Crappie hand(s)?

[jbird68]

Does anyone else get Crappie hand from holding and removing the hook from a caught Crappie? Caught plenty of Crappie today but man is my hand sore from the spiny fins poking in to my hand.

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[DockShootinJack]

I vaguely remember catching that many fish in a day. Not a bad problem to have

[Chuck Adams]

Poor thing!!! Lol
I wish I had that problem.
I remember my thumb being rubbed rough from thumbing bass.
That was in the past though.
Chuck


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[BobC]

I carefully grab them by the underside to try and avoid that problem. The last two seasons I have also been using lightweight fishing gloves. They work great and also provide sun protection on the back of my hands. That alone is worth it, as my dermatologist would say as she merrily freezes something on the back of my hand.
Bob

[Ketchn]

my right thumb stays permanently exfoliated ......
a few get held ,but most get lipped .
some fish will ruin a hand though
congrats on the sore hand

[catchNgrease]

Just stick your thumb in the mouth. Don't try to fight them fins

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[SuperDave336]

Usually my left thumb gets a little roughed up on Sundays. In no way would I say sore though. I usually lip and occasionally squeeze hold near gills like PR Fishing on YouTube but I very rarely hold like a bluegill. Just now thought of that and have no reason why I do that. Never even thought about it. I guess unless to small to lip hold or funny hooked I’ve just always held by the lip.

[shipahoy41]

I just wear these gloves.

Mike

[jbird68]

When I was young, I was taught to set your pinky in front of the dorsal fin and slide over to fold them down flat. But when you push on the jig to remove it is when the spines poke and cut. It just stings afterwards. I have some fingerless gloves but of coarse I left them at home on this trip. We are using tungsten ice jigs tipped with Berkeley Gulp! Alive 1" minnows. The jig heads are fat and don't leave much room to get my fingers in their mouth to push out the hook. We used forceps in the past but they end up chipping the paint off the jigs. My son was happy to catch what we did on our first day out.

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[Noodle rod]

Catch them and grasp them by the lower lip, keep fish vertical, release and repeat. How you know how great your day was is to notice a sandpaper texture on your left thumb pad.

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