Took a buddy who had never been gigging out to give it a try.
The first fish he found was an undersized. Sometimes for the heck of it, I try to slip my hand under them and get them to "nest" on it. The most I've gotten is one halfway on before it bolts. Well, I tell him to try it out, and he gets the thing to sit on his hand completely! Then to top it off, he manages to lift it out of the water! It never even flipped a fin. We had it out for a minute or so, and put it back in when it started flaring its gills. It just settled back down and never bolted.
I found a nice 18"er, and was gonna have him gig it, but he ended up trying to get the gig too close and tapped it first. At least he won't be spoiled and we will get some next time!
The first fish he found was an undersized. Sometimes for the heck of it, I try to slip my hand under them and get them to "nest" on it. The most I've gotten is one halfway on before it bolts. Well, I tell him to try it out, and he gets the thing to sit on his hand completely! Then to top it off, he manages to lift it out of the water! It never even flipped a fin. We had it out for a minute or so, and put it back in when it started flaring its gills. It just settled back down and never bolted.
I found a nice 18"er, and was gonna have him gig it, but he ended up trying to get the gig too close and tapped it first. At least he won't be spoiled and we will get some next time!
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