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Comment by stevens on September 22, 2015 at 1:16am

my stance is clear....I'm a huge advocate for catch and release, and as safely as possible but we also don't need to point out every flaw of new or returning anglers, we all make mistakes and this just happened to be best pic....(no bass was hurt in the making of this photo:)

Comment by Jake Anderson on September 19, 2015 at 9:37pm

Stevens: your stance isnt clear. You seem to agree with alot of what I am saying, yet you contradict yourself just to generate something to argue about.

My stance is clear: there is no excuse or good reason to mishandle bass, big or small, if you c&r.

The reality is... If you have caught and released 1000 6lbers... You have absolutely ZERO idea if they lived, died, were injured or not. All you know, is wether or not you handled them the best you could.

Mike Long believes a bass out of water for 30 seconds, will end up with some form of varying brain damage and delayed mortality.

There are tons of videos on this website of dorks weighing their fish 4 times to get an accurate weight of a fish that isnt even their personal best. They "think" it swam off fine.

At days end.., they are just bass, but it takes zero effort to take the best care possible. No effort whatsoever.

Comment by stevens on September 19, 2015 at 2:14am

you are entertaining i'll give you that!   I think an elite series pro also knows the difference between a 10lb and a 6lb bass....Also that is that guys first over 6lb bass in around 15 years, I was proud of him for catching it.(Fyi I also told him after pic not to hold it that way). And then here you come to save the fishies or whatever your getting at. I for one enjoy taking people out who don't normally catch big bass and teaching them, I didn't buy my boat to become pro, I bought it cause I like to fish in comfort. And iv'e caught more than 1000 bass over 6lb in washington over the last 20 years, and i've only kept 3 and all due to injury from fight, not from holding them above 10 degress....(Hey snake your arrogance is showing).

Also I prefer to let my ice cream stand for 5 minutes if to cold...

Comment by Jake Anderson on September 18, 2015 at 11:40am

That is not what the article says. While I can see where the picture is confusing, it says holding a bass horizontally without supporting its weight is potentially damaging because the fish will inevitably be torqued greater than 30 degrees. The safest way, as pictured is to keep the bass less than 10 degrees... Which is essentially Straight with 2nd hand supporting, or vertical, (as you will see all of my pictures are). Your buddy isnt doing that. In fact your buddies pic is identicle to the one Bernie Schultz posted as admitadely incorrect. But what does that Elite Series pro know?

Ice cream that is too cold is too hard to get a spoon into. Nuke it for 10 seconds and you are in business.

Comment by stevens on September 17, 2015 at 11:36pm

seems to me you would be upset if your ice cream was to cold snake....The article said the danger zone was holding a bass above 10 degrees...  Also it didn't seem to mention anything about lower jaws being broken....But it did say the best practice was to immediately release the fish after being caught, wich is exactly what happened in this case...

Comment by Jake Anderson on September 17, 2015 at 8:21pm

I am not familiar with the exact breaking point... Which is why I said "hopefully" it is not broken.

Dont take it from me... This is a well documented topic by guys like Mike Long. The better the fish, the bigger the chance of injury by incorrect support of the fish.

http://www.bassmaster.com/blog/how-not-hold-hawg

Comment by stevens on September 16, 2015 at 1:49am

snake said:

heck of a fish. Hopefully its lower jaw isnt broken though..:

how are you aware of the breaking point in a 6.2 lmb's lower jaw, with a 3-5 second strain for pic, after being pulled from 69 deg water temp? enlighten me pls

Comment by Jake Anderson on September 15, 2015 at 1:40pm

heck of a fish. Hopefully its lower jaw isnt broken though..: