I feel sooooo guilty...

[wargoth]

Went out today scouting a few ponds around the area, talking to landowners trying to get permission and such, and fishd a new pond I just got permission to pitch in. So anyway, I realized where I was at and decided to stop by my grandparents' place, say hello, and toss a few worms in their pond, as it is always good for a few largemouth. Well, I hooked up with several, but one in particular (about 2 lbs.) swallowed a Gammie 3/0 almost to the eyelet. "Well, I will just use the new spiffy method of removing swallowed hooks I saw somewhere on this site", I thought to myself. This was the method of going in through the gill and rotating the hook point into the stomach, and gently removing it. Unfortunately though, just too much damage was done, and after 1/2 an hour of trying to revive said fishy she just would not breath, would not swim, was bleeding heavily, it really made me sad. Now I have used this method of unhooking swallowed hooks several time with great success in the past, but it was just not to be this time. The fishy died with me trying like hell to revive her. So *sniff* I decided to take her home and add her to the pile of bluegill I had in the fridge for dinner. I feel so guilty. Fortunately, there is no shortage of bass in this pond at all, and even more fortunately, it wasn't one of the big hawgs in the pond.