realise em back

i use hooks which degrade fairly quickly,
i arrive at my longline long before the tide has uncovered it and waid in and realise undersized or unwanted fish

(found live baiting and dead baiting pout to rate poorly to other baits for which i shall keep quiet on for now)

always bring a priest with me (though he really dosnt like the cold and isnt so keen to go out on sundays) – sorry bad joke but i do always bring a priest for fish i want to keep

and most importantly use disgorgers and whenever possible il hook the fish wilst holding it in the water (yes it can be done) wearing wet neoprene gloves (less scale dammage)

with non commercial longlineing you have to be cleaner then clean, cos the majority of anglers think your the scum of the earth.

longlineing is perfectly alright so long as you dont get gready and take more then you need,
(i only set a few lines a year and of these i only keep the fish i will eat in the next few days)
and you treat the fish with respect, dispatch them quickly with a priest
(how many seaanglers use priests???)
and return the ones u shant be eating quickly and in no worse for ware.

always used brownies as slang for brown trout but can see where ur coming from

and no thankyou gay dave

well jackyboy that would have to depend on the species of bass, and the conditions of the pond