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Trotlines

Went back out after a few days of rain. Added a new line that dead ended with a rock. Didn't work very well. I'll add to it and tie it to the other side of the river like my other line. Added koolaid to my pack of cut chicken and it didn't help from what I could see. Plus had to deal with a dead cranking battery. It was just one of those days.

 
Caught 7 cats on 14 limb lines last night. One nice 5lb blue, and a channel with double split whiskers!

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I think I'm going to go back and a run a couple of trotlines in that piece of water. It's a narrow channel that goes between Tensaw lake and Tensaw river. About 40ft deep at either end where it hits the bigger bodies of water, and around 15ft on average with some 25ft deep holes scattered here and there throughout Good current with lots of structure. Maybe 500 yards long. Small enough that I can run a line in the canoe without being worried about a bass boat hauling butt 50mph past me, but big enough to hopefully hold some bigger fish
 
Weldabeast said:
Lunch break fish bat. The stainless pipe is pinned with 1/8 stainless filler rod....shorty at lucky 13" to fit inside the trotline bucket

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Sick fish bat! I am no expert but my understanding is that you can leave the catfish be and they’ll live longer than a regular fish so you don’t have to ice them down. If you kill them then you’d need to ice them down quickly in the south. Dunno for sure though @swampsnyper @Nutterbuster thoughts? Kill em or let em lie?
 
I learned that if u bring a fish with weapons your planning on keeping into the boat it's worth it to knock em

Side note: as a kid I caught a gar while fishing on a golf course later in the afternoon....i threw it up in the fairway. I came back to fish the following morning and that dude was still alive 12-13 hours later
 
Weldabeast said:
I learned that if u bring a fish with weapons your planning on keeping into the boat it's worth it to knock em

Side note: as a kid I caught a gar while fishing on a golf course later in the afternoon....i threw it up in the fairway. I came back to fish the following morning and that dude was still alive 12-13 hours later
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Yea I don’t disagree especially with catfish. Those gaffs are dangerous.
 
A friend can no longer extend his pinky and ring finger due to a sheepshead flopping in the boat and back quils sticking him and it damaged the ligaments or something inside his fingers
 


I think this Japanese method translates roughly into frontal lobotomy
 
You don't want to be playing with the catfish on the side of the boat trying to knock it out before getting it in the boat. You will lose some. Like the one this morning threw the hook into my hand. Throw them into an icechest or tub like I have and you don't have to worry about stepping on them. Once they get to about 2 pounds, their fins are pretty blunt and its hard to get them to puncture the skin. It's the little ones that the most dangerous. Not only is the point very sharp but all along the side of the fin is little serrations that will cut you. But it's nothing but a little burn. I heard if you piss on it, the pain goes away! lol Y'all try that and let me know if it works.
And yes. Catfish can live a long time out of water. No need to ice if you will be home in a couple hours. I actually rather clean them when their skin is dry, than a wet slimy fish flopping around on my cutting board in the basement.
 
What @swampsnyper said. Little ones will fin you. Over 2-3 pounds and it'd be hard to get hurt. I have only ever been "finned" by the serrations when tossing little ones back in the water. They are prone to flopping as soon as you let go and getting you.

I don't kill mine. I assume they die shortly after I filet them and throw them off into the river in my backyard. I have 0 patience for dispatching fish out of kindness. Trust me, a fish big enough to eat you wouldn't take the time to kill you first. I don't skin and filet innocent animals alive, just the guilty ones.

I got a net after losing a few. Sometimes it seems to help, sometimes it seems like more hassle than it's worth. Getting them in the boat quickly and smoothly is usually best. Don't jerk them up but don't hesitate.

I've found that it's much easier to land one on a limb line or diddy pole than a trotline. More line to work with seems to make it harder for then to get the angle and pressure to throw the hook. And you're only worried about one hook and one fish at a time.
 
We always just throw em in a #3 washtub. If you get finned by a smaller one rub some slime from the fish and work it into the poke.


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Sipsey said:
We always just throw em in a #3 washtub. If you get finned by a smaller one rub some slime from the fish and work it into the poke.


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That sounds like a bacteria infection haha!
 
Sipsey said:
We always just throw em in a #3 washtub. If you get finned by a smaller one rub some slime from the fish and work it into the poke.


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I’ve heard that before. Never tried it ir thought of it when it happens.
 
Our extended family used to run 3-4 trot lines on the weekends on the Tombigbee. We often cleaned over 100 pounds and sometimes near 200. We got stuck occasionally and we learned early on about this trick.


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The last 2 bank poles out of about 35 saved the trip


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