09-25-2005, 09:28 AM
I've seen this happen to guys at the Lake before, especially with Stripers. I dunno if it was the high water temps or poor fish handling, but ive seen it happen.
I catch Carp up the lake quite often, usually 2-7 per trip. Some fights are 2 minutes while others are 10. All I do is go in the water, grab the fish and start pushing 'em back and forth in the water after the fight and the get revived. It gets the water pushing over the gills, which helps the fish breathe. I've yet to have a fish die on me doing this, even the really tired ones after those long fights.
Its something to try if you havn't already.
Maybe there's just a bunch of sickly fish in the lake.
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I catch Carp up the lake quite often, usually 2-7 per trip. Some fights are 2 minutes while others are 10. All I do is go in the water, grab the fish and start pushing 'em back and forth in the water after the fight and the get revived. It gets the water pushing over the gills, which helps the fish breathe. I've yet to have a fish die on me doing this, even the really tired ones after those long fights.
Its something to try if you havn't already.
Maybe there's just a bunch of sickly fish in the lake.
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