Thread: Air bladders

Well....I guess if I may kill them anyway....I might as well eat them like I did last night.

Originally Posted by Chad Maness

I can now say the slapping technique works! While fishing today in 38 fow I slapped all my throwbacks against the water with all returning with no issues, but that's not what sold me. I saw several shorts floating from other boats. Had one come close enough for me to net that was still fairly lively. I scooped it up and give it a good slap back in the water and straight down it went. SOLD!

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i also saw that video, i bring them up slow and throwback on side and have a good return percentage, but still end up bringing some home that dont swim off.

Yea, I guess one of the drawbacks of fishing a lake with a size limit is having to let the ones go that don't go back down. Otherwise I would just keep them so they wouldn't go to waste.

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Originally Posted by chief

There should be a one pole limit and you should hold it. Guys fishing 4 or 6 rods with minnows miss a lot of hits and the fish swallow the bait. Keep the rod in your hand and set the hook when they hit and you will have very few deep hooks, which will kill the fish.

I have heard it all now. I don't think I have ever missed a fish that had swallowed the bait.

Experienced this problem for the first time on Harris fishing 40+ FOW. Tried to bring up some instructions on my phone - oops no signal. Luckily only had two small ones that were thrown back and floated. Determined after that I would just eat anything I caught no matter the size, but the rest were keeping size anyhow. Going to watch the posted video so I'm prepared next time!

Thanks for the video.

To the hypocrite who suggested only one pole. I have seen him using two poles several times. I personally close the fishes mouth shut and drop them back head first and have not had a one come back up.

Even more ironically, I must have been watching that video about the same time as you, as I was searching for wintertime crappie videos!