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Got in a little fishing today up at my pond. Threw a silver/blue Bandit Footloose crankbait -- my go-to bait for catching cull bass -- into a shallow corner and the lure was walloped. I proceeded to slowly and carefully reel in a new lake record -- a beautiful, fat nine pound LMB. She had swallowed the lure and I could see one prong of the treble hooked in a gill. I carefully removed it with what seemed like very minimal damage, but when I put her back in the water to revive her, she was bleeding profusely. She swam off slowly, but I'm crushed thinking that she may not make it. I've always read that a bleeding gill is a death sentence for a fish. I sure hope that isn't the case... Any thoughts on whether she may make it? 
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I hope for the best but my experience is... 
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Man, I'm sorry to hear that. Now that you have really big LMB, maybe you could consider using small one hook baits. If swallowed too far, you can always cut the line and the fish will usually be okay.
Last edited by anthropic; 03/25/17 09:50 PM.
7ac 2015 CNBG RES FHM 2016 TP FLMB 2017 NLMB GSH L 2018 TP & 70 HSB PK 2019 TP RBT 2020 TFS TP 25 HSB 250 F1,L,RBT -206 2021 TFS TP GSH L,-312 2022 GSH TP CR TFS RBT -234, 2023 BG TP TFS NLMB, -160
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beautiful, fat nine pound LMB. congrats and sorry at the same time... did ya get a pic of the fish?
Fishing has never been about the fish....
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I am sure she has passed on some of those great genes!
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Odds are good that she is fine. Fish blood coagulates better in water than air, you might be surprised to catch her again but I wouldn't. I have seen LMB survive having a gill completely ripped off on one end.
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