Cecil, my first 5# NE master angler LMB went through a similar ordeal in a plastic bag for at least an hour. Back then you had to take your fish to a certified scale to get weighed to in order to get a master angler certicate from our game and parks dept. I ended up releasing the fish in our pond 40 miles from where it was caught. I did have to spend 30 minutes in the water with before it finally got it's equilbrium back, 2-1/2 years later I finally caught the same LMB again when it weighed 8 lbs. I know it was the same fish as it had a unique spawning scar on the top of it's tail that was easily identifiable from the pictures taken then and later.
Last edited by Shorty; 09/11/07 10:18 AM.
