Super User burleytog Posted July 2, 2007 Super User Posted July 2, 2007 Had a bass that was deep hooked this morning. Hook point just inside the gullet. I've got my finger down his throat trying to push against the bend in the hook to pop it out. Then the #$%*%^ thought my finger was a crawfish and tried to crush it. ;D I've done that with a lot of fish, but this little #$%*%& was the first to 'bite' me. And he did it twice! Quote
Guest ncbass24 Posted July 2, 2007 Posted July 2, 2007 I've had plenty of catfish chomp down on my fingers, but never a bass. Guess I better start using pliers. Quote
Super User burleytog Posted July 2, 2007 Author Super User Posted July 2, 2007 Catfish, yes. You put your hand in a catfish's mouth and you're going to be missing some skin. Like I said, I've done it a million times. This one was the first to try to turn my finger into a crushed crawfish. ;D Quote
JayW Posted July 2, 2007 Posted July 2, 2007 Catfish, yes. You put your hand in a catfish's mouth and you're going to be missing some skin. Like I said, I've done it a million times. This one was the first to try to turn my finger into a crushed crawfish. ;D Just be glad it wasn't a Alligator Gar like this one! Quote
Super User burleytog Posted July 2, 2007 Author Super User Posted July 2, 2007 I don't think I'd be sticking my hand down the gaping maw of an alligator gar. I'd just cut the line and let that ancient thing swim away. Quote
Super User 5bass Posted July 2, 2007 Super User Posted July 2, 2007 I don't think I'd be sticking my hand down the gaping maw of an alligator gar. I'd just cut the line and let that ancient thing swim away. Word up. Quote
FishingBuds Posted July 2, 2007 Posted July 2, 2007 Jesus, Good Lord-that things head is as big as the guy Quote
Super User .dsaavedra. Posted July 2, 2007 Super User Posted July 2, 2007 i caught a dinky bass...when i got the hook out i decided to see if it would eat a pebble. so i put one in its gullet and nothing happened. so i poked the pebble and he took the pebble down and my finger w/ it!!! cuz they have these pads just infront of their gullet on the top and bottom that are hard and ahve velcro teeth just like the jaws. i wouldnt say it hurt but it was uncomfortable~~~ :-? Quote
Super User grimlin Posted July 2, 2007 Super User Posted July 2, 2007 Did you bite him back?? :-? ;D Quote
bpm2000 Posted July 2, 2007 Posted July 2, 2007 i caught a dinky bass...when i got the hook out i decided to see if it would eat a pebble. so i put one in its gullet and nothing happened. so i poked the pebble and he took the pebble down and my finger w/ it!!! cuz they have these pads just infront of their gullet on the top and bottom that are hard and ahve velcro teeth just like the jaws. i wouldnt say it hurt but it was uncomfortable~~~ :-? I would bite you too if you tried to stick a rock down my throat :-/ Quote
Super User burleytog Posted July 2, 2007 Author Super User Posted July 2, 2007 Did you bite him back?? :-? I'm getting ready to... Quote
Super User T-rig Posted July 2, 2007 Super User Posted July 2, 2007 i caught a dinky bass...when i got the hook out i decided to see if it would eat a pebble. so i put one in its gullet and nothing happened. so i poked the pebble and he took the pebble down and my finger w/ it!!! cuz they have these pads just infront of their gullet on the top and bottom that are hard and ahve velcro teeth just like the jaws. i wouldnt say it hurt but it was uncomfortable~~~ :-? I would bite you too if you tried to stick a rock down my throat :-/ Exactly! Why in the world would you do something like that? Quote
TheBeast Posted July 2, 2007 Posted July 2, 2007 I am still laughing today when I think about Burley yelling "Owww the da#% thing bit me!!!" Thought we had gotten to a tournament when we pulled into the lake and saw all the boats and trailers at 6:00 in the morning. Had a regular floatilla of trout fishermen out there must have been 15 boats all achored within 50 yards of one another and just 20 yards off the best shoreline on the lake and the shoreline itself with even more trouters on it. > Quote
Super User Bankbeater Posted July 3, 2007 Super User Posted July 3, 2007 Maybe it was rabid ;D. Quote
nra4life Posted July 3, 2007 Posted July 3, 2007 haha that actually happens to me a lot, my home lake doesn't really have any crayfish so the bass' teeth are sharp, sometimes to sharp to thumb them Quote
Siebert Outdoors Posted July 3, 2007 Posted July 3, 2007 Did you bite him back?? :-? I'm getting ready to... ;D You showed him. LOL Can I give some constructive critisism on the fillet. I cant tell for sure but if your cutting that tail portion all the way off unless you like cooking with the skin. If you go to just about the end of the tail and flip the fillet up you can then use the flat board to cut the fillet from the skin. It works a whole lot better then trying to hold onto the skin and cut the fillet off it. Quote
Super User burleytog Posted July 3, 2007 Author Super User Posted July 3, 2007 I find it easier to remove the fillet completely from the carcass, lay it skin side down on the cutting board and then let the fillet knife just slide over the skin. Quote
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