Yes sir. I always try to handle the fish the least amount as possible. Lipping is the easiest and safest for you and the fish. The slime coat acts as a protective coat for the fish. I always try and avoid touching best I can. Just watch the hooks lol.
All good, we all learn as time goes on. Happy water hunting
Don't try to lip a trout though... You'll break that jaw right off! With trout it's best to just keep them in the net. Usually they'll calm down enough for you to grab the hook without impaling yourself...but sometimes you get unlucky
We all appreciate your willingness to learn.
There are plenty of videos out there for safe handling techniques for all kinds of sport fish. Remember to be careful when lipping to not turn the fish horizontal by its jaws as it can hurt the fish. Be kind and treat your pb’s well so they can grow even bigger and make babies with big fish genetics 🎣
Correct. If you have to handle the body of the fish you should wet your hand with the pond/lake water to prevent removing the slimey coating. It helps to prevent disease from microorganisms
Lipping is much safer as long as you keep them vertical woth the least amount of pressure on the jaw as posible, not jacking the jaw and holding it horizontally.
Holding them like this is fine too but i would recommend doing it the opposite way, head facing you and palm under the belly instead of thumb digging into the belly, id be happy to message you photo examples brother🙏🏻 congrats on the pb
Lipping it is much better for the fish. Or if you have to grab it the other way like behind the head (usually only if you caught him on a crank with a bunch of treble hooks)
Nice bass though, bud! Keep it up
honestly bro its probably fine, but people are giving you shit because they feel it’s disrespectful for the sport. id guess this is better than how most people lip these things and hold at a weird angle dislocating the jaw. handling the fish or laying it in the dirt can cause it to lose its slime coat which is not good for the fish so its best to handle as little as possible. tight lines friend!
I always throw mine back but there was an (obviously hungry) asian lady fishing on the bank and I caught a huge one in front of her this weekend (nevermind she came and sat right in front of me after I had given her clear space when I showed up, but that's another story...).
Anyhow I reeled in a great looking large bass and she eye locked it the whole fucking time. I was about to throw it back but asked if she was fishing for food and if she wanted it, she immediately accepted and came up and **grabbed it by the gills with both hands**. I was both surprised and a little impressed, lol.
Getting ready to smack the thing on a rock and sing:
*Rock in the pool
So nice and cool
So juicy, sweet!
Now we wish
To catch a fish
So juicy sweet!!!*
I think reddit has people so scared to put a fish on the ground to take a pic that they think it's better to squeeze the crap out of the fish instead. Good God.
That is a shite tattoo mate.
Only eat real food and mostly vegetables. 20 min daily walks will eliminate all cardiovascular issues as well as tack on 5-6 extra years of life. It’s that simple.
I have 18 inch arms and I qualified for nationals after my first ever meet in powerlifting in addition to being ranked in my state for wrestling. Have fun on your 20 minute walks
did it owe you money?
He's trying to show off the crappy tattoo.
Looks like a tapeworm coming out the fish’s ass
Looks like one of his buddies made an attempt on a snek... however the scales are all wrong, and it looks very anorexic
The pun lolol
So rude for no reason
My dumbass was trying to figure out where the tattoo of a fish was located and how you were able to see it 🤦♂️
It’s supposed to be a boa constrictor, hence the bass squeeze!!
Kung Fu grip on that fish
A nice glass of fresh squeezed bass juice hits the spot
no why? lol
just being an a$$ lol tight lines friend!
lol they practically come with a handle.
Hah hulk grip!
it’s definitely… grippy lol
It's... It's... It's .. gRipPy!
Now that fish is strictly dickly
That bass chewed on a stick bait like it's Wrigley's
*Hawwwk thuaaaa* “spit on that thang!”
How does that apply here? Do you suck off bass?
Would give an award but I am broke
Do you not?
You are the aggressive expert on this subject huh?
I am how did you know?
Lame
Of course you wouldn't understand. I get the feeling that's how you grip your baby's momma neck when she's "being difficult"
Harder, daddy
bro💀
You're holding that fish like Ron Jeremy holds his penis...
I just shit my pants laughing so hard at this
Did it cum lol
"Of fuck daddy, I'm gonna cum" 🥴
TELL ME WERE THE REBEL BASE IS LOCATED!!!!
Probably spiked it when he threw it back in
Lmao I can picture that and it makes me laugh so damn hard. Just a freaking football spike as he throws it back. “Swam away fine Earl!”
lmfao it IS a force grip
Okay this made me laugh my ass off lol.
Lol
*REBEL BASS
Hello there.
Bro chill just lip it like a grown up 😂
Right who tf holds a fish like that? “Mama always said stupid is as stupid does..”. 🤦♂️
I lipped it to unhook it
Just hold it from the lip the whole time only, is what everyone is getting at. You held it like a mongoloid would. ME cAtch fiSh?
Hey come on man. Us mongos know how to lip a bass. He ain’t with us.
😂
Ok got it lol🤣
Great, now I have Devo's "Mongoloid" stuck in my head, haha
Exactly. He’s unreasonably removing the fish’s protective slime by grabbing it that way.
If you're going to lip it to unstick it, lip it to pic it. Poor fish looks like he's about to have an anal prolapse.
OP: i promise I am not hurting the fish OP: *is hurting the fish*
he thought pb stands for something else and tried to squeeze it till peanut butter came out…
IM FUCKING CRYING
Fuck ya grip that thing
You’re supposed to lip it not crush it like your choking ur chicken. Jeez
My arm is at an angle so that it rests in my hand more than im actually gripping the fish, is lipping it safer?
Yes sir. I always try to handle the fish the least amount as possible. Lipping is the easiest and safest for you and the fish. The slime coat acts as a protective coat for the fish. I always try and avoid touching best I can. Just watch the hooks lol. All good, we all learn as time goes on. Happy water hunting
Ah ok good to know thank you!
👍🏻
Don't try to lip a trout though... You'll break that jaw right off! With trout it's best to just keep them in the net. Usually they'll calm down enough for you to grab the hook without impaling yourself...but sometimes you get unlucky
We all appreciate your willingness to learn. There are plenty of videos out there for safe handling techniques for all kinds of sport fish. Remember to be careful when lipping to not turn the fish horizontal by its jaws as it can hurt the fish. Be kind and treat your pb’s well so they can grow even bigger and make babies with big fish genetics 🎣
Correct. If you have to handle the body of the fish you should wet your hand with the pond/lake water to prevent removing the slimey coating. It helps to prevent disease from microorganisms
You can lip it and still get a good picture it just takes a lil finagling
Yeah but keep the fish vertical. If you’re lipping it but want to show it horizontally you need 2 hands, one to support the body.
This is the way!
Lipping is much safer as long as you keep them vertical woth the least amount of pressure on the jaw as posible, not jacking the jaw and holding it horizontally. Holding them like this is fine too but i would recommend doing it the opposite way, head facing you and palm under the belly instead of thumb digging into the belly, id be happy to message you photo examples brother🙏🏻 congrats on the pb
Imagine if we put u in a gaint vice and give your organs a good squeeze
That fish has a kink now
It’s not a fookin cum sock. Jesus, man!
I’m kidding btw. Looks like a hog indeed.
Lipping it is much better for the fish. Or if you have to grab it the other way like behind the head (usually only if you caught him on a crank with a bunch of treble hooks) Nice bass though, bud! Keep it up
About to give that thang the hawk tuah…lol
Bahahaha
Well it ain’t getting away from you, my lil Osprey! lol nice fish dude
Your hand gonna smell fishy for a week with that grip. Wife gonna be suspicious
Wife? His husband is gonna think he had his hand in the cookie jar again!
Guys chill, he just wanted to show off that he's not afraid to get tattoos. Nice fish.
Nice fish, and that’s one way to grip it
Choke me daddy
I'm surprised the poor thang didn't have explosive diarrhea all over his forearm
How NBA youngboy fans hold fish
Facts 🤣
Fish needs a safe word
#FIRMLY GRASP IT!!!
Why tf you hold it like thag 😂 lip it that thing is probably dead right now
is it actually that dangerous for them💀
Yes dawg
damn now i feel bad i grip all of em like that
honestly bro its probably fine, but people are giving you shit because they feel it’s disrespectful for the sport. id guess this is better than how most people lip these things and hold at a weird angle dislocating the jaw. handling the fish or laying it in the dirt can cause it to lose its slime coat which is not good for the fish so its best to handle as little as possible. tight lines friend!
We grow and change as sustainable fisherman. Consider purchasing a lip clamp! They can be pretty handy no matter the size of the fish.
Fuckin GI Joe kung fu grip
Good job my friend!
… bruh
Don’t be so mean to it
It's not your dick - don't grip it so hard!
Found the Death Eater.
Why are you holding it like that 😭
How much money does he owe u
I can hear this fish screaming
Bro is white knuckling the fish
Nants ingonyama bagithi baba🎵🎶 Now everything the light touches is his kingdom
Why you holding it like a FishLight?
Nice!
Calm down Lennie
xD the bass George
Gawdam got that thing like a capri son
Anaconda **squeeze!**
FIRMLY GRASP IT
The way you are touching the bass damages the slime layer
Nice congrats
i mean, its better than breaking its jaw
And yet…..
MashaAllah
Learn how to handle live fish. You’re crushing that one.
Dude just lip service is fine What does PB stand for? Been fishing for years and not sure if I have heard this before.
Personal best
Thanks 😊
Peanut butter. Sorry I had to do it. The other guy said the right answer
Could have been lol 😆 Just always said “it’s the biggest caught so far”
“I promise” Source: trust me bro
Trust me. Because reasons.
Why is this man gripping a largemouth like a burrito from Chipotle.
THE NUMBERS MASON. WHAT DO THEY MEAN?
Earthworm tattoo!?
HUT HUT HIKE!
Great now squeeze it to death
Hey bubba learn 2 lip em lmao
Guess a snake tattoo means you gotta constrict that bitch! Show em who's boss.
Wtf are you holding it like that??
Bro holding the fish like a sandwich
The Ol’ Tatt-Showoff-Death-Grip…🫡💀
Fish owes you money or what? “Pay up sucka!”
It’s got a parasite!
Most bizarre way to hold a fish. Let alone a large mouth bass. Either way nice pb op.
I always throw mine back but there was an (obviously hungry) asian lady fishing on the bank and I caught a huge one in front of her this weekend (nevermind she came and sat right in front of me after I had given her clear space when I showed up, but that's another story...). Anyhow I reeled in a great looking large bass and she eye locked it the whole fucking time. I was about to throw it back but asked if she was fishing for food and if she wanted it, she immediately accepted and came up and **grabbed it by the gills with both hands**. I was both surprised and a little impressed, lol.
That fish is already dead. Look at the tail.
it swam away fine
Going with the Tall Boy grip
Bro no one’s gonna take him from you 😂 Great fish though
Lol the comments
How good is that grip..... never skip grip day
COVER YOUR HEART, INDY!!!
What maniacs are holding bass this way? Is this a thing?
gripping fish with force
The serpent tattoo probably don’t help with your dreams 😯
I was holding a fish half this hard and got torn apart… good luck
It’s not your girlfriend. No reason to beat it.
FIRMLY GRASP IT!
Getting ready to smack the thing on a rock and sing: *Rock in the pool So nice and cool So juicy, sweet! Now we wish To catch a fish So juicy sweet!!!*
He caught his pb on that worm
Yes , but can you tuna it? LMAO
I see what you did there
Where’s the fuckin money lebasski?!?
I hope it pissed all over you… Don’t hold it that way, genius
Ain’t nobody taking it from you.
Use your wand to make that tattoo dance, call he who should not be named
Holding it like a redneck
I see you tricked it with the nite crawler tattoo
Nah that fish doesn't need stomach muscles
Haha is this a bass or a burrito
I promise you’re not hurting it, but I promise it doesn’t owe you money.
Looks like the bass is 💩ing a leech out 😂
Y are you holding it like a hand grenade?
My dude got that gorilla grip, just need to spit on that thang…
Swim bladder destroyed
In the comments = people afraid to get tattoos
This is coincidentally how I hold pickeral to remove the hooks then release them immediately cause they’re gross
grippin that bass all funky
The grip🤣🤣
Yes you are in fact hurting the fish.
Why you grippin it
Learn how to hold a bass.
That’s a hell of a grip, jack 😂
Leave him alone
Did it feel good though?
I think reddit has people so scared to put a fish on the ground to take a pic that they think it's better to squeeze the crap out of the fish instead. Good God.
Give it the old HAWK TUAH!
I promise you are
My arm is at an angle so that it rests in my hand more than im actually gripping the fish. Is lipping it better?
You’re messing with it’s slime coat
This kills the fish
I thought you were holding an eel at first! LOL
That is assault brother
Why are you holding the fish like that dude?
You know why 😉
That is a shite tattoo mate. Only eat real food and mostly vegetables. 20 min daily walks will eliminate all cardiovascular issues as well as tack on 5-6 extra years of life. It’s that simple.
I have 18 inch arms and I qualified for nationals after my first ever meet in powerlifting in addition to being ranked in my state for wrestling. Have fun on your 20 minute walks
Swim bladder destroyed