Fizzing?

[Browning Guy]

Curious...... with all of the reports of fish being 40' + deep..... how well do they do after bringing them up from those depths?  I know the deep crappie right now swell up like a football and can hardly get back down even with immediate release.  I've always tried to bring bass/crappie up slow, but even with my best intentions they often swell up and have to resort to "fizzing" if needed. Curious what you folks are experiencing with the deeper fish. 

 

[Smithvillesteve]

Great question Browning Collector. I was sitting here thinking the same thing. My son caught a 29.75 inch walleye a couple of years ago up in Canada while we were fishing for lake trout in 50 feet of water. Beautiful fish!! She swam off ok but i kinda wondered if that fish would be ok. Give us the lowdown please Bo. 

[Champ188]

Very good point. It’s one of the reasons I prefer not to fish like that. 

[magicwormman]

We've been catching a few fish from 30 to 40 ft. deep on ds and spoons. They seem fine as long as they are released immediately. You ALL know that I don't catch any picture fish, so mine are back in the water very quickly.

[87Tracker]

Out of 3 days of fishing last weekend (35-50') we only had one fish that was lethargic and didn't take off like a rocket.  I put a trout fly in his lip on a trout leader attached to a weight and put him back deep on a rope.  In less than a minute he was yanking that weight around and got off the hook.

I think tournament fishing is a whole other story with deep fish.  I saw people putting these deep fish in a live well last weekend and then 20 minutes later they are trying to revive them on the surface of the water like a fish that is just worn out from fighting.  I doubt that worked very well.

[Browning Guy]

4 hours ago, 87Tracker said:

Out of 3 days of fishing last weekend (35-50') we only had one fish that was lethargic and didn't take off like a rocket.  I put a trout fly in his lip on a trout leader attached to a weight .

Not seen this before.  Interesting.  Does the hook just pull free after he fights or line break? No doubt been used many times, but in my naïve state hadn't seen or heard of it. Whatever method as long as it's effective.  Wonder if you could use a small crappie hook and bend the barbs down? 

As far as tournaments.... fished many in my life and have come to conclusion that a two or three fish limit might be the best alternative other than going MLF at the boat.

[moguy1973]

I've read that these fin weights work out pretty well without having to fizz the fish.  Or at least it keeps them from bellying up in the live well due to the swell up until they can get the air bladder equalized.

http://www.flipclipfishing.com/

[dan hufferd]

If you stay around after a tournament you can catch some nice bass with only your hand.

[vernon]

18 hours ago, moguy1973 said:

I've read that these fin weights work out pretty well without having to fizz the fish.  Or at least it keeps them from bellying up in the live well due to the swell up until they can get the air bladder equalized.

http://www.flipclipfishing.com/

Now I really have seen it all!

As George Carlin used to say, "If you nail two boards together, somebody will buy it.  In fact, people will line up to buy a left nostril inhaler."

[Guest]

i have caught lots of bass 70'  deep and pinned with a ballon before releasing them.  i did this for two reasons, one was to see if they went back to the school and stayed with them, and two, to see if they had trouble  staying down.  they did to the first test, and they did not have any issues to answer the second part.  once in a while, you can reel one up too fast and they will not be able to get back done, but not often.

i have fished and caught deep bass for several decades, and i do not see that it affects them if you quickly release them.  since i have fished the same area for a number of days straight before, and have not witnessed any bass floating, i would have to think it is a none issue.

bo