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| so which hand do you usually use to hold the fish by its gills? right or left? |
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Location: Hayward, WI | In EVERY picture I have it's my right hand. Must just feel the most natural that way.
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| or which do you feel for comfortable using? |
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Location: The desert | Does it matter? |
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Location: lake x...where the hell is it? | your suppose to use your strong hand, for most its the right. i feel comfortable with both. now if you fish the same spot alot and take pics then you want to use the same one all the time so you can see if you caught the same fish twice. |
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| imo every anglers are supposed to use strongest hand.
Pointerpride102 (just for the fish health)for 30 incher- you can use both,head shake are not that strong |
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| just in case
http://www.muskyhunter.com/muskyalbum/blakejohnston3.jpg
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Location: Norway | I use the pliers/knipex etc with my strong hand, therefor I have the left inside the gillplate and also lift them with it also. Dont even have a righty Lindy Glove.
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| Depends on where her head is in the net.......... |
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| i think you can move the fish head,they will not bite you
Edited by mota 12/24/2008 5:55 AM
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| mota - 12/24/2008 6:30 AM
i think you can move the head fish,they will not bite you
I never said anything about getting bit!! I dont have to move a fish around in the net "to use my strong arm" because all the fish I catch are not big enough.
BTW, what is a "head fish"?????????? LOL |
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Edited by BenR 12/24/2008 7:38 AM
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| ahhh somethings wrong with this picuture... you don't HOLD the fish up by it's gils, you hold it by the jaw bone underneath, NOT the gils...
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| yeah, you'd get better control with the hand holding the cartilage plate between the jawbone from inside-out instead of the outer edge of the gills like in that pic.
i use either hand, depending on side of the boat or how it is in the net, etc.
most often i do end up using my left hand, which is my NON-dominant/strong hand...
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| Backwards as usual, I use my left hand...
Any other guitar players out there will probably do the same -- that thumb/forefinger grip is far stronger on my left hand, even though I'm right handed. It feels really backwards holding a fish the other way. REALLY backwards, like "how do I do this, I'm gonna drop this fish" backwards... |
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| Been using my left hand more last year due to the fact that they don't really make a right handed bump board. It seems they have less of a chance to squirm away from you if your hand is not akwardly upside down trying to put their nose to the board. I kinda think the pics look better with my left hand too
SOMBODY MAKE A BUMP BOARD THAT READS RIGHT TO LEFT! |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Left hand some times, sometimes right, because I'm ambidextrous. Lock on to the lower jawbone, thumb pressing on forefinger, grip very tight and very square to the jaw. |
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Location: Brookfield, WI | Which hand do you use for the release?
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| Jason Bomber - 12/24/2008 10:36 AM Been using my left hand more last year due to the fact that they don't really make a right handed bump board. It seems they have less of a chance to squirm away from you if your hand is not akwardly upside down trying to put their nose to the board. I kinda think the pics look better with my left hand too SOMBODY MAKE A BUMP BOARD THAT READS RIGHT TO LEFT!
There will be bump boards at the chicago show that read right to left. Check them out in the Musky Armor booth. If you cant make the show send me a PM and can ship one out to you.
Edited by Reelwise 12/24/2008 12:09 PM
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Location: Bloomer, Wi | I use Left for the gill plate and right (my stronger arm) to hold most of the fishes wieght and to remove hooks while in the net, just a conveinence thing. |
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| I use my left hand which is my weak hand. That way the fish feels even bigger than it is. Actually it depends on how the fish is in the net. |
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Location: lake x...where the hell is it? | Jason Bomber - 12/24/2008 9:36 AM
Been using my left hand more last year due to the fact that they don't really make a right handed bump board. It seems they have less of a chance to squirm away from you if your hand is not akwardly upside down trying to put their nose to the board. I kinda think the pics look better with my left hand too
SOMBODY MAKE A BUMP BOARD THAT READS RIGHT TO LEFT!
good point, why is that? i made one and thought about that when doing that but the tape reads left to right. anyone know of one thats right to left? |
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| LOL jay lip ripper... scroll up a little bit... I can print one up if interested....
Edited by Reelwise 12/24/2008 11:01 PM
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Location: lake x...where the hell is it? | you print tapes that read right to left? are those your bump board? i didnt put a back on mine so i could go use right hand. |
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| Yes. |
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Location: Chicagoland | Ambidextrous right here. Don't matter |
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Location: Richland Center, WI. | Left hand for the gill plate and right hand to support the body of the fish. Don't know why, just always do it that way.
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| Smokin Joe - 12/24/2008 4:58 AM
Depends on where her head is .........
That is what I saw first! Then I read the rest.
My opinion is that it just doesn't matter. There is no correct answer, no wrong answer.
Edited by Shep 12/26/2008 11:37 AM
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| That's kind of personnel,don't you think? |
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Location: Madison WI | I have always used my right hand, it just feels more comfortable to me to have my strong hand in the best place to be able to control the fish if it does decide to go nuts. |
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Location: Hugo, MN | esoxaddict - 12/24/2008 5:22 PM
Backwards as usual, I use my left hand...
Any other guitar players out there will probably do the same -- that thumb/forefinger grip is far stronger on my left hand, even though I'm right handed. It feels really backwards holding a fish the other way. REALLY backwards, like "how do I do this, I'm gonna drop this fish" backwards...
Not a guitar player but a hockey player and I think that 's why I am a LEFT hand in the Gill Plate guy. Just doesn't seem natural the other way for me. |
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Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160 | I use my left hand, The right hand I use for the pliers, but the most important reason I use the left hand is to protect my right hand which is my beer drinking hand.  |
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which hand do you use?