Re: next time youre taking a fishing selfie or posing for your new profile pic...
Definitely a good post! I see alot of supposed 'Pros' doing this all the time. Not as bad to do to a LMB but smallies definitely cannot handle this type of handling!
The other common death sentence many anglers commit is the gill grab, particularly on any trout/salmonid species. Take a look at any of the popular salmon/steelhead sites for the pics of big steelies with fingers in their gills and captions reading 'release to fight another day' et al. Ehh, not likely.
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