Quote Originally Posted by roadrunner View Post
I'm not sure I buy this I have lived on a seven acre lake for twenty five years I have always handled fish by the lower jaw and I have never witnessed dead fish other than the few times I gut hooked a fish and tried to release him I might see him floating the next day.

As far as the vacuum in the mouth what I have witnessed is they **** water through there mouth and gills which pull the bait into their open mouth, I do not think a hole in the mouth area would affect this.

Sorry I just don't see any evidence to support this theory..
i agree...all a bunch of crap. guess they better tell vandam and all the guys to quit doing it too...lol. unless the fish is really big, i dont see it. and i catch fish all the time with 3 or 4 holes in its mouth. guess their suction still works pretty good