I agree with a lot of the previous posts. He's fishing for a paycheck, yes, but he's good at what he does and it works for him (In the amount of total net worth in the millions!). though I'm far from being a pro, I've fished long enough to feel whether I can horse a fish in or not. if I start losing fish after hook up, its usually something else that I'm doing wrong (i.e. bad knot, poor hook set etc.). so if you're hooking bass and getting them in the boat consistently, DONT CHANGE A THING! your doing good.

I don't feel compelled to yank a fish from the hookset all the way into the boat. But the longer you play them, the more likely you are to lose them. And with a single hook (spinnerbait) you can horse them. What are people doing to a fish when they punch? Yank them as hard as you can and get them above the grass, dragging 5 lbs of grass with them so they can't go down. Same thing. 2 lbs of fish, 5 lbs of grass skiing to the boat.

The longer a fish is in the water, the longer it has to get off the hook. "Skiing" a fish in is a good way to prevent them from having a chance to fight. It depends on what they're caught on and where they're caught at also. A fish caught on a deep crankbait in open water can and should be played out carefully. A fish caught flipping in heavy cover is going to be "horsed" in quickly to prevent it from getting back into the cover it came out of. 

 

As for how you should do it, do what works for you. I fight fish in quickly but carefully. 

very good, effective procedure.

Why Does Kvd Horse Fish In?

 

 

Because its more fun than horseing crappie in .

I don't know but I won't ask until the day he's asking why I do something on the water....I guess my opinion might matter then. LOL!!  KVD = Bad arse!!

I'm with RoLo

 

Time saved = Money won

Hey you fish for a paycheck, every minute counts.  Fun fishing hey take your time.....fishing for hundreds of thousands of dollars,  I'm sure most would have no problem horsing fish into the boat ASAP (if you can with the tackle you're fishing of course)

Most rec anglers I see are much harder on the fish than the pros. They take too long to get the hook out, then have to take a thousand pics, after they dig their phone out, and by then the fish has asphyxiated.

Most rec anglers I see are much harder on the fish than the pros. They take too long to get the hook out, then have to take a thousand pics, after they dig their phone out, and by then the fish has asphyxiated.

 

The Silent Prune (delayed mortality)

The benefits of using 12-20lb line.

Fishing shallow southern compounds my whole adult life, I know they are full of nasty vegitation, wood, and lots of other stuff.  Play with a fish instead of getting them in the boat quickly will only lead to big problems.  It only take a bass seconds to bury themselves deep in the junk.  Getting a good hook set ,and getting their head up is key to shallow water success.  It didn't take KVD very long to learn that lesson.

 Van Dam is a Clueless Hack.

 

That Poser couldn't catch a bass if you threw it to him.

 

If it wasn't for his wife's superior baking ability he'd still be cleaning the floor at the D & R Sports Center in Kalamazoo . . .

 

(Jealousy is a bad thing)

 

 

 

A-Jay

Try saltwater where "playing a fish" = feeding the sharks, lol.

Try saltwater where "playing a fish" = feeding the sharks, lol.

 

Not just saltwater. I have had 50 inch class muskie follow bass to the boat and try to eat em.

Because he can...

^^^THIS^^^

Get the fish in as quick as your tackle will allow and you are doing the fish a favor. Long fights kill fish.

Try saltwater where "playing a fish" = feeding the sharks, lol.

Not uncommon to have a school of bull sharks circling a boat with a catch on, barracuda are notorious for cutting blue runners in half.  We had a bonita on line, a cuda hits and a split second later a bull cuts the cuda in half.

 

Get the fish in as quick as your tackle will allow and you are doing the fish a favor. Long fights kill fish.

Yes it can but how long is too long.  Most bass even when played are still landed well under a minute, I think they are hardier than many people give them credit.  Many inshore species I catch are similar size to bass, they are landed within 60 seconds too for the most part, they swim off pretty frisky.  Occasionally it takes many minutes to land a fish, sometime those fish don't fare as well.  When a lengthy battle does take place horsing one in could drastically reduce the success of landing it.  

I feel there is a difference between "horsing" a fish in and landing it as quickly as possible - I've followed this rule (landing as quick as possible) with everything from bluegill to blue marlin and feel it is the best practice for angler and fish.