{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Labor Day 2024 - Catch a Bass and Put Her\/Him\/It back in the Water where they Belong.","description":"It was truly awesome to get outside and on the Lake today at Umstead Park in Raleigh, NC. I made it a quick trip with the goal of catching a nice sized Bass. Mission was accomplished. I will say this episode is an example of how important is is to be prepared when things go unexpectedly wrong. Unless I am fishing for food (only a few times in my life),  I always catch and release (A River Monster Jeremy Wade lesson). However, sometimes when fishing the hook gets swallowed a bit by the fish into the deeper regions of their mouth. Thats what happened in today's episode, but thankfully I was prepared to save the fish. I used my 12 inch long hook remover (looks like forceps from a doctor's office). Using the hook remover,  I was able to safely take the barbed hook out of the Bass's deep mouth area and put Her\/Him\/It back into the Lake where they belong. The Bass was about 17 inches long and 3.5 lbs,  and I hope he grows to 28 inches 15 lbs when I catch him in 10 years from now. Bass can live up to 25+ years. They are very cool fish. Why I will save a Bass every time I catch one? I owe it to owning a 10 gallon aquarium when I was in my youth, as well as growing up in Virginia Beach. My Dads (I had two as my Mom remarried) both taught me this at a young age -  never kill a fish unless we need it for food.  ","author_name":"Fishing And Talking","author_url":"http:\/\/fishingandtalking.com","html":"