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  1. 06-12-2016, 08:23 PM #1
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    Default Worst thing about cranking.


    Those 11.75 inchers with the bandit down in the gills. Often they have a gill taker broken out when they come in.
    Wish they would let you keep a couple of short fish rather than having to throw them back. I know nothing is wasted in nature and turtles have to eat but still hurts to throw back one that cannot live. Enid.... 40 caught, 6 keepers.
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    Happens but way more go out the spillway than we kill with a crankbait
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    Yeah seems to be pretty uncommon for me to get one in with a torn raker. I think out of the 60 or so shorts I've caught recently only one has had this issue. If it is gill hooked and not torn I pull the hooks out from the bottom side very carefully as not to do any more damage. And does one torn gill raker mean the fish will definitely perish?

    Thought the same thing, if a fish looks to be in bad shape should be allowed to keep it rather then throw it to the turtles. To bad we can't have a honor system, but people would just be ripping up gills in order to keep short fish if I had to guess
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    The COE is in charge of flood control not fish management till a tourney. Then they are in the fish management business!
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    Yeah I agree. Its hard enough to throw back a 11 7/8" crappie especially if you know its gonna die, but like you said nature will make short work of them. I trolled by 2 or 3 dead floaters friday
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    Outlaw crankbaits
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    And jig poles, make only yoyos legal!!!!!!
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    Dont matter how you fish..some will be hooked too deep and die..
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    Those dead fish are not a waste. They are fertilizer and food for small creatures when they decompose. Circle of life.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hotrod1 View Post
    Those dead fish are not a waste. They are fertilizer and food for small creatures when they decompose. Circle of life.
    I tend to collect a lot of that white bass fertilizer myself... lol.. ;-)
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