BankBasser
9/18/2011 12:55:00 AMFor future use.....Push the hook through and clip it off at the barb, then remove the hook. If it was healing well, then it won't have an infected wound anyway and it would just give the fish "freedom" of pain
rickydbasser
9/18/2011 10:02:00 AMI think we've all caught our share of bass with hooks and/or plastics in their mouths. One 4 lber I caught had a drop shot rig and two feet of trailing line. And I know I've broken off a few because of a weak knot. It just goes with fishing. And it certainly goes without saying, I sure feel good when I get the chance to remove these finds from a fish before releasing them. By the way, very nice bass!!
buc
9/18/2011 4:58:00 PMsounds like you made the right choice, fish are more resiliant than most might think. it ate your bait so it must be getting better.
gdrees
9/19/2011 1:23:00 PMNice fishing and report. Your pictures remind me of Wilson Wilson from Tim Allen's show "Home Improvement."
chi_fisher2169
9/20/2011 8:41:00 PM@gdrees, lol i was thinking the same thing. @ Hawgs, i must have just missed u. i also fished beaver this saturday but got there round 12ish since i had quite a few drinks the night b4. did pretty well on the large mouths. mostly dinks a few in the 1# range and a 3#er. all were taken on a 4" senko cause they jus kept pecking at the 5". maybe we can meet up one of these weekends, i love that lake.