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<blockquote data-quote="sweeney" data-source="post: 178129" data-attributes="member: 453"><p>I don't know about your mortality numbers. If a fish is hooked in the lip or upper mouth on a slow death I'm guessing they aren't going to die especially if the fish is under 23 inches and pulled out of less than 20 feet, to me the key is to keep 2or 3 slots open in your limit so if you do get a deep hooked one and your to cheap to cut the hook off and &quot;let it rust out or be digested&quot; you can throw it in the box. Definitely see a lot of times where people are throwing gut hooked 12's back in the water only for them to float up, if you know they are going to die throw them in the box, once you get 10 in there you can quit. We usually throw the first half of a limit in the boat then leave any other slots open for fish that are hooked deep or in the gills. When we fish really deep water either bring them up in stages or box everything because as mentioned before when their guts are popping out the mouth the mortality rate is definitely there.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="sweeney, post: 178129, member: 453"] I don't know about your mortality numbers. If a fish is hooked in the lip or upper mouth on a slow death I'm guessing they aren't going to die especially if the fish is under 23 inches and pulled out of less than 20 feet, to me the key is to keep 2or 3 slots open in your limit so if you do get a deep hooked one and your to cheap to cut the hook off and "let it rust out or be digested" you can throw it in the box. Definitely see a lot of times where people are throwing gut hooked 12's back in the water only for them to float up, if you know they are going to die throw them in the box, once you get 10 in there you can quit. We usually throw the first half of a limit in the boat then leave any other slots open for fish that are hooked deep or in the gills. When we fish really deep water either bring them up in stages or box everything because as mentioned before when their guts are popping out the mouth the mortality rate is definitely there. [/QUOTE]

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