December Bass Fishing

[Fatpat_33]

Landed some hogs today shore fishing in Clarksville today. South wind, muddy water, used a dark blue football head jig with a same color split tailed trailer.

[Fatpat_33]

Sorry, forgot to attach photos.

[TNBronzeback]

Great fish right there!

[jad2t]

Nice looking fish!

Please tell me you ate those. I really hope you did since they were on mud and grass for a photo op. I swear I'm not trying to start a catch and release vs catch and grease war, I'm saying this to help you just in case you are a catch and release guy. If you are, you want the fish to live and laying them on those surfaces removes slime from their body. That slime protects them against disease. Us kayak guys will dip the hawg trough in water before laying a fish on it to get a picture for that very reason. I eat plenty of fish, bass included, but if I catch one that I intend to set free I take extra caution in handling it.

Again, nice fish though, unless you have really small feet. Then those bass are just average size haha. They can be tough to catch in the conditions you fished, well done.

[XxthejuicexX]

Good looking fish. Way to go in tough conditions too!

[StriperFan]

Nice catch.

Jad2t, I respect your opinion, and appreciate what your saying. But I don't think that cool wet grass or wet mud for a couple of seconds for a photo op is detrimental to a healthy fish. Now boat carpet and hot aluminum don't do the fish any favors. I hate watching pro bass tournaments on tv and watch one guy land a bass, flip it over onto the carpet and leave it flopping in the boat for a minute or two while he gets the net for his fishing buddy... reties, or whatever.

[Heiny57]

Nice catch in tuff conditions.

[patrick.furnas]

I do also respect your opinion on the catch and release thoughts, I did release the fish, I release most of the bigger fish I catch because I also think that the big ones deserve to be released. I do have to say though that the fish wasn't out of the water for more than a minute. I pull out the camera before the fish is up, pull the fish out, take the hook out, take a picture, and release, all done in less than a minute, little harm done. I also set it in the water carefully and make sure it swims off safe.

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[patrick.furnas]

Not sure why it logged me in through a different account also

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[XxthejuicexX]

you should have ate it!

[Headhunter]

great fish and the grass and mud did not hurt them in any way. I will take all my pictures on grass and mud from now on.

[jad2t]

great fish and the grass and mud did not hurt them in any way. I will take all my pictures on grass and mud from now on.

You're certainly free to do that, but if you're a catch and release guy then you should be concerned with making sure the fish you release goes back in unharmed. It is a verifiable scientific fact that if a fish loses it's slime, it is susceptible to disease. That isn't up for debate. That's why it's laughable at best when the pros do what StriperFan said and then talk about catch and release.

From what I've researched, trout are the most sensitive to this. Many trout fisherman won't even take a trout out of the water when handling it for this reason.

My post wasn't in any way to give him a hard time. I was just offering advice since I assumed he was releasing them. Those fish would have hit some hot butter if I had caught them so you know I'm not crying over it.