On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 21:15:49 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 21:10:50 -0400, "JimH" ask wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 21:00:15 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:51:35 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 20:14:01 -0400, HK wrote:

I don't know of any reason to keep those fish you intend to eat at the
end of a day's trip in the livewell.

Culling. You keep the fish alive and well and at the end of the day,
cull for size.

There are folks who cull by simply throwing the smaller dead fish back in
the bay. Personally, I think that's why God made shotguns.

Good for the crabs.

Sometimes you cannot help it........most especially when the fish swallows
the hook. On Lake Erie these smaller (dead) ones become gull snack
food.........the circle of life.


I'm talking about folks who throw a dead 22" striper back because they just
caught a 24" striper. The limit is two fish. Some people just keep throwing
dead ones back when they catch a bigger one. Those folks deserve shooting.

Tha't's right too - forgot about that stupid Bay slot limit.

My bad.

On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 21:24:13 -0400, "JimH" ask wrote:

BTW: How does rock salt help with freshwater minnows?

The way it was explained to me by a biologist, the salt helps disperse
the oxygen better and helps maintain a more even temperature and pH in
the bait well/bucket.

On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 05:41:12 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

What about a bait bucket that you drop in the water next to the boat?

Warm surface temperatures will kill the fish pretty quick in fresh
water unless it's normally colder. On a lake or shallow water, you
will lose them pretty quickly.

On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:35:05 -0400, HK wrote:

Which one of you geniuses reaches into the livewell to grab the blues by
the tail? :}

Scott did, but I've done it thousands of time.

Well, maybe not thousands but enough.

On Sep 23, 6:30 am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:35:05 -0400, HK wrote:
Which one of you geniuses reaches into the livewell to grab the blues by
the tail? :}

Scott did, but I've done it thousands of time.

Well, maybe not thousands but enough.

Am I not supposed to do that??

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On Sep 23, 6:30 am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:35:05 -0400, HK wrote:
Which one of you geniuses reaches into the livewell to grab the blues by
the tail? :}
Scott did, but I've done it thousands of time.

Well, maybe not thousands but enough.

Am I not supposed to do that??



Maybe your Yankee blues are different, but I got bit pretty badly once
by a bluefish. Sticking my hand into a tank full of ****ed off bluefish
is not something I would do.

"HK" wrote in message
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On Sep 23, 6:30 am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:35:05 -0400, HK wrote:
Which one of you geniuses reaches into the livewell to grab the blues
by
the tail? :}
Scott did, but I've done it thousands of time.

Well, maybe not thousands but enough.

Am I not supposed to do that??



Maybe your Yankee blues are different, but I got bit pretty badly once by
a bluefish. Sticking my hand into a tank full of ****ed off bluefish is
not something I would do.

This isn't 'Boston Bluefish' that stinks like hell when cooked?
The old English lady who owned the house my parents rented a flat in cooked
that fish to feed to her cats.
Worse than Tom's cigars!

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 05:41:12 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

What about a bait bucket that you drop in the water next to the boat?

Warm surface temperatures will kill the fish pretty quick in fresh
water unless it's normally colder. On a lake or shallow water, you
will lose them pretty quickly.

Probably. We're attentive to the needs of the fish, so we remember to sink
the bucket completely, and I usually hang it over the LOW TRANSOM, where it
tends to remain shaded. This last thing is a little-known fact: The transom
always faces away from the sun because the storm of photons has the same
effect as the wind on a boat at anchor.

one....two....three.........

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 05:41:12 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

What about a bait bucket that you drop in the water next to the boat?
Warm surface temperatures will kill the fish pretty quick in fresh
water unless it's normally colder. On a lake or shallow water, you
will lose them pretty quickly.

Probably. We're attentive to the needs of the fish, so we remember to sink
the bucket completely, and I usually hang it over the LOW TRANSOM, where it
tends to remain shaded. This last thing is a little-known fact: The transom
always faces away from the sun because the storm of photons has the same
effect as the wind on a boat at anchor.

one....two....three.........




Well, you could fight back with a photon torpedo.

"HK" wrote in message
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 05:41:12 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

What about a bait bucket that you drop in the water next to the boat?
Warm surface temperatures will kill the fish pretty quick in fresh
water unless it's normally colder. On a lake or shallow water, you
will lose them pretty quickly.

Probably. We're attentive to the needs of the fish, so we remember to
sink the bucket completely, and I usually hang it over the LOW TRANSOM,
where it tends to remain shaded. This last thing is a little-known fact:
The transom always faces away from the sun because the storm of photons
has the same effect as the wind on a boat at anchor.

one....two....three.........


Well, you could fight back with a photon torpedo.


Why? The photon storm is useful.