ptomacbass Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 On saturday, me and my dad were fishing a ledge in 18 feet of water and my dad hooked one, got it to the boat, tried to lip it, but somehow , it ran and snapped his line. I was 5 or 6 pounds, maybe bigger, and the bait was a 3/4 ounce football jig. Do you think the fish will be ok? Quote
Koop Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 Depends where he hooked it. Will probably eventually shake it free or get caught again and get it removed.... Or a musky or pike will destroy its face chasing that lure. Quote
DINK WHISPERER Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 No he will not, probably dead already! LOL, J/K man! I have caught bass with all kinds of lures stuck in their mouth and they seemed fine so it should live on! Quote
D4u2s0t Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 it's hard to say. I have caught fish, got the bait out of it's lip, and had it back in the water in a few seconds only to find it belly up in 5 minutes. I've also caught fish, taken rusty hooks out of it's mouth that had been in there for god knows how long, taken out my bait and put it back to watch it swim away. chances are the fish will be fine though. Quote
ptomacbass Posted July 26, 2009 Author Posted July 26, 2009 He hooked it in the corner of the lip. I will be back at that same ledge on saturday to try to catch him again. Quote
tnbassfisher Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 I think he will be alright. Hes not going to pass the hook like many people like to say, but he should live on. I would say he gets rid of it somehow. Quote
tutle Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 A compact , heavy lure like that was probably thrown off as soon as the line broke releasing the tension. With only one relatively large hook , it wouldn't be very hard for the fish to rid himself of it. Quote
Koop Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 A compact , heavy lure like that was probably thrown off as soon as the line broke releasing the tension. With only one relatively large hook , it wouldn't be very hard for the fish to rid himself of it. Agreed, he probably shook it very shortly after the line was broken if he was hooked in the side lip Quote
Super User Muddy Posted July 26, 2009 Super User Posted July 26, 2009 I found him, he doesn't look so good! Quote
The Fat Panther Posted July 27, 2009 Posted July 27, 2009 He's not going to get it out on his own and the odds are that nobody will catch the fish again anytime soon. But you can be sure that the hook will rust out after a week or two. Even if the rust does not completely break it down it will still weaken it enough for him to break it off against a rock, tree etc.. Quote
tnbassfisher Posted July 27, 2009 Posted July 27, 2009 He's not going to get it out on his own and the odds are that nobody will catch the fish again anytime soon. But you can be sure that the hook will rust out after a week or two. Even if the rust does not completely break it down it will still weaken it enough for him to break it off against a rock, tree etc.. Wrong. More than likely he will shake it out. Also, there is no way that a hook will rust out in a week or two. Maybe if it was made 30 or 40 years ago, then it might rust out within a MONTH or two, but chances are it will be a long time before it rusts out if he does not shake the hook out completely. Quote
The Fat Panther Posted July 27, 2009 Posted July 27, 2009 Sorry I guess I'm just used to catching 30# bass in the ocean... Quote
RobE Posted July 27, 2009 Posted July 27, 2009 As we're all always trying to learn more about how fish think, let me pose four possible scenarios that may be unfolding on that ledge at this moment... All the female bass are making a big todo about his injury and offering consolation. All the bass are shunning him for mistaking a hooky thing for a meal. All the other bass are checking out his new piercing. He's swimming around proudly, flexing his gills and boasting of how he "took one for the team". Quote
jimmieO Posted July 28, 2009 Posted July 28, 2009 As we're all always trying to learn more about how fish think, let me pose four possible scenarios that may be unfolding on that ledge at this moment... All the female bass are making a big todo about his injury and offering consolation. All the bass are shunning him for mistaking a hooky thing for a meal. All the other bass are checking out his new piercing. He's swimming around proudly, flexing his gills and boasting of how he "took one for the team". I enjoyed that very much. Quote
Super User Matt Fly Posted July 28, 2009 Super User Posted July 28, 2009 Within days, that wound will fester, as that bass shakes vigoruosly to free that jig, the hole will widen due to infection, most likely, the bass shakes it free or will rub her nose off objects untill its free. All of this is dependant on where the hook was embedded in the bass mouth. In the bone, may take longer, but infection and rotting will take place, in soft flesh, won't take long. Quote
Super User Matt Fly Posted July 28, 2009 Super User Posted July 28, 2009 How many floating bass have been found with jig embedded in their mouths? cranks? spinnerbaits? Thousand of jig bass are broken off every week. I have yet to find a dead one with a jig or any other lure in their mouths. Quote
BassDeaton01 Posted July 29, 2009 Posted July 29, 2009 I actually caught a bass a few months ago that had a hook stuck in it's throat. I thought it would do too much damage to try and remove it so I left it in. Funny story too....I actually caught the same bass about twenty or thirty minutes later. He must've been hungry!! I think the fish will be fine. Quote
tyrius. Posted July 29, 2009 Posted July 29, 2009 I actually caught a bass a few months ago that had a hook stuck in it's throat. I thought it would do too much damage to try and remove it so I left it in. Funny story too....I actually caught the same bass about twenty or thirty minutes later. He must've been hungry!! I think the fish will be fine. The hook may have been blocking him from actually swallowing his food so he could've been VERY hungry. Next time try the through the gill technique that has been posted here numerous times. http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1128002349/22#22 Quote
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