I caught a silver in August that had a huge chunk bit out of its right side. it was big enough that I only kept the filet off the other side. The wound was just srarting to heal over. I probably wouldn't have kept the fish if it hadn't taken the herring so deep and had one of the hooks badly tearing the gills to the point of blood being pumped all during the fight. These fish are tough!!!
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