Interesting about holding them on their back, didnt know that ... but I figure it wouldnt be suitable to grab him by the lower lip like a bass! Lol, cool bit of info, thanks Chicx
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No problems! I learned that trick from guys who fish for these things lol
Hey i just read the first page lol so i didnt know anything about fin cutting, just suggesting that every 10 pages may not happen monthly....as eventually members will look at the date of the thread and think that OP wont respond...so maybe a monthly pic and size update would be best IMO, good luck tho awesome fish!
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No worries! I update every week or so normally. The every ten pages is just where I photodump the pictures from the previous ten pages so people don't have to search through all those pages to find pics.
When I had him out to cut his fin, he was just a hair over 12" from the tip of his nose to the tip of his tail
Below is what I'm going to call the last good picture of this guy for a while. I'm calling this the last picture because I'm about to get out of the Army and I'm sending my wife home ahead of me and she's taking the good camera, so I'm gonna be back to cell phone pics.
His fin is pretty much back to normal now. When he's not folding it down to try to run away from my pictures, his fin is triangular and about the same size and shape as his pelvic fins. It looks whole, but I strongly suspect that at this point it will actually continue to grow for another month or so until it's really long and showy like the dorsal fin of so many other GATF of his size. His tail has also healed up nicely. The upper hook is back and his lower hook is just starting to come through again.
The dorsal fin does however have ANOTHER kink right where the last kink was at.
I'm beginning to wonder if he doesn't have some sort of genetic predilection toward having a kinked dorsal fin. The kicker is though, this time his fin is kinked over to his left side instead of straight back. He has a goofy looking Free Willy looking dorsal fin. I'm actually going to repeat the surgery as soon as I post this to see if the fin comes in right this time. If it comes back kinked again, I'm not going to bother the fish anymore.
EDIT: Surgery #2 was a success. He didn't lose a single scale and none of his other fins were torn. Other than the missing dorsal fin, he looks flawless still. I count this as a good learning experience for me if I ever need to do something like this again in the future.
