robertroach
Well-known member
Here in Dorset we have some grayling fishing available now and lots of nice fish being caught.
They are lovely fish, but I find them hard to deal with. They don't want to stay
still to be unhooked and sometimes in the landing net thrash around so much the hook gets caught in the net and the fish is tethered by the line going through their lip and then getting stuck in the net. Plus the longer you leave them out of the water the more you need to revive them before they can swim off.
I was fishing downstream of two anglers today and a big grayling floated past belly up and dead. It was pretty obvious they didn't revive it after catching it.
Any tips on how to deal with these fish?
They are lovely fish, but I find them hard to deal with. They don't want to stay
still to be unhooked and sometimes in the landing net thrash around so much the hook gets caught in the net and the fish is tethered by the line going through their lip and then getting stuck in the net. Plus the longer you leave them out of the water the more you need to revive them before they can swim off.
I was fishing downstream of two anglers today and a big grayling floated past belly up and dead. It was pretty obvious they didn't revive it after catching it.
Any tips on how to deal with these fish?