Lipping Channels?

[Ralph Wiggum]

I lipped a channel cat once. This was the result. I now keep my hands away from their chompers.

(Okay, that really came from "lipping" a table saw.)

[Shack]

All right I got a phone call .

My fishing partner does (KQ#1) does hold some by the lip. I will add though, I know some one who nursed a poke from a channel last year for awhile, that occured in the sream image

Man I look threw and found I almost always handle mt cats by the lip.

These pictures are gett'in me thinking about putting away the ice gear.

[Grant]

I lipped a channel cat once. This was the result. I now keep my hands away from their chompers.

(Okay, that really came from "lipping" a table saw.)

bad bad bad RW!!!!

[audemp]

I lipped a channel cat once. This was the result. I now keep my hands away from their chompers.

(Okay, that really came from "lipping" a table saw.)

Ryan, are you a hand model or something?

[DARK30]

I wonder if hes ever had any trouble hitchhiking?

Heres how you lip rannel rats....

A lil blue..

A big blue..

[Shack]

Oh Gosh, this thread again .

Thanks Grant!

I have been thinking about this thread when I have gotten my channels this year.

I have been giving the belly and fin thing a go round, but they drop a couple times during the image taking.

It will take years and a couple of burns to perfect the mouth hold on a channel, but when mastered it works just fine. Plus I miss the rash .

Something to look at when at work and get a person in the mood.

[Shack]

D30,

I do not have my [very bad word usage] together yet to put those gloves on.

I am like a teen on prom night with every fish .

[wildcatcreek]

I would hate to have one of those monsters crush my thumb. I've felt the strength of the jaws of a channel much smaller, and it changed how I handle them.

[wastewaterguru]

I have seen the damage to a bullhead after being hit by a channel........and I don't want that to be my finger.

[fishinJohn]

Wow, Dark30 has a face! I thought it was all hair and hat. Nice fish though.

[Ed Carlson]

Eh...ya know..I thought I gave Dark a new hat once upon a time...so he would retire that Raty Ol Rapala hat.

[DARK30]

I'd feel naked without my rapala hat...and I don't think anybody on here would want to see me naked

[Surreal Deal]

Don’t underestimate the power of their jaws/teeth. They crush clams for a pastime.

A couple years back I landed a 17 pound channel cat and when I posed for the photo I gripped the lower jaw like you see in shackbash and dtro's avatars. Long story short Mr. whiskers showed me how firm his 'handshake' was.

In the photo he is wearing sand and dirt clumps from me squealing like a girl and dropping him.

I know that's not a lipping story, but just a note to say that I too have learned to respect what these creatures are capable of.