Ya he likes to mouth em and lick em. He is a hoot. On days when the fish are really on you can actually here him sigh or make a hmmph sound when my lure comes in empty. Man he gets wound up. He loves it most when I am fishin top water.
By the way. That is his "you can't resist my charm so pet me or feed me" face. He is 5 yrs. old.