Why lip hold?
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if done properly its the safest way to hold a fish, esp if planing to catch and release.
Bass are typically held by the lower lip since they don't have long, sharp teeth and its the safest spot to hold them by. Holding a fish by the body can harm them by removing their slime coat and risk a good chance of dropping them should they wriggle. Putting pressure on their soft underbelly could harm internal organs. Holding a fish under the gill plate of course could damage their gills.
Hello; In addition to the already mentioned answers, another is that for fish with a large enough mouth (like bass) this allows for the removal of a hook.
For fish like brim I hold them by the body. I have heard that wetting your hands help protect the slime coat.
Pike, like walleye, have teeth so I use the gill cover.
For fish like brim I hold them by the body. I have heard that wetting your hands help protect the slime coat.
Pike, like walleye, have teeth so I use the gill cover.
Catfish depending on size I I'll put my hand in there. Sometimes I'll bleed but it's fishing I been doing the mouth method for a long time
Another added bonus with lip holding bass is that it puts them into a kind of sedative state so its not likely to thrash. This is beneficial for the fishermen in that you don't get impaled by the hook(s) and greatly decrease the chance of the fish being dropped.
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