Warning on Striper Survivability

[mwardncsu]

I also have a stick-on "ruler" on the side of the gunnel so I can quickly hold the fish up to get a very rough length to record in my angler diary / catch log which I submit to DGIF - only worry about reading it to the inch or maybe 1/2 if its obvious for that purpose - so it's very quick to do.

[2 oars & a trash can]

Oct 9, 2014 8:02:31 GMT -5 archenemy said:

I agree it leaves a mark when you see em floating after the fight. I rarely photograph and never measure but have still seen them floating after I release. Something you can try when the boat is moving is to put em on a stringer or your Boca and drag them in the water for 4 or 5 minutes. It is along the same lines as the striper tubes as it forces water through them. I have done this three times during the warmer months and they have come back with a vengeance. Not sure about the long term prognosis.

Give it shot cause when they are floating you have nothing to lose.

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Wouldn't the damage to gills from a stringer make this inadvisable?

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Oct 9, 2014 13:43:28 GMT -5 2 oars & a trash can said:

Oct 9, 2014 8:02:31 GMT -5 archenemy said:

I agree it leaves a mark when you see em floating after the fight. I rarely photograph and never measure but have still seen them floating after I release. Something you can try when the boat is moving is to put em on a stringer or your Boca and drag them in the water for 4 or 5 minutes. It is along the same lines as the striper tubes as it forces water through them. I have done this three times during the warmer months and they have come back with a vengeance. Not sure about the long term prognosis.

Give it shot cause when they are floating you have nothing to lose.

Sent from my XT1080 using proboards

Wouldn't the damage to gills from a stringer make this inadvisable?

My guess is you would stab their lip rather than rope their gills with the stringer. And as arch mentioned, nothing to lose at this point. If I awoke from the dead with a hole in my lip, I could live with that!