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Handling bass properly for CPR

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I've seen a bunch of pictures lately of bass being held for photo's and some of 'em make me cringe.

I read a good discussion on another forum a couple of years ago and it got me to start holding the fish correctly as not to unnecessarily injure them (note: I pretty much release all bass that I catch, especially smallmouth).
I guess I was pretty bad about the way I held them before reading the discussion, so I hope this diagram and thread helps to get folks thinking about the subject:




I've gotten to the point that I only take pictures of the really good ones, or unusual looking specimen and try to get them back in the water asap.
this one really deserved a picture so I did my bes to support it:



another good example:




I hope this gets some folks thinking about the subject like it did me when I first was shown the light a while back.

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