01-03-2003, 05:14 PM
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]Buy a Berkley lip gripper. They'll handle fairly large fish with big teeth; I use one for macks. The only di
vantage is the fish has to (1) open it's mouth and (2) hold still long enough to get it clamped on the lower jaw. Be careful you don't go too deep and hit the gills.[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3] Most of all take your time, breath through your nose, and tire the fish out so the thrashing at the hole is minimal. loosen the drag a little more and let him make a few additional runs. Only divantage to this is that if you plan on releasing them, you can stress a fish from a long fight making it hard to revive them plus it's hard to revive a fish through an ice hole. I have a friend that attaches a stringer to large lake trout and makes sure the fish are fine before shoving them back down an ice hole. You can punch a hole through the skin on the lower lip and loop it around the bottom jaw bone in the front of the mouth and never come close to the gills.[/size][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]Buy a Berkley lip gripper. They'll handle fairly large fish with big teeth; I use one for macks. The only di
vantage is the fish has to (1) open it's mouth and (2) hold still long enough to get it clamped on the lower jaw. Be careful you don't go too deep and hit the gills.[/size][/font] [font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3] Most of all take your time, breath through your nose, and tire the fish out so the thrashing at the hole is minimal. loosen the drag a little more and let him make a few additional runs. Only di
vantage to this is that if you plan on releasing them, you can stress a fish from a long fight making it hard to revive them plus it's hard to revive a fish through an ice hole. I have a friend that attaches a stringer to large lake trout and makes sure the fish are fine before shoving them back down an ice hole. You can punch a hole through the skin on the lower lip and loop it around the bottom jaw bone in the front of the mouth and never come close to the gills.[/size][/font][signature]