It's come to my attention

[Mikey topaz]

I dont care how that kid holds that bass!!! If hes holdin a fish upside down by the eyeballs i dont care as long as theres not a damn xbox controller in hus hands your goodwith me! Fish on little man

[buzzbaiter]

Ah my favorite topic: fish handling

Three things came to mind when I looked at that photo. Here they are in order:

1. nice fish
2. why is he wearing gloves
3. whats that stuff all over the bass

Not everybody sees the same but this is what I saw. I tend to dwell on the minutia when it comes to photos so I can be a bit picky. However it does seem like I wasn't the only one. It is was it is. Agree to disagree. Life goes on.

[pulltaug]

Why is he wearing gloves? HE'S 7!!! He was targeting sunfish and didn't like the idea of trying to take the fish off the hook by himself with the spike. As a matter of fact I would say he's pretty damn smart to think of the idea by himself instead of NOT want to try and making me stand there and unhooking a thousand sunnys.

The stuff all over the bass is this awful horrible stuff that you find on the ground call GRASS!!!! It grows wild and if you don't control it can become a very big problem. It is known to cause stains on jeans so be very careful!

The kid was using a snoopy pole and brought that bass in by himself. Why is there grass on it? Because I immediately took it off the hook, showed him the proper way to hold it, snapped a picture and threw it back....
I didn't wash it off...make sure the fish was okay...hold him by his lip for 3 minutes in the water...and stress him out more...
so in fact - what I did was CORRECT.

Total time out of the water was less than a minute.

FYI he has graduated from the gloves to ease your concerns...

[jimcnj]

As long as it is a legal fish, he can make a hat out it if he wants.

[Heronimo42]

Pulltaug- I have a 7 year old and getting him to lip a fish with our without gloves is difficult enough. Good idea with the baseball gloves. I tried finding fishing gloves small enough for him and my 4 year old daughter, next to impossible. Will go with baseball gloves also. Keep fishing, have fun with the kids and ignore the negativity. I don't understand the point of pictures of fish to post on a forum for strangers, but that's just me.

[shrimpman steve]

Ignore the haters!