[Basfis]

Buddy sent me a link....hope it works. Close to wrenches description minus the stick to bite on. Hook removed