[quote author=db link=1296864098/0#7 date=1296889988]I was once told that fish need to close their mouths to breath properly and that has seemed good advice so whatever you use I'd suggest poking the upper whatever as well. ..quote]

I know it's got alot to do with their teeth too but, on Northerns we usually poke from underneath up through their upperlip like through their nostrol area if they'd have such a thing and run through the ring on the the end of the stringer. Your never going to release them, but they never get away.

Jimbo, that stringer doesn't look like it would hold a Polly Whomper or Humper or whatever you call them things.

And I have to agree with KingFisher... I like to eat em asap.