08-23-2003, 02:10 AM
Hey there DH_tubinjoe,
Sculpin Stories:
I can get stuck by sculpin all day long without a reaction other than a tiny red pinprick but let me tangle with a sea chicken and get pecked, clawed or stuck with the barbs on their wings and I have an infection for two weeks.
On Dan Hernandez one week they did a close up of this deckhand taking a pair of dikes and honestly ripping off all the fins, part of the gill plates, honest... everything that was sticking out of the fishes body. When I saw that I thought good grief the animal rights guys would like to get a hold of that. Then I thought what are little kids going to go on their first fishing trip and wonder if they are gonna see something like that.
Sorry Dan! I just had to speak my mind on that one. I understand the intent of the demonstration but .... to non-anglers and soft-hearted guys like me it could have been done with a more careful trimming technique.
JapanRon
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