[sssurfertim]

Caught a fluke today that had a loop of 50lb line tied throught both sides of the fish and tied in a loop. It looked like it was tyhere a while but is this the attach the balloon to the fish to find the school trick? It was just something odd so i decided to post it here.

 

[fishon2407]

WTF???????Never seen anything like that before.

 

[MakoMike]

Never seen that before! Maybe someone did it to try and keep the fish alive and it somehow got away?

 

[jmerc]

maybe its the governments way of tracking and monitoring the fluke population. or could be the work of Dr flukeinstine. How did it taste?

 

[Strike1]

I actually caught a fluke a couple of years ago by the ruins next to Gardiners Island that had the same thing. The line went in one side and out the other only once, not twice like that fish.

I cut the line pretty close to the body of the fish on both sides instead of pulling the line completely out.

 

[likeitreallyis]

I've seen people do this for stringing the fluke in the water to keep them alive until they are filleted. This one may have broken free...

 

[rastamon]

All it needs is a saddle & a crab could ride it

 

[DarthBaiter]

I've caught fluke like that. I believe it was grown in. Meaning a fluke got caught ina loop of line and grew around it. I cut mine and found scar tissue where the fish grew around the loop.

 

[leftjammer]

I've heard stories from old timers that they used to do that to flounder (tie line with a balloon attached) and then release it to see where it "schools up" then fish that area.
Doesnt sound very sporty to me

 

[sssurfertim]

The meat was little discolored around the wounds but i cut the parts out, the line had been on there for some time the knot was like fused together with growth

 

[Gaucho]

Was this caught near Plum Island?

 

[MakoMike]

leftjammer wrote:
I've heard stories from old timers that they used to do that to flounder (tie line with a balloon attached) and then release it to see where it "schools up" then fish that area.
Doesnt sound very sporty to me

Never did it with flatfish, as they don't seem to school as much as other fish. I have done it with blues and macks and it can be effective.

 

[659218]

that is odd

let me know what happened

 

[napster]

DON'T TAZE ME BRO !!!!

LOOKS LIKE A STUN GUN WIRE

 

[sssurfertim]

Gaucho wrote:
Was this caught near Plum Island?....no was caught in gsb