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Location: varies | Let's say you catch a muskie and for whatever reason it dies on you.
let's say it's a legal size fish.
what would you do with it? |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | mine assumes it's a Legal on Eagle ... :0) |
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| If I had a 54"+ die on me....yes, I would mount it vs. eat it.
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Location: Alex or Alek? | Tiger on designated lake(>40"): I'd eat it, unless it was a fatty then mount
Pure/Vermillion strain(>54"): Mount that S@#% |
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| In Minnesota I would call the dnr,,they sometimes want fish from certain waters to study |
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Location: St. Lawrence River | Id take it home. Taxi if a big girl, taking my chances and its going in the smoker if its a shorty..
Edited by JakeStCroixSkis 12/17/2015 4:43 PM
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| Well... Up on Eagle I'd get a skin mount. 54" and over, you bet. Not sure what I'd do with the meant. Smoke it? Maybe?
In places where legal is much smaller it would probably be eaten. |
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Location: oswego, il | Giant sub sandwich. |
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Location: The desert | ToddM - 12/17/2015 6:57 PM
Giant sub sandwich.
Well, we know your sub would be less than 50 inches. |
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| Have a sweet pair of boots made from the skin and get a replica!!! |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | Pointerpride102 - 12/17/2015 7:17 PM
ToddM - 12/17/2015 6:57 PM
Giant sub sandwich.
Well, we know your sub would be less than 50 inches.
Is that why he's a Minor??? |
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Location: Chisholm, MN | Don't you legally have to keep it if it dies and it's of legal size? Wanton waste right? |
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| I've had two fish that I know of that I could not get to swim off. Both were sub-legal so I had no choice but to let them float.
It's a sad sight, but that's part of the deal. |
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Location: North St. Paul, MN | I've had one inhale a bait and rip it's gills on the hookset. Went immediately belly up. Luckily (?) it was a dink, about 28", and let it float. Eagle got it in about five minutes...circle of life. |
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| In Ontario, you cannot waste the fish if it is if legal size or bigger so it must be kept either to be mounted, eaten or donated to research. If it is below legal size, you gotta let it float. |
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Location: Otsego, MN | I would donate to research if the local DNR would take it. If not, the law wouldn't allow you to release it if over the legal size. If under, I would have no choice but let it go for turtle/bird food. |
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| You should never let it get to the point the fish is dead! |
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Location: oswego, il | kmonacelli - 1/4/2016 6:30 PM
You should never let it get to the point the fish is dead!
Spoken by someone who has never had one die on them. Had one die before I ever took the pliers to it, not hooked bad either, it happens. |
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| Not saying it doesn't happen. A fish can die days later, but if the fish dies by the time you get it back in the water maybe your doing something wrong. QUICK length, Quick pic, (not 10) and let her go. |
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| ToddM - 1/4/2016 6:37 PM
kmonacelli - 1/4/2016 6:30 PM
You should never let it get to the point the fish is dead!
Spoken by someone who has never had one die on them. Had one die before I ever took the pliers to it, not hooked bad either, it happens.
Caught plenty of fish and never had one die on me! |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | That you know of.
You have been fortunate!
You are preaching to the choir, by the way.
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | kmonacelli - 1/4/2016 6:30 PM
You should never let it get to the point the fish is dead!
So...how does one accomplish this? Most are killed by the hooks. Some just plain die after a short fight. Like Todd said, it happens.
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| sworrall - 1/4/2016 6:48 PM
That you know of.
You have been fortunate!
You are preaching to the choir, by the way.
Your right , none that i know of!!!! Never held a dead fish 2 minutes after i caught it.
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| sworrall - 1/4/2016 6:54 PM
kmonacelli - 1/4/2016 6:30 PM
You should never let it get to the point the fish is dead!
So...how does one accomplish this? Most are killed by the hooks. Some just plain die after a short fight. Like Todd said, it happens.
Like i said QUICK picture Quick length and let her go! Not 10 pics from 10 different angles. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | How does that help a fish mortally wounded by the steel you just slammed into it's face? You didn't answer the question. Point was, it happens, and eventually will to you. And telling anyone here to 'stop killing fish' is pretty over the top.
Just sayin'.
The question was and is what would you do with a Muskie that DID die on you. So what would you do with one that died on you?
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Location: St. Lawrence River | kmonacelli - 1/4/2016 8:11 PM
sworrall - 1/4/2016 6:54 PM
kmonacelli - 1/4/2016 6:30 PM
You should never let it get to the point the fish is dead!
So...how does one accomplish this? Most are killed by the hooks. Some just plain die after a short fight. Like Todd said, it happens.
Like i said QUICK picture Quick length and let her go! Not 10 pics from 10 different angles.
Buddy.. Your assuming that fish are dying because of mishandling or because they are kept out of the water to long.. Worrall is trying to say that a fish can go tits up because of damage caused by hooks, or I will add that sometimes they can't recover from the stress of a balls deep fight coupled with warm water temps. The damage can be done before you put your hands on the fish.
Edited by JakeStCroixSkis 1/4/2016 8:08 PM
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Location: central Wisconsin | Had a shorty die on me two summers ago, he smacked his head against the side of my boat. We tried for about half an hour and it just kept going belly up. We putit near the eagles nest and within five minutes they were dining on fresh esox. |
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| kmonacelli - 1/4/2016 6:39 PM
Not saying it doesn't happen. A fish can die days later, but if the fish dies by the time you get it back in the water maybe your doing something wrong. QUICK length, Quick pic, (not 10) and let her go.
How's that go again? |
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Location: oswego, il | kmonacelli - 1/4/2016 6:39 PM
Not saying it doesn't happen. A fish can die days later, but if the fish dies by the time you get it back in the water maybe your doing something wrong. QUICK length, Quick pic, (not 10) and let her go.
You cannot dictate circumstances. Like I said, had a 48 die on lsc before I started unhooking it. Mishandle? I never handled it! One WILL die on you. |
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| sworrall - 1/4/2016 7:52 PM
How does that help a fish mortally wounded by the steel you just slammed into it's face? You didn't answer the question. Point was, it happens, and eventually will to you. And telling anyone here to 'stop killing fish' is pretty over the top.
Just sayin'.
The question was and is what would you do with a Muskie that DID die on you. So what would you do with one that died on you?
I would bring it into some shallow weeds and hope the fish would come to. If you take the fish, there is for sure no chance of it reviving.
Not trying to cause problems on here. Just trying to convince people to do the best they can to take care of these fragile fish. |
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