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Posts: 7084 Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | |||
| BNelson |
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Location: Contrarian Island | imo there is nothing wrong with holding the fish out from your body to make it look better, not necessarily bigger. why not make the fish look as good as it can, why hold it tight to your body only to have the fish look less than impressive...a big fish can be made to look, well, unimpressive by some of the holds and pics people get. We are out there for countless hours, countless casts, why not "show off" our prize catch a bit...not to the extent of straight arms out from your body but why not put the fish out there a bit. I try to take and get the best pics of the people's fish in my boat, to the point I have to coach most of them to get the best shot...but why not? again, why get a pic of a fish only to have you look at it later and think to yourself, that sucks, the fish was bigger than that...personally I like holds that are 45 degrees on up to straight horizontal...if somewhat vertical, the weight of the fish is supported with both hands, no straight up and down with the entire fishes weight being held by one hand....here are some examples of some fish and holds that I think work well...or just look thru some of my photo albums on here..most of my holds/pics end up being somewhat the same...but I think they look ok...not a big fan of the straight horizontal holds for all pics..gotta mix it up a little.. Edited by MSKY HNR 1/13/2009 3:49 PM Attachments ----------------  52_5_7-11-07_(3).JPG (25KB - 132 downloads) mike_11-9-08.JPG (155KB - 127 downloads) 49_5_a8-25-06.jpg (18KB - 123 downloads) | ||
| momuskies |
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| This is my favorite. Definitely on the knees to make the transition from net to pic back to water smooth. Edited by momuskies 1/13/2009 3:54 PM Attachments ---------------- lotw 2008 002.jpg (31KB - 119 downloads) | |||
| esoxaddict |
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| stormynick |
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| like this when ur wet and cold and ur hands nice n bloody n somone says screw it take the #*^@ picture? Attachments ---------------- Fishh.jpg (49KB - 126 downloads) | |||
| MuskyTaleMike |
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Posts: 314 Location: Bristol, IN | |||
| curleytail |
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| I tend to be a little boring. I should try to, and have been trying to mix it up a little. In general, I hold the fish roughly horizontal - generally with the nose of the fish "up" a little higher than the tail. I have tried to take a few different shots that I do like though. With some fish, I have tried taking two pictures, each with a different hold. Some shot angles seem to show off certain fish better than others. When alone, my pictures are typically pretty much the stock horizontal hold. I know that the fish will be in the frame this way, and I have a pretty limited time to get the fish from the net and into position before the camera snaps the picture. This year I started the kneeling pose, and really liked it a lot. Not only is it easy to get the fish from the net and back in, it seems to show the true size of the fish pretty well. So many of my previous shots came out with me saying just what BN said about taking poor pictures, "That sure makes that fish look smaller than it really was." I have a picture of a 46 that I took by myself. I was standing, not holding the fish out at all, and I could pretty easily convice you that it was a 38 inch fish. I'll see if I can find a few examples of my holds. The first picture is the "bad" picture of the 46. curleytail EDIT: Sorry for so many pictures, but I thought it was interesting to compare different holds of the same fish. The rest may not agree, but it seems to me that the more horizontal the fish is held, the thicker/deeper the fish looks. It might be partly that when I hold a fish more horizontal, I tend to hold the head away from the camera also. I also found this year that hiding the hand that is supporting the belly makes the fish look a little fatter also. I don't think it makes the fish look heavier than it should. I always thought before that my pictures made the fish look too skinny, but when I started trying to hide my hand a little, they seemed more "true to life." Edited by curleytail 1/13/2009 11:43 PM Attachments ---------------- wissota46.jpg (173KB - 126 downloads) 100_1850r.jpg (246KB - 115 downloads) 100_1847r.jpg (254KB - 122 downloads) 100_1856r.jpg (190KB - 118 downloads) 100_1857r.jpg (163KB - 114 downloads) 100_1877r.jpg (208KB - 115 downloads) 100_1879r.jpg (198KB - 130 downloads) 100_1895r.jpg (166KB - 123 downloads) 100_1896r.jpg (185KB - 120 downloads) | |||
| MuskyTaleMike |
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Posts: 314 Location: Bristol, IN | I hold the "dangerous" end with my left hand. A natural instict to keep my bowling hand free from getting mangled. Attached are a couple photos, the first is a 48" while standing up. The second is a 38" while knelt down on a knee.
Attachments ---------------- mike_s_48_002 (6).jpg (292KB - 125 downloads) 38 vilas county wisconsin (4).jpg (282KB - 124 downloads) | ||
| esoxfly |
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Posts: 1663 Location: Kodiak, AK | I fish alone, so most of my pics don't even have me in them. (Yes, it's pike, but I really like this pic, and it's the "hold" I use most. Attachments ---------------- P5310054r.jpg (52KB - 130 downloads) | ||
| nwild |
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Posts: 1996 Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain | One thing I stress to all in my boat, do not leave your knees. Not only is it a bit quicker from net to picture back to water, but in the odd occurence that you may let one get away from your grip, the drop is much shorter. Of course the solution is not to let one get away from you, but if it does.... Attachments ---------------- 49self.jpg (45KB - 126 downloads) tedtiger.jpg (59KB - 122 downloads) | ||
| Hammskie |
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Posts: 697 Location: Minnetonka | I agree w/ momuskies in saying that the safest, kindest way to hold a muskie is from your knees. It makes the transition from the net back to the water a lot smoother. Also... muskies rarely want to be held up here in gravity land, so if one does happen to wriggle loose, you'll have a lot better control over her when you're kneeling... and she won't have as far to fall. IMO: There is no reason to ever stand up with a muskie. Put the MuskieFIRST. Horizontal 4 LIFE!!! Edited by Hammskie 1/14/2009 8:48 AM Attachments ---------------- sunday_fish.jpg (102KB - 119 downloads) | ||
| jamie |
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| Here's a couple articles I did on the subject. Enjoy the...um...fish.  http://www.customfish.com/2007/07/proper-fish-handling.html http://www.customfish.com/2008/03/picture-article.html I hope that helps out. There's nothing worse than getting a bad shot of a great memory. | |||
| Joe Cal |
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Posts: 294 Location: Bloomer, Wi | I like this hold, it just feels right Attachments ---------------- tonka 48.5.jpg (101KB - 118 downloads) | ||
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