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Post by Roobarb on Nov 2, 2008 15:28:15 GMT
…or should it be lb/minute? Not cooking time but playing time. I’m a fully paid up member of the “They get cold if you leave them in the water too long” school of fish playing. Apart from my first one, which I was much too careful with, I’ve never spent more than 10 mins playing one and most much less. I’ve seen a grilse played for twenty minutes and often read (but not on here  ) of fairly modest fish being played for 30 or 40mins, what is that all about? Nearly all my double figure fish have fallen to spinner so that may give a bit of an advantage in dragging them out quickly but I don’t think it makes that much difference. So, leaving aside the occasional stubborn fish and those hooked in awkward places, what would be a reasonable figure for fish up to the mid teens - 2lb/min? Over to those more experienced in battling monsters… Andy |
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Post by Speyducer on Nov 2, 2008 17:51:19 GMT
Never really paid much attention to the time it takes to land fish that I have hooked, but I understood that it was taken as a guide that 1 minute (or less) per pound during the playing of the fish should not unduly exhaust the fish.
That said, the only single fight that I had with a salmon that seriously exceeded that was my very first, taking about 40 minutes for a 13 1/2lber - but that was on a 9' ledger rod, a Mitchell 409 spinning reel with a damaged cog inside the reel allowing spool slippage, and it was either 4 or 5lb nylon (essentially trout tackle as I was fishing for trout/seatrout at the time!), and I had no net nor any other landing apparatus, and my cousin had left me earlier that pm to go to the pub. The fish had to be played to a standstill, and held in the slack water so could get down the 5 or 6' mudbank & gillhook the fish with my finger!
Of the larger fish I have landed subsequently, none to my recollection have gone over the 1 minute per pound.
Mike
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Post by sinkingtip on Nov 2, 2008 19:14:19 GMT
but I understood that it was taken as a guide that 1 minute (or less) per pound As Andy Exerod has eluded to, it does sound more like a cooking instruction rather than a "playing" guide. ;D It takes however long it takes and is only relevant at THAT point in time. Fair enough, if you still playing a wee 4lb grilse after 20 minutes then, agreed, maybe something is amiss. Alternatively, it would be foolish to place a 4 minute timescale on the same 4lb fish - 6 minutes maybe If I were ever fortunate enough to hook something in excess of 60lbs I would feel cheated it the 'play' lasted anything less than a fortnight ......... but that's me.  STip |
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Post by Roobarb on Nov 2, 2008 19:19:47 GMT
If I were ever fortunate enough to hook something in excess of 60lbs I would feel cheated it the 'play' lasted anything less than a fortnight ......... but that's me. STip Best hope you don't hook it too close to the end of the season then! Will you put the rod down on the Sundays? Andy |
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Post by sinkingtip on Nov 2, 2008 19:51:11 GMT
If I were ever fortunate enough to hook something in excess of 60lbs I would feel cheated it the 'play' lasted anything less than a fortnight ......... but that's me. STip Best hope you don't hook it too close to the end of the season then! Will you put the rod down on the Sundays? Andy Good point Andy. Shouldnt be an issue if I were to capture such a magnificent beast on the lower Tweed though ..... just get the boatperson to wheech me over to the English side at midnight on the Saturday regards STip |
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Post by G Ritchie on Nov 2, 2008 20:49:09 GMT
A fifteen pounder should only take about 10 minutes to land on average, a little longer if you are in a tricky spot to land one. A twenty pounder about 15 to 20 minutes. If you hook a very large one on normal tackle the fish takes charge and the rule book gets thrown out.
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Post by salmonking on Nov 2, 2008 20:55:50 GMT
Surely this time taken would depend on the amount of energy the fish has getting to the place of capture,for example the fish may have run X amount of miles ,stopped for a minute or two,
taken a lure,or it may be the fish has rested for a longer period of time,thus determine the playing time of the fish.
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Post by sinkingtip on Nov 2, 2008 20:57:39 GMT
A fifteen pounder should only take about 10 minutes to land on average, a little longer if you are in a tricky spot to land one. A twenty pounder about 15 to 20 minutes. If you hook a very large one on normal tackle the fish takes charge and the rule book gets thrown out. Would that be on a conventional or a fan assisted oven Graham ? ;D |
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Post by G Ritchie on Nov 2, 2008 20:58:29 GMT
You are right, a fish which has been running hard can be brought to the bank really quickly sometimes, but that times I mentioned would be the average time I would take to land a fish of those sizes.
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) of fairly modest fish being played for 30 or 40mins, what is that all about? Nearly all my double figure fish have fallen to spinner so that may give a bit of an advantage in dragging them out quickly but I don’t think it makes that much difference.
