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Old 08-31-2016, 05:54 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by Fomen View Post
Loved the video. But there was one point in the video where you said "You definitely don't want to put your thumb in his mouth". believe it or not, a sheephead will never close it's mouth on you one you have it up on the surface. I've caught hundreds of them, and have yet to see one of them do anything other than keep their mouth agape once they're over the rail of the boat- even when sticking pliers down their throat to remove hooks. It's really weird. Like they're mouth is stuck in some sort of rigor mortis state.
Fomen...I too tempted fate for years but did manage to eventually get bit. They bite hard, the teeth sink in and it hurts! We may be changing your user name to fofinga in the not to near future!
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