I have a question about deep water crappie fishing and air bladders. When you catch a crappie from 30 plus feet deep it comes up with its belly swelled up like it is ready to burst.
If released will it make it or will it swim off and die?
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I have a question about deep water crappie fishing and air bladders. When you catch a crappie from 30 plus feet deep it comes up with its belly swelled up like it is ready to burst.
If released will it make it or will it swim off and die?
30 feet is not quite one atmosphere of pressure that should not effect em. the way to know if the have too much air is when you release em they will turn upside down or sideways because of all the air in there. ive caught em up to 40 feet before and as long as you dont just yank em all the way the top they'll be fine.
I would fizz em and put in livewell or bucket for a bit to regain some oxygen and stamina. Then let em go if all is well. If they are bloated up and dont fizz em chances are slim on their own.
I've not had much trouble with them not making it back down. If they aren't making it down you could rig a rod with a little weight- probably wouldn't take a lot and mash the barb on a hook and place it somewhere in the fish where the hook would pull out with a big yank and send them back down.
I think most of the floaters I see by the 64 bridge on Jordan this time of year are the product of deep hooking as they often bite lightly and folks may not be feeling it and thus allowing them to swallow the rig. Happens to everyone but seems more prevalent in winter.
When the bite is very light I use #2 circle hooks. No problem with deep hook-up.
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Originally Posted by todobien
There should be a one pole limit and you should hold it. Guys fishing 4 or 6 rods with minnows miss a lot of hits and the fish swallow the bait. Keep the rod in your hand and set the hook when they hit and you will have very few deep hooks, which will kill the fish.Quote:
Originally Posted by todobien
I've saw it all when it comes to deep water crappie. I've saw them float, go back deep like it was nothing. I have fizzed fish and it worked and I have killed them, it seems to depend on where you insert the needle. I think if you keep the water in the livewell full you may have a better chance of them staying alive but you just have to work with it. Does anybody have a video of how to fizz crappie? That may help.
Ironically I was just watching a you tube video on winter crappie fishing and the gentlemen began discussing the swim bladder issue. Here is a link to the video stat a 6:00 mark.Quote:
Originally Posted by SEA DANCER
https://youtu.be/UTD8hiuPS0s
Thought I would supply the visual proof. Just in case the ink doesn't work, what was said was that slapping the fish against the water allows the air bubble that is stuck inside of them to pass and then they are good to go!
Ironically,
I was just watching a you tube video on winter crappie fishing and the gentlemen began discussing the swim bladder issue. Here is a link to the video start a 6:00-6:45 mark.
https://youtu.be/UTD8hiuPS0s[/URL]
Thought I would supply the visual proof. Just in case the link doesn't work, what was said was that slapping the fish against the water allows the air bubble that is stuck inside of them to pass and then they are good to go!
I can now say the slapping technique works! While fishing today in 38 fow I slapped all my throwbacks against the water with all returning with no issues, but that's not what sold me. I saw several shorts floating from other boats. Had one come close enough for me to net that was still fairly lively. I scooped it up and give it a good slap back in the water and straight down it went. SOLD!
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Well....I guess if I may kill them anyway....I might as well eat them like I did last night.
i also saw that video, i bring them up slow and throwback on side and have a good return percentage, but still end up bringing some home that dont swim off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chad Maness
Yea, I guess one of the drawbacks of fishing a lake with a size limit is having to let the ones go that don't go back down. Otherwise I would just keep them so they wouldn't go to waste.
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I have heard it all now. I don't think I have ever missed a fish that had swallowed the bait.Quote:
Originally Posted by chief
Experienced this problem for the first time on Harris fishing 40+ FOW. Tried to bring up some instructions on my phone - oops no signal. Luckily only had two small ones that were thrown back and floated. Determined after that I would just eat anything I caught no matter the size, but the rest were keeping size anyhow. Going to watch the posted video so I'm prepared next time!
Thanks for the video.
To the hypocrite who suggested only one pole. I have seen him using two poles several times. I personally close the fishes mouth shut and drop them back head first and have not had a one come back up.
Even more ironically, I must have been watching that video about the same time as you, as I was searching for wintertime crappie videos!
Deep water reel em up slowly, usually helps. I'll have to try the slap technique as well.