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I was jig fishing yesterday with my usual purple/chart jig. Got a good thump and boated a good Crappie . Did not think much except one more good Crappie towards my limit as I swung it in . To my suprize some fisherman had broke it off awhile back . The fish had a chartruse curly tail on a painted head in it's jaw and about 6'' of line but jig was black with crud . Wonder how long it carried that bait for it to be like that ?
Yessir! Same thing happened to me and a friend one afternoon. He borrowed a bait from me and hooked something that eventually broke off....later that evening we were catfishing and brought in a cat, and that bait was still stuck in the side of his mouth. No rust!!
Nope, not yet. However, several have said they have. Thx for providing a pic of your catch along with the nimrod special.
i have managed a crappie with a wire hook in it before . but thats a cool story for sure
I was spot fishin bass a week ago and seen one with a soft plastic stickin in its mouth. I tried but couldn't get him to strike. Just wanted to get that bait off him.
It's been a while but I'm sure the minna fisherman that got his line broken when he set the hook on this'un had a story of the "4lb crappie" that broke his line.....
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Was trout fishing in Cherokee NC and hooker a nice rainbow. Got him close enoug to see he had my fly and a Mepps spinner in his jaw. He broke me off soon there after. I fished that same pool later in the day and hooked the same gosh. Landed j this time. He had my fly, the Mepps spinner and a small bare hook in his mouth . I relieved him of all the jewelry and let him go. He deserved to live to fight another day. He was a chunky 16-17 inches long.
Hey, that is a good find. Nice jig and the price is rite!
I have caught numerous fish with hooks in them, but never one with a jig. Brenda caught a bass with a piece of a spinner bait in its mouth long time ago during the Triassic Period.
I have broken off when the fish wraps itself around wood.
Glad to see they are surviving with hooks in em.
I caught a bass once that had a big "creature" bait is its stomach. Skinny fish
Happens alot Bass eating plastic baits and swallowing them . Seen them with and without hooks swallowed .Quote:
Originally Posted by pineplace
Caught a gill last week with someone elses pre-tied snell hook stuck down its throat. Coulndt get it out so i cut the line off at least and tossed it back (it was a tiny gill), I doubt it survived.
I would be skinny too if I had to pass a creature bait.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineplace
I had a crappie break me off last spring. I cast back to the same spot and caught the fish...with the first jig still in its mouth. Only time I ever did that with a crappie that I remember. Have done it a few times with bass and catfish.
Caught a Bass once that was "passing" a rusting worm hook ... caught a Crappie once that had a "rusty outline" impression of a hook on the outside of its stomach area scales ... and caught several different species of fish with hooks still stuck in their mouths. None of them were especially "large" fish, either, nor were they "unhealthy" looking ... as though the hooks were an impediment to their ability to feed/thrive.
I caught one just yesterday actually, this bass had a crank air in its mouth. I've only done it one other time, catching a big smallmouth bass with a tube in its mouth
Was on a trip out of Ponce Inlet on a sport boat and a buddy caught an 87lb black grouper that had a hook, leader and clip from a longline boat.still in his jaw. Dont know how it managed to break off from the mainline of one of them but he did somehow. Have caught several catfish with hooks in them.
Caught a catfish once with 5 hooks in his mouth counting mine. He was hungry.
Actually too many times to count. When you have size limits, it happens pretty often.
Here is a photo of a Catfish I caught with a jig coming out of his rectum a few years back. But I was Catfishing at the time .:Rofl
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Well 2 weeks ago while Bass fishing I tied on a brand new 6$ spinner bait, first cast with it and a huge Large mouth took it, I got him to the boat but the mono I was using snapped and off he went, I went back to that lake yesterday hoping to find that fish again