You might wanna keep your fingers and thumbs out of the fishes gills. And all that bashing around on the rocks, just to measure it? Really..? I know chub are a hardy species, but…
You are the second person to tell me the same thing..if I wasn't restricted by You tube from putting links in the comments I would have shown you a video from Canada where professional guides catch pike the same way!The problem is that they slide out of hand. Tell me how you do it?