People Who Mis-Handle Fish!

[JoeP]

Originally Posted by piemma

So I haven't posted in a couple of weeks but this topic got me.
I had an incident last year in So Co where I was down the beach from this guy who was catching schoolies and KICKING them back in the water. Ever see this? It Pi$$es me off to no end. Let me try to understand this. You have no problem, casting, hooking and dragging a fish up on the beach. You use your pliers to unhook the fish but then you KICK the fish down the beach to the water. What? Are you afraid to gently pick the fish up and release it in a humane manner? Anyway, we had words and ended up leaving before I go myself in serious trouble with this f&^%^$# idiot.
I am curious as to whether it's just me or what.

It seems I see this more often in the fall when there are tons of small fish on the beach. It burns me to no end. Last year I approached a guy on East Beach doing that and gave him my 2 cents and he just ignored me.

[JoeP]

I even hate it when guys do this to Bluefish...

[Vogt]

It doesnt matter what it is! Last week I was fishing tin and got a bunch of sea robins. I released them with the same care as I would bass.

[Hooper]

IMHO, that guy is a first class idiot.

This moron wrote an article in Sport Fishing magazine recently about a canyon trip he went on, alone. But get this, it was after he struck and killed a large racoon with his truck while driving to the boat. He get out of his truck, picks up the nearly dead racoon, gets bitten and then says, ah, what the hell, I'll head to the canyons for the day WTF???

Upon returning to the dock, his wife or girlfriend or whatever they were at the time, takes one look at the bite and drives him to the ER, which is where he should have gone 18 hours earlier...

In another article he writes about how he loves his new 33' Hydra Sports CC with a couple huge outboards, so he can cruise to the canyons in the pitch black at 36 knots He's lucky he hasn't killed anyone pulling that stunt.

Common sense and good judgement are two things any skipper should never be without. He's an arrogant jerk.

[jimmyCT]

some fish do better when dropped head first into the water, from 2-4ft, and it what a lot of offshore fishermen do. Done alot with the tunas. I personally dont think its that bad if this is what he did but didnt see the show.

Big part of getting fish back into the water with high survival chance is getting them back in quick. Ive nudged a few in with my feet but never kicked them, this only if they are not lively enough to not need resuscitation. I dunno.

The whole canyon thing he did was quite controversial, no one goes out there alone. Anyone could. Its just a matter of safety. One of the best tuna fishermen in the world died last year while fishing alone off new jersey while landing medium sized tuna. They found his body connected to the fish days after he was supposed to return home. It shows it can happen to anyone.

[bart]

Originally Posted by JoeP

It seems I see this more often in the fall when there are tons of small fish on the beach. It burns me to no end. Last year I approached a guy on East Beach doing that and gave him my 2 cents and he just ignored me.

east beach seems to be the worst for "kickers"

[piemma]

Interesting in that I have seen the "kickers" at the Fire Beach, Weakapaug. Must be something about that area that draws the "kickers".

[tlapinski]

Speaking of mis-handling fish, remember posting this JimmyCT?

Originally Posted by jimmyCT

So after about 10 casts I pull in another small fish, maybe 34". Rather than walking in to shore, putting a foot on it, like I normally do with lures with 3 sets of hooks…. I decided to try to save time and pop it loose in the water. So I grabbed the lure, then used it so that I could pick the fish up and start working on getting the hooks free. Right then the fish flips and one of the trebles went through a small section of skin on my hand. The fish flips free of my grip and then starts digging down in the water.. with my arm attached.. It hurt a little bit but I guess it could have been worse.
-Jim