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AC2717 · 08-30-2018, 07:44 AM

catch, take photo if worthy, if a rock bass, send them down to Davey jone's locker

I slice them up gill to gill from the underside so the head flopping and they will die quick and be food for other fish and what not. Sometimes we leave them in the motor well and wait for them to die and then toss them back in, but I will tell you sometimes its well over an hour before they die, that's the problem they are way too resilient, I've had some out of the water well out longer than an hour, thinking they are dead put them back in the water and they swim away, which is why i just slice them up now

08-30-2018, 07:44 AM	#7
AC2717 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Maynard, MA & Paugus Bay Posts: 2,521 Thanks: 747 Thanked 344 Times in 257 Posts	catch, take photo if worthy, if a rock bass, send them down to Davey jone's locker I slice them up gill to gill from the underside so the head flopping and they will die quick and be food for other fish and what not. Sometimes we leave them in the motor well and wait for them to die and then toss them back in, but I will tell you sometimes its well over an hour before they die, that's the problem they are way too resilient, I've had some out of the water well out longer than an hour, thinking they are dead put them back in the water and they swim away, which is why i just slice them up now __________________ Capt. of the "No Worries"