Anyone else losing em at the boat?

[Ketchn]

a half milli second of slack and they are gone many a time .
lost a nice one yesterday at the boat , it was large and the space between the boat and dock I was on was small .
in the half second of trying to squeeze it thru the space it was gone .
its about bigtime important to not slow up and steadily crank and sling the fish up on a dry location .
some also use a net to insure less escapes as well .

[dhaire]

If not a net then work on your sling method. Once you see the fish start the upward motion not allowing any slack until the bad boy hits the deck.


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[Atimm693]

I flip 90% of the fish I catch. I only lose a couple here and there.

If you're gonna flip them, do it quickly and use their momentum to your advantage. Do not let them flop in the air.

[DRFISHDUCK]

1 was jigging above brush using a very limber 9' Sam Heaton SS rod and I would get the slab on top and the fish would lay sideways and flop and it was gone - this happened a few times in a row that day and I switched to an 8' H20 fast tip crappie rod and that stopped the problem. Since then I have used that Sam Heaton rod a bunch but that day it wasn't working.

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[pescador]

Another thing you might want to check? Make sure your hook point is above the eye.

[deathb4disco]

Its called... Use a Landing Net.. a long one...

This ^^^^

[S10CHEVY]

Try opening the hook, by about 10 degrees, either upwards, or to the side.

[searchn4crappie]

Rod tips up. Will get & use a net. Thanks.

[searchn4crappie]

Gonna get long-handled net.

[searchn4crappie]

Using mono.