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MFF US Southcentral => Colorado => Topic started by: SLAYERFISH on Aug 11, 2018, 09:23 PM

Title: EYE love a parade-
Post by: SLAYERFISH on Aug 11, 2018, 09:23 PM
Ran into this guy. Still swimming. 6.7 lbs on metal.


Which pic do you prefer?  Horizontal or Vertical?

(https://i.imgur.com/oapP6Uxl.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/rByNSejl.jpg)
Title: Re: EYE love a parade-
Post by: Bowmandan on Aug 12, 2018, 12:22 PM
Need to hold it farther from your body to get the Real length
Title: Re: EYE love a parade-
Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 12, 2018, 12:42 PM
Thats a great walleye.   Congratulations ......
Title: Re: EYE love a parade-
Post by: zwiggles on Aug 12, 2018, 01:07 PM
Nice fish!

Horizontal almost always looks better to me.
Title: Re: EYE love a parade-
Post by: filetandrelease on Aug 12, 2018, 04:20 PM

 nice eye , I’m partial to Horizontal
Title: Re: EYE love a parade-
Post by: SLAYERFISH on Aug 12, 2018, 05:13 PM
Need to hold it farther from your body to get the Real length

REAL length does not change no matter how it's held. ;)

Weight is all that really matters anyhow-
Title: Re: EYE love a parade-
Post by: filetandrelease on Aug 12, 2018, 05:53 PM
Need to hold it farther from your body to get the Real length
Holding it farther out just makes them look bigger than they really are
Title: Re: EYE love a parade-
Post by: SLAYERFISH on Aug 12, 2018, 07:51 PM
Holding it farther out just makes them look bigger than they really are

I know this "Stiff Arming"  but the weight is what really matters in the end. ;D

Life's too short NOT to stiff-arm!
Title: Re: EYE love a parade-
Post by: seamonkey84 on Aug 12, 2018, 08:51 PM
Nice fish, I’ve always been partial to the horizontal for the pics.
Title: Re: EYE love a parade-
Post by: Bowmandan on Aug 12, 2018, 08:58 PM
It as a joke ;D
Title: Re: EYE love a parade-
Post by: filetandrelease on Aug 13, 2018, 05:39 AM
I realize weight is what matters in the end FS , sorry bow didn’t see a smiley so didn’t realize it was meant to be a joke , 😜
 Stiff arming a nice fish just seems to take away from a nice fish , NMO
Title: Re: EYE love a parade-
Post by: taxid on Aug 13, 2018, 07:20 AM
If you're going to release a fish supporting the weight of the fish horizontally is better for the fish. They're used to being in water where their weight is compensated by the water. Probably not a walleye, but with a bass full of eggs or especially large trout, you can actually do damage by holding them vertically. It actually stretches their spinal column holding them vertically.

How many of you have held a big trout vertically and had it start bleeding?

All that said I prefer the horizontal for a picture too.