@@chapstickwarrior9277 Then why fish? Sounds pretty sick to extremely stress out a fish by hooking it and and making it fight for its life just to return it., Stop overthinking it its food.
@@chapstickwarrior9277 HA! my grandfather fished the Sierras when there was a 25 fish limit he kept every fish. They ate every fish! What catch and release fishing means its a scam where Fish and wildlife will not plant as many fish anymore and we will all share a fish. When the dams were built the spawning was destroyed and they knew it. Massive dams along the Columbia, Snake Sacramento, American, Feather. etc. etc. etc. Back in the 1950's it was well known that to make up for the destruction of the fishery fish and wildlife would establish hatcheries and plant massive amounts of fish to make up for the loss of the fish habitat. People just forget and they are taught knew BS propaganda and now they are masturbating instead of fishing!
Your concern for the fish is commendable. I wish more people gave thought to the effects that being caught has on our slippery friends. To that point, I do wish the video had included the notion of putting our hands all over their bodies, especially if our paws are dry - and how it removes their protective mucous. Their layer of slime protects them from diseases and so when we get all of our fancy photos & videos by grabbing them all over their bodies, and then releasing them and they seem perfectly fine, they may not stay that way. One of the first things I see people do after catching and releasing a fish, is wash their hands because of the slime all over them, without giving much thought of where that slime came from, and why it might have been on that fish's body in the first place. Stress is another thing that contributes to their death, so any way that we can minimize that will benefit them. Your video did include some things that I hadn't thought about, especially regarding their weight & organs, etc. So, some great things to think about.
I’m doing catch and release because my brother doesn’t eat fish, so we don’t normally eat it, and because if I was a fish I would want to have a good life AFTER BEING FISHED. And last time I tried to catch and release I was told just to toss the fish in and it was belly up, I will definitely be using your strategy for this! Thank you!
Great video Tony! I would suggest that you never place your hands into the gill plates either. I see this all the time and in studies done by the Wisconsin DNR in conjunction with the university of Wisconsin, this was a proven fish killer over 80% of the time.
Thanks so much im gonna spread the word about this. This video should have millions of views we dont wanna kill those fish that we release we have to responsible about our ecosystem
I used to use hardware for fish handling too but I noticed like you said , it pierces the fish with a big hole. After fishing with some traditional fisherman for some time , I personally prefer barehards or a wet towel at best to assist the dehooking. Unless its toxic, like they say if you hold her gently, it will stay gentle for you, nothings happened to me. Even mackerel, mahi dolphins, big snappers all bare-handled no problem.
Another very informative and educational important video. Gotta show and have respect for the fish that give us so much pleasure hunting down and catching. Thanks again.
Didn't go over how to dehook the fish. Is that because you have to hold the fish vertically with the pliers and that would have gone against what you just said prior?
Great video-i expect we all want to have good fishing for years to come and it'll help our chances if more folks do catch and release right. Unfortunately I be surprised if the number of released fish that don't make it (because they're injured/in shock due to human error) is astronomical:/
Proper handling and release is very important. That's why we try to educate people about it and show it as well in our videos. The future definitely depends on it!
@@Saltstrong Really admire & appreciate your work on it. Great explanations why each step matters, too. For me I never thought about the importance of water pressure:risk of internal damage (I'd always assumed it was all about oxygen deprivation as gills dried out) so this will improve my handling a lot. Thank you!
Video is helpful for a sports style fisherman, not a realistic concept of everyday fishing. But for those of us as kids that grew up fishing our local waterways, we love our fish and bays. Would like to see an in depth guide on how to get a swallowed hook out of a fishes gut without killing them, using just your hands. It's possible, more fish are killed this way then improper release.
Really happy to see this video. Great info. I hate seeing anyone catch bull reds and not properly revive them. I have saved a few that other people released and did not bother to even try to revive them. Why is there no mention of venting the larger fish???? You can handle them carefully, get there oxygen and energy back up and some will still go belly up, or on there side if the swim blatter is full of air. They cannot submerge or dive back down if you do not vent and then it's all for not. If your going to catch the bigger fish you should learn how to vent them also.
Venting is very important in deeper water (over 20 ft), but it's generally not needed (and sometimes harmful) for fish in the shallows like what was shown in this video.
Non swiveling fish grips are bad for fish. If it thrashes its jaw is done. Just use your hand with a glove. Your wrist swivels and you can release if need be.
Im new to fishing. Today i hooked a small fish, Say around 8 inches, i reeled it in in about 10-20 seconds, held it horizontally and removed The barbless hook from its mouth. When i put it in The water to revive it, it was very active and swam away from my hand vigorously. Should i have forced it to do The revival thing? Did i do anything wrong or cause any harm to the fish? Great and very informative video btw.
So I fish fresh water, for large mouth bass. I have had a problem recently with some of my releases coming belly up 5-10 minutes after release. This mostly happens when they swallow my lure and get hooked in the throat area and are bleeding. I work fast to make sure they are not getting to much air in the lungs, they swim off strong and i think they will be fine. Any ideas why this might be happening?
Any damage to the throat/gills will greatly reduce the survival rate. If it is a single hook, I recommend just cutting the line as close as possible to the hook and leave it. It will rust out over time. Trying to remove a hook that was swallowed will cause more harm than good. If using lures with treble hooks, I highly recommend switching those hooks to inline hooks. Much easier to remove and less damage. On another note, I have heard of people pouring a carbonated beverage, such as sprite down into the fish's mouth to stop the bleeding. Not sure how effective this is but have heard it from multiple people. The reason for them swimming off fine and then suddenly going belly up could be similar to how someone can get shot in the leg and be able to walk a good distance before the adrenaline finally wears off and the damage sets in.
I also catch and release ...mostly when Fly Fishing and when the fish is to small or out of season. Though my yak is paddle ...reviving is a bit more difficult. I tend to paddle in a tight circle ...but that can be risky depending on the conditions. What would you suggest?
You can still do the fish grip technique, you just have to tie them off to your kayak so your hands are free to paddle. Also, if you're in an area with current, face the fish into the current while reviving.
Wish everyone who fishies could watch this. Too many mutilated fish from beginners using big treble hooks or killing them by holding them for 100 photos
dont hold them vertically? am i missing something or is that not one of the most iconic ways to handle a fish? gripping their lower lip/mouth and holding them vertically?
It is okay with small fish like largemouth bass which I am assuming you are referencing here but larger fish can break their jaw when held like that due to weight.
so in other words.. just don’t even touch fish in general. also do not look at fish with the “stank eye” when this occurs the fish usually dies from depression
HEY SOMEONE PLEASE RESPOND: I caught about a 4 pound freshwater tilapia and it was my first time catching one of them, i help it by the mouth but not for very long. Is it going to be ok?
If they swallow a single hook cut the line as close to the hook and don’t try to pull it out if it’s deep bc it will hurt them and the hook can rust out in a few days
For those of us that enjoy catch and release fishing, conservation is of the highest importance. If you can't appreciate that, then don't bother fishing.
@@dannyd-rockmahaffey3087 hey no, I get it. You feel embarrassed over your comment and how it made you appear, resulting in it conveniently becoming a joke...riiiight...it happens. But if you're really trying to convince people that you catch more fish in a month than a complete stranger (whom you know nothing about) does in a year, then your condition is far more degenerate than I originally perceived. Bet that's a joke too, right? Dont be that guy. You know, the one that had that epic battle with the biggest fish he had ever seen, a real world record citation breaking catch that sadly gotten away without so much as a trace of evidence or witness to support the claim. The one that got away! Lol. Since you're gonna fish regardless, just practice proper catch and release etiquette mmmkay? Happy fishing.
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I don't think many anglers respect their catch-and-release fish quite like this. Hopefully more people start learning more about these tips.
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@@leeeng478 All because I don't wanna torture a fish I'm not keeping lmao
@@chapstickwarrior9277 Then why fish? Sounds pretty sick to extremely stress out a fish by hooking it and and making it fight for its life just to return it., Stop overthinking it its food.
@@leeeng478 That's true but you obviously can't just keep everything you catch. Gotta throw some back. I try to cause the least trauma to them
@@chapstickwarrior9277 HA! my grandfather fished the Sierras when there was a 25 fish limit he kept every fish. They ate every fish! What catch and release fishing means its a scam where Fish and wildlife will not plant as many fish anymore and we will all share a fish. When the dams were built the spawning was destroyed and they knew it. Massive dams along the Columbia, Snake Sacramento, American, Feather. etc. etc. etc. Back in the 1950's it was well known that to make up for the destruction of the fishery fish and wildlife would establish hatcheries and plant massive amounts of fish to make up for the loss of the fish habitat. People just forget and they are taught knew BS propaganda and now they are masturbating instead of fishing!
Never met a fish doctor before
😂
lmao
Really happy to see someone encouraging and doing a video on this :)
Thank you for the great feedback!
Your concern for the fish is commendable. I wish more people gave thought to the effects that being caught has on our slippery friends. To that point, I do wish the video had included the notion of putting our hands all over their bodies, especially if our paws are dry - and how it removes their protective mucous. Their layer of slime protects them from diseases and so when we get all of our fancy photos & videos by grabbing them all over their bodies, and then releasing them and they seem perfectly fine, they may not stay that way. One of the first things I see people do after catching and releasing a fish, is wash their hands because of the slime all over them, without giving much thought of where that slime came from, and why it might have been on that fish's body in the first place. Stress is another thing that contributes to their death, so any way that we can minimize that will benefit them. Your video did include some things that I hadn't thought about, especially regarding their weight & organs, etc. So, some great things to think about.
I’m doing catch and release because my brother doesn’t eat fish, so we don’t normally eat it, and because if I was a fish I would want to have a good life AFTER BEING FISHED. And last time I tried to catch and release I was told just to toss the fish in and it was belly up, I will definitely be using your strategy for this! Thank you!
Really glad to see this video created and thanks to Tony and Joe at Salt Strong for promoting it in their e-mail newsletter
Thank you for the great feedback!
Best fishing video I’ve ever seen. I’m so tired of all those trailer park guys giving me bad advice.
Thanks for being so thoughtful and making this important video. Wish everyone would see it. Well done.
Great video Tony! I would suggest that you never place your hands into the gill plates either. I see this all the time and in studies done by the Wisconsin DNR in conjunction with the university of Wisconsin, this was a proven fish killer over 80% of the time.
Thanks! Yep not recommended either.
Thank you for all of the videos you and your team put out. This was another very informative video for me being that I’m new to fishing.
Thank you so much for the support!
Great video, definitely I was doing things wrong.
Thank you for sharing!
Awesome video, glad to see someone making a video about this...
This is why I always keep my landing net with me. And a live net along when im keeping my fish. It helps on alot of things.
Thanks so much im gonna spread the word about this. This video should have millions of views we dont wanna kill those fish that we release we have to responsible about our ecosystem
Catch the fish and release it to the frying pan!
THANK YOU for this video! I'm so SICK of watching videos and looking a pictures of obnoxious anglers mishandling fish.
It’s also a good idea to release the fish in the general area of where it was caught.
I used to use hardware for fish handling too but I noticed like you said , it pierces the fish with a big hole. After fishing with some traditional fisherman for some time , I personally prefer barehards or a wet towel at best to assist the dehooking. Unless its toxic, like they say if you hold her gently, it will stay gentle for you, nothings happened to me. Even mackerel, mahi dolphins, big snappers all bare-handled no problem.
Another very informative and educational important video. Gotta show and have respect for the fish that give us so much pleasure hunting down and catching. Thanks again.
Thank you for the great feedback!
what a good informations, event if when I watch it in 2024. 👍👍👍
Great Video! Thanks, I think it's most important video in a whole fishing video series, I learned a lot, I was doing wrong
I’m fishing for the first time, and I want to know how to safely unhook a red snapper
Very helpful!!
Didn't go over how to dehook the fish. Is that because you have to hold the fish vertically with the pliers and that would have gone against what you just said prior?
So after u let the fish and it take off but u notice that it belly up do u go after to re Revive the fish ?
Absolutely. I have had to do that a few times before.
Hold them under water open their mouth, and move them back and forth to get water in their gills to give them oxygen..
Thanks for the great information to help sustain the waters!
You bet!
Great video-i expect we all want to have good fishing for years to come and it'll help our chances if more folks do catch and release right. Unfortunately I be surprised if the number of released fish that don't make it (because they're injured/in shock due to human error) is astronomical:/
Proper handling and release is very important. That's why we try to educate people about it and show it as well in our videos. The future definitely depends on it!
@@Saltstrong Really admire & appreciate your work on it. Great explanations why each step matters, too. For me I never thought about the importance of water pressure:risk of internal damage (I'd always assumed it was all about oxygen deprivation as gills dried out) so this will improve my handling a lot. Thank you!
Great video on an important topic: respect the fish
Video is helpful for a sports style fisherman, not a realistic concept of everyday fishing.
But for those of us as kids that grew up fishing our local waterways, we love our fish and bays.
Would like to see an in depth guide on how to get a swallowed hook out of a fishes gut without killing them, using just your hands.
It's possible, more fish are killed this way then improper release.
Really happy to see this video. Great info. I hate seeing anyone catch bull reds and not properly revive them. I have saved a few that other people released and did not bother to even try to revive them. Why is there no mention of venting the larger fish???? You can handle them carefully, get there oxygen and energy back up and some will still go belly up, or on there side if the swim blatter is full of air. They cannot submerge or dive back down if you do not vent and then it's all for not. If your going to catch the bigger fish you should learn how to vent them also.
Venting is very important in deeper water (over 20 ft), but it's generally not needed (and sometimes harmful) for fish in the shallows like what was shown in this video.
Non swiveling fish grips are bad for fish. If it thrashes its jaw is done. Just use your hand with a glove. Your wrist swivels and you can release if need be.
good point
Im new to fishing. Today i hooked a small fish, Say around 8 inches, i reeled it in in about 10-20 seconds, held it horizontally and removed The barbless hook from its mouth. When i put it in The water to revive it, it was very active and swam away from my hand vigorously. Should i have forced it to do The revival thing? Did i do anything wrong or cause any harm to the fish? Great and very informative video btw.
You didn't do anything wrong, if it swam away like that then it's good to go :D
So I fish fresh water, for large mouth bass. I have had a problem recently with some of my releases coming belly up 5-10 minutes after release. This mostly happens when they swallow my lure and get hooked in the throat area and are bleeding. I work fast to make sure they are not getting to much air in the lungs, they swim off strong and i think they will be fine. Any ideas why this might be happening?
Any damage to the throat/gills will greatly reduce the survival rate. If it is a single hook, I recommend just cutting the line as close as possible to the hook and leave it. It will rust out over time. Trying to remove a hook that was swallowed will cause more harm than good. If using lures with treble hooks, I highly recommend switching those hooks to inline hooks. Much easier to remove and less damage. On another note, I have heard of people pouring a carbonated beverage, such as sprite down into the fish's mouth to stop the bleeding. Not sure how effective this is but have heard it from multiple people. The reason for them swimming off fine and then suddenly going belly up could be similar to how someone can get shot in the leg and be able to walk a good distance before the adrenaline finally wears off and the damage sets in.
If I release a fish and he floats then slowly swims away does that mean he dies later?
Thanks for the good info
Thanks
Cool kayak and video. What state are you fishing in? Fresh or saltwater?
I love the video for now on I will hold the fish with suport
awesome informative video!
Thanks!
I also catch and release ...mostly when Fly Fishing and when the fish is to small or out of season. Though my yak is paddle ...reviving is a bit more difficult. I tend to paddle in a tight circle ...but that can be risky depending on the conditions.
What would you suggest?
You can still do the fish grip technique, you just have to tie them off to your kayak so your hands are free to paddle. Also, if you're in an area with current, face the fish into the current while reviving.
Do you need to vent (remove gases) a bullred?
Someone correct me if I’m wrong but I would say no you wouldn’t.. that’s mostly in deep water fish.
This guy likes fish 🍺
Great tips
Thanks Pablo!
So how would you hold a pike then
3:48 demonstrates how to do it
Wish everyone who fishies could watch this. Too many mutilated fish from beginners using big treble hooks or killing them by holding them for 100 photos
also don't use trebles use single barbless
Good Info! 💪
Cool
Thanks for watching!
good stuff
dont hold them vertically? am i missing something or is that not one of the most iconic ways to handle a fish? gripping their lower lip/mouth and holding them vertically?
It is okay with small fish like largemouth bass which I am assuming you are referencing here but larger fish can break their jaw when held like that due to weight.
Just because it's iconic doesn't mean it's right.
slavery was iconic at one point due doesn’t mean it was right
only for bass and crappie, nothing else tho
We’re was that 1st shot of the big redfish
I’m scared they gon bite me 💀
Same
Lol you’ll get used to fishing if you like fishing I’ve been bit bye snapper with really sharp teeth bro
Awesome video keep It up people just don't get it or don't care
Thanks Randy!
what about bass?
also holding a snook verticle can break its jaw bones
Yes, we have a lot of information on our site about safe handling procedures
so in other words.. just don’t even touch fish in general. also do not look at fish with the “stank eye” when this occurs the fish usually dies from depression
Sic
HEY SOMEONE PLEASE RESPOND: I caught about a 4 pound freshwater tilapia and it was my first time catching one of them, i help it by the mouth but not for very long. Is it going to be ok?
If you support them with a hand under the belly (to reduce stress to the mouth) and hold it horizontally it will be fine
Yeah this doesn't apply for large mouths does it cuz u can only really lip them
What about bass
If they swallow a single hook cut the line as close to the hook and don’t try to pull it out if it’s deep bc it will hurt them and the hook can rust out in a few days
10 people hold the jaw
Well damn.... I guess I gotta go hunting because fishing is to dangerous
Bruh, fishing is supposed to be simple. All this is extra stuff is just wasting time. I aint apart of the fish rescue team. We catch to eat
Sounds like we should just cut the line and not touch the fish. Shouldn’t touch the lip, head tail...
Yeah, do that instead. Happy fishing!
Basically, just dont catch a fish!!! It could hurt the fish!!! Good lawd....really
For those of us that enjoy catch and release fishing, conservation is of the highest importance. If you can't appreciate that, then don't bother fishing.
Yes, exactly. You seem incompetent so it is best that YOU just don't catch fish at all, and leave that to us more confident experienced folks.
@@em1860 dude it was joke.....I catch more fish in a month than you do all year....get over yourself
@@dannyd-rockmahaffey3087 hey no, I get it. You feel embarrassed over your comment and how it made you appear, resulting in it conveniently becoming a joke...riiiight...it happens. But if you're really trying to convince people that you catch more fish in a month than a complete stranger (whom you know nothing about) does in a year, then your condition is far more degenerate than I originally perceived. Bet that's a joke too, right? Dont be that guy. You know, the one that had that epic battle with the biggest fish he had ever seen, a real world record citation breaking catch that sadly gotten away without so much as a trace of evidence or witness to support the claim. The one that got away! Lol. Since you're gonna fish regardless, just practice proper catch and release etiquette mmmkay? Happy fishing.
@@em1860 Gotcha brother...Im totally catch and release..Anyways, tightlines