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I had cut the hook as flush to the flesh as possible the entire hook was not there to rust out. A hook rusts quicker than you think in the flesh due to the bodies chemistry also. The metal was still there but I could see it was rusting away.

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why does it cause harm to the gills to move the fish backwards in the water?

gills are designed to flow one way, not 2 ways. It may not kill the fish or anything like that, but if you're trying to release it as unharmed as possible you want to just move it forwards, or even in a circle. fish build up lactic acid when they're stressed, and too much will kill them. Ever catch a fish, release it and it swims away strong, then 5 minutes later it's belly up? Could take minutes, could take days to die.

so especially after a good fight, or if the fish is out of the water for a while, (it's usually one of these 2 reasons why a fish won't swim away) you don't want to stress it any more than that. Most fish CAN swim backwards, but it's not something you'll see often. Usually in a pinch, if it is in a hole or something like that and can't spin around.

yeah but WHY is it harmful? like what specifically happens when water flows backwards over the gills?

I heard from somewhere that moving the fish back and forth, builds up to much oxygen in the stomach causing it to belly up. but IDK

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On 5/25/2010 at 10:35 PM, gotarheelz14 said:

Ok, so the other day I hooked a fish and the hook had gone through one of its gills. When I pulled it out, the fish was bleeding pretty badly.

I then put him back in the water, however he just began to float up.  :'(. The last thing I want to do while fishing is killing a fish, so I remembered watching a TV show where a fish was floating up, and the guys rocked it back and forth to put water through its gills.

Remembering this, I grabbed him by the tail and started rocking him back and forth.The fish eventually recovered, got stronger, and swam off to the bottom and then started swimming back out into open water. 

After explaining this in another thread, I was told that it was actually the worst thing I could do in this situation.

So, why was this such a bad thing to do? What should I do if I ever gut hook a fish or hook one through the gills?

I have no clue as to these things but I am hear to learn. I want to be able to return my fish into the water doing the least amount of damage if at all possible.

Thanks yall.

Carlos

What is the flooring on his side or was he upright when he came back up?

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@Evan Lip RipperRipper this thread is 7 yrs old so I expect that may of the guys have moved on, but be here is something in my gut that believes  it will be "revived"......

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