Kelt

[elwyman]

dangler said:

If I remember rightly, live fish out of water always look down. Dead fish have the pupils fixed in a central "stare".

Mike

That's what I thought as well.

[pertempledog]

I disagree up to a point. In my experience any fish, even the freshest springer caught and being disgorged looks down at the hook/your hands/forceps so using the "eyes down" observation as a judgment of keltness can be misleading, but once disgorged of the hook all things being equal a kelt will still have an "eyes down" appearance and a good fresh fish will probably look sideways again.

P.A.T.

[centrepin]

100 % correct............

Put the "suspect" on its stomach on the bank..........

Eyes down??

Its a kelt,every time............

Cp