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Old 02-22-2018, 10:43 PM
Castaway Castaway is offline
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Default Re: I'm starting to like this NJ Trout Fishing

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Originally Posted by Adrenalinerush View Post
There have been two people who posted on my catch and release tactics so I guess I will clarify this. I should have put this in my original post but please look closely at my fish where the lure is in its mouth. You will notice there is no line connected to the lure. Why, because I had the fish in the water and while I was reaching down with my hemostats to remove the hook. The fish shook its head and popped my line. So, I had two choices, let the fish swim off with my plug still in its mouth, or grab it and lay it on shore. You'll notice the foam line in the picture because the fish is 6" from the edge of the stream. At that point its already on shore so I took a picture of it. I normally don't remove trout from the water I reach down and unhook them in the water. I will lay a fish on the snow once in a while like I did the other day and take a picture. I know how to handle fish, I know about their slime coat and I know how to tail and revive them. So, thanks for the advice but now you know the whole story. I will go back to lurking because its obviously not worth posting pics. And yes it was caught in Jersey!
Beautiful fish! No reason to explain yourself and stop posting just because of a couple of people have to put in their two cents and try to tell other people what to do.

Last edited by Castaway; 02-22-2018 at 10:50 PM..
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