Wrong
Not saying it’s dead for sure, but the longer it’s out, the greater chance it’s soon dead.
Especially trout, they keep moving.
Went on a trip for strippers this summer. There’s a slot limit for keepers. If it’s more than 38” back it goes. This is a 48” fish I landed. We caught fish non stop. Not a single keeper. The smallest fish was around 40”. Our captain said he had never had a day like we had before. Nothing but trophy fish all day. We stopped counting after 15. By the end of the day when a fish was hooked and the reel started screaming no one wanted to take up the rod as we were so exhausted. I doubt I will ever see another day like that again.
Did you mean stripers? Because it doesn’t look like there is much room for exotic dancing on that boat ![]()
That was after the fishing.

