Once hooked, handle the fish as little as posible and get out the hook quickly. Then place fish in fresh water from the pond/lake/stream and add stress coat.
I also would try and collect only small sunnies. They seem to do much better.
Wally
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On Wed, 11 Sep 2002 00:22:28 EDT, BR0630_at_aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 02-09-10 21:34:59 EDT, Wally wrote:
>
> << I second the kudos to Stress Coat, I started using it after you trip up
> here
> John, and its been night and day. I am going to mail order it by the gallon
> from now on!
> >>
>
> Would any of you have experience transporting mature fish and having success
> by using Stress Coat? I've never used Stress Coat and my experience has been
> to get an adult sunfish home [typically after a 2-3 hr trip] only to have it
> die within a few days or a week or so. Also, the adult fish I'm talking
> about were caught on hook & line, so they would've experienced 'hallacious'
> stress! Any opinions?
>
> Bruce Scott
> Meridian, Idaho
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