avidangler
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Elk creek photos 4-27
Caught over 75 smallies today, and at the end of the day one steelie on a jig and grub. He caught my dad and me both by surprise. Heres the pics. The bass was bleeding a little but was released unharmed.  
Born to fish, Forced to work... "Balls deep, or why even bother"
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cp13
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RE: Elk creek photos 4-27
2008/04/27 22:43:36
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nice steelie for this time of year
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psbfisher11
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RE: Elk creek photos 4-27
2008/04/27 23:04:16
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Awesome pic...those smallies are in the hundreds in elk...there are so many movin upstream
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Loopy
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RE: Elk creek photos 4-27
2008/04/28 07:59:18
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With the rain we're getting right now, I'm sure they're moving a little better today.
Nice pics by the way.
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jon_e_si
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RE: Elk creek photos 4-27
2008/04/28 09:42:58
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RE: BLEEDING BASS - WHEN THEY'RE BLEEDING LIKE THAT, THEY'LL PROBABLY DIE! (I HAD A GOLDEN TROUT ATTACK MY SPINNER JUST AS I WAS PULLING IT OUT OF THE WATER FOR ANOTHER CAST. THE FISH SETTLED IN THE RUN RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME TO RESUME FEEDING, AND AFTER OBSERVING IT FOR A FEW SECONDS, IT SUDDENLY ROLLED UP ON ITS' SIDE, ALLOWING ME TO RETRIEVE IT. APPARENTLY, I HAD CUT ITS' GILL WHEN I LIFTED MY SPINNER OUT FOR ANOTHER CAST - IT TOO WAS SIMILIARLY BLEEDING!)
I HAVE OBSERVED THIS MANY TIMES - FISH IN LIVE WELL, FISH BASKET, OR RELEASED FROM UPSTREAM OR BOAT. A FRIEND OF MINE CAUGHT ABOUT A 10LB CATFISH FROM ANOTHER FRIEND'S POND, WHICH WE WERE RELEASING, BUT BILL SAID, "THIS ONE IS BLEEDING"! I COMMENTED TO THE OWNER THAT THE FISH WAS GOING TO DIE, BUT HE SAID IF IT DID HE'D TAKE A BOAT AND RETRIEVE IT. HE LATER COMMENTED THAT HE FOUND IT LATER - BLOATED & FLOATING - DIDN'T GET TO ENJOY THOSE FILETS!
TIP FOR ALL: IF YOU'RE GOING TO EAT AN OILY FISH LIKE A SALMON, STEELHEAD, BLUEFISH, ETC. YOU'LL GET A BETTER FILLET IF YOU CUT THE GILLS AND LET THEM "BLEED OUT", THEN KEEP THEM ON ICE TO FIRM UP AND PRESERVE!
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cp13
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RE: Elk creek photos 4-27
2008/04/28 18:37:14
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jon_e_si, you have to release the smallmouth in elk either way right now, its not in season...
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FiveMilePete
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RE: Elk creek photos 4-27
2008/04/28 19:41:54
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Released unharmed? Good thing a WCO didn't see you holding the unharmed fish.
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CATMAN610
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RE: Elk creek photos 4-27
2008/04/28 20:21:47
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Nothing the WCO could do,,,but maybe act like an idiot. He released it, what would he say,,i'm citing you for blood?
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RE: Elk creek photos 4-27
2008/04/28 20:38:20
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Yep, here we go again with the WCO crap. By the way avidangler, nice pics, a day any fisherman would envy.
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ready2fish
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RE: Elk creek photos 4-27
2008/04/28 21:11:38
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Great pics and great day!
I've had many bass in my livewell during tournaments that initially had a small amount of blood like in the pic. They lived, many for 6+ hours in the livewell, then were released following weigh in. The fish are alot tougher than most think....
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RE: Elk creek photos 4-27
2008/04/29 05:53:51
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Blood from the gills is usually fatal for trout and while bass are a bit more resilient than trout, it still doesn't qualify as "unharmed." Nonetheless, this is a risk with fishing and there is nothing you can do but give them a chance to live by releasing them, particularly when the regs don't permit harvest. Nice fish and pics.
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RE: Elk creek photos 4-27
2008/04/29 07:27:45
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Avidangler, its a double edge sword, release it wrong, keep it defineately wrong, the only thing you should have done was rinse the blood off or turn the fish around, or not take the picture, that would keep the critisizim of the postings, nice catch no matter what you did. John
thats a good fish, they are all good, some are gooder than others
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CATMAN610
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RE: Elk creek photos 4-27
2008/04/29 16:31:52
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No one should be critisizing him anyhow, blood doesn't always mean death. Should we not fish in waterways that have some species out of season.
And please FiveMilePete,,,don't let fear of WCO's interupt your fishing.
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RE: Elk creek photos 4-27
2008/05/01 22:30:39
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How long can you catch smallies consistently in elk, when do they move out? I know some are residents.
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