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08-27-2009, 08:07 PM #1
How to release perch without killing them?
This might be a dumb question, but I have alot of trouble with perch swallowing the hook and find it difficult to keep the smaller ones alive for release. Do you guys cut the barb off? I am sure someone will have a good tip for me.
Perch time....yum yum
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08-27-2009, 08:54 PM #2
You either cut your losses and throw them back or keep some short ones. I don't think anyone will hold it against you either way. It is just a part of fishing. If the stomach is embolized, you can poke the end of it and hope for the best. If you tear stomach or gills out, they will die.
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08-28-2009, 06:30 AM #3Senior Member
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Walleye love them
think positive, if you do throw back a few injured fish your feeding a hungry walleye, !
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08-28-2009, 07:26 AM #4
try useing circle or octupus hooks, they generally catch the fish in the side of the mouth and very seldom do the fish swallow the hook.
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08-28-2009, 09:02 AM #5walleyewacker Guest
When we catch those smaller ones that are hooked deep, I keep them. When we get to the limit and are catching bigger ones, I throw the smaller ones back. The gulls eat them. They are dead either way.
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08-28-2009, 10:28 AM #6
I use the bigger size hooks, I think size 2, and use larger minnows.
If I'm only catching perch less than 9 inches, I'm moving or not fishing long.
By the way, I have been told by a park ranger who was checking licenses on a river, if you throw back a fish and it dies, it counts toward your limit. I'm no lawyer but I would be carefull. Hope the seagulls will devour any evidence.
When you catch them deep and their bladder is out, can you put them in the livewell for a few minutes then let them go to survive?
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Rickerd
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08-28-2009, 03:09 PM #7Senior Member
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Small perch for bait ?
Can you use small perch for bait ?
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08-28-2009, 03:51 PM #8
hook size
I have always used Mustad snelled hooks. Sizes from the smaller #30 up to the #26's. They swallow the 30's pretty easy though. As for the release of the fish. I deeper perch waters the fish have the air sack come up into the mouth. The only way I have heard to give the small perch a chance is to pop a small hole in the air sack and that lets the fish go back down relatively unhurt. The hole would heal shut in time. I have never tried this method yet to see if it makes a difference or not. The small perch as most of us see will flop around on the surface and pull in a few gulls for lunch of perch.
A small percentage will shoot right back down unhurt. Thats why I like the # 26 Mustads. They usually get the mouth and not that deep. These hooks are a fine wire and very sharp. Cost is low so they are a good one to stock up on.
Like $ 1.69 a pack of 6. The deeper water you fish in the more you will see the air sacks come up and they will spit out minnows at the same time.
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08-30-2009, 05:38 PM #9
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08-31-2009, 05:31 PM #10Labshavit Guest
If I know they are going to guy I just keep and throw an occational one to the gulls
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