Check this out.

[whiteslab]

yeah, Snapper

[jayswimmer09]

thats nuts powdiddy

[AugustWest]

HRR must have eaten it  as he is no longer around to reply ??

 
Timmy have you been drinking again 8)

[northern fisher]

Ya gotta wonder.We watch these fishing shows and they go on and on about how careful we need to be while releasing our fish(which I can understand).Than we see pics of fish that lived with bad wounds like the ones on this tread.It leaves me shaking my head

[powdiddy]

a week before i got the carp with no eyes i found another carp right by the bank almost dead with its whole belly slit .must have stayed alive for a few days like that cause it had that mossy slimy dead film junk all around where it was slit open.pretty rediculous to slit its entire stomach open and let it go.i got a knife out of my car and ended its pain.

[HudsonRiverRat1]

He was released to fight another day.It was a c n r spot anyhow.I was amazed at how resilient they can be.

[trapperb]

cool fish!!!!!!! nice job

[lepomis]

cool.  good on ya for the c and r on that little guy.  looks like he desires it

[Danderson]

insane! 

[thechief]

He was released to fight another day.It was a c n r spot anyhow.I was amazed at how resilient they can be.

Way to go

[deadsmelthead]

Those pannies look like someone used them for bait and let them go when they were done fishing. I use perch all the time and when I am done fishing if there are some still on and lively I toss them back.

Powdiddy that carp I feel was a victim of some A-H*&^ ripping it's eyes out to make them suffer because they think carp are dumb bottom feeding trash fish.
Little do they know that carp are one of the most fun fish to target especialy on a fly rod..

[powdiddy]

big fan of carpin myself.some ignorant people out there man.i killed the one with the slit belly but let the one with no eyes back.not sure if i should have but it diddnt seem to be in to bad of shape.looked like they have been missing for a while.

[fish boy]

I'd say Powdiddy was right on with the gills  Herons for sure.  They can make a mess of yearling trout in an outside raceway and there eyes are way bigger than their beaks can handle but they gotta make a living too!

[bigredonice]

Ok ok I admit it.  One time I was on that same water as HRR and I got hungry and took a bite from the bluegill.  It REALLY needed salt so I just let the thing go

[jimmyclaude]

We have caught monster large mouth bass in the Schoharie creek just below where the thruway bridge collapsed that had no or just one eye. Oh Yeah, they still do C&R.

Jimmy Claude    <"((((((((><

[winni bound]

 does it glow in the dark ??

                                 winni bound

[4cator]

Dang that had to hurt.

[ebonskaith]

I'd have to take that fish to the taxidermist.

Same here.