10-07-2003, 06:13 PM
No No, I put the really skinny one back in the water promply they were only out of the water long enough to unhook them and sometimes they did it themselves. I had to land them cuz the bottoms on ponds are so slippery I kept sliding off the rocks. I can't tell you how many times I fell just trying to get to the shore. By the time I make it home I had bloody and bruised elbows. Of the bunch we caught 30-40 for the day we kept 8, only the fat ones and the skinny ones that inhaled the panter martins. My little digital camera come alive real fast so most of the fish laid in the grass for about 10-15 sec while I hunted for the needle-nosed plyers and the camera. I made use all the ones I put back into the ponds wanted to swim away. Of all the ones I put back only one turned its belly up so I pulled it out and put it on my stringer. It was that long really skinny brown with the oversized mouth, looked to me about 2 sizes too big for the size fish he was.
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