perch with an inflated swim bladder from deep ice

lunkerslayer · Nov 7, 2016

Anyone have any good ways that work to get perch to recover from ruptured air blatter?

luvcatchingbass · Nov 7, 2016

Have heard of dropping fish on its side with a little force to shock it back. Has to hit ice/floor right on its side.

DirtyMike · Nov 7, 2016

filet them

lunkerslayer · Nov 7, 2016

Too little to fillet

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luvcatchingbass said:
Have heard of dropping fish on its side with a little force to shock it back. Has to hit ice/floor right on its side.

Interesting concept anyone concur this idea

riverview · Nov 7, 2016

thought I read somewhere some people using a schringe needle to deflate?

luvcatchingbass · Nov 7, 2016

We have actually tried it a few times and seems to work. One of my buddies learned it from a guide on lake of the woods. Since then we haven't really been fishing deep enough to have that problem so its been a few years. I assume it works cause we have had a couple that couldn't swim down the hole then pulled them out let them hit the floor and release again to see them dart back to the bottom on the flashers. Worked on small walleye and sauger as well.

3Roosters · Nov 7, 2016

Install a hyperbaric chamber designed for fish in your fish house.#$%^&>

espringers · Nov 7, 2016

how would the floor smack thing work?

remm · Nov 7, 2016

Probably similar concept of getting pissed because something doesn't quite fit back together or work quite right. Hit/kick/throw/swear at said item until it either works again or is completely jacked up.

espringers said:
how would the floor smack thing work?

Kickemup · Nov 7, 2016

Put them in the bucket and go back to fishing.

savage270 · Nov 7, 2016

lunkerslayer said:
Too little to fillet

get a smaller knife

lunkerslayer · Nov 7, 2016

savage270 said:
lunkerslayer said:

Too little to fillet

get a smaller knife

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My side my side

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Kickemup said:

Put them in the bucket and go back to fishing.

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How does that help kickem

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3Roosters said:

Install a hyperbaric chamber designed for fish in your fish house.#$%^&>

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I don't think I would have enough room in my JM flip over house to put in a hyperbaric chamber

Kickemup · Nov 7, 2016

lunkerslayer said:
savage270 said:

My side my side

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How does that help kickem

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i see no need to throw a little fish on the ground that is bloated. More than likely it just makes a guy feel better getting to watch a fish swim away that's going to die anyway.

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lunkerslayer · Nov 7, 2016

That's why I want to find out some techniques to help save some fish, I usually don't fish in any water over 30 feet for that reason. Just looking for ideas

DirtyMike · Nov 7, 2016

if you're going to fish that deep, reel up slowly to help them equalize.

lunkerslayer · Nov 8, 2016

I here what you are saying dirty that's the technique I use, but sometimes perch bites are sporadic and the schools are moving it would be nice to be able to bring them up a little faster so I can get my bait down the hole again.
Thanks for input Dirtymike

DirtyMike · Nov 8, 2016

http://www.fishfactor.tv/documents/Swim Bladder-Vessie Natatoire/228130.pdf

gonefshn · Nov 8, 2016

If I'm fishing deeper water and catching quite a few smaller ones I have a rod that just has a depth finder weight tied to the line. I'll use the clip and clip it on the fishes front fin. I'll let them down and once down a good ways I'll give the line a jerk and the clip will release from the fin. Seems to work as I always see the fish on the Vexilar swimming it's way back down. I've found it way better than having my hole full of little perch that won't go down.

Captain Ahab · Nov 8, 2016

gonefshn said:
If I'm fishing deeper water and catching quite a few smaller ones I have a rod that just has a depth finder weight tied to the line. I'll use the clip and clip it on the fishes front fin. I'll let them down and once down a good ways I'll give the line a jerk and the clip will release from the fin. Seems to work as I always see the fish on the Vexilar swimming it's way back down. I've found it way better than having my hole full of little perch that won't go down.

With all the stuff I have read on barotrauma, this appears to be the most effective. Fizzing can work, but hitting other organs with the needle can be an issue. The key is to get them back down rather quickly.

http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/newsletter/2013/05/let_em_down_easy_returning_a_fish_to_deep_water.html

espringers · Nov 8, 2016

well that is just pure genius gonfshn

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