FISHERMEN/FISHERIES MISMANAGMENT

[hammer4reel]

Originally Posted by 1captainron

Sorry Dan but I don't believe that for one minute, popping the air bladder may help them go back down and out of sight but there's no way that could be good. Pop a human bladder and see what happens.

You don’t have to pop the swim bladder , though many say you do
You vent with a hollow needle barley under the skin . You will hear the gas release by just barely nicking it . . Punching too deep enough to vent the swim bladder many times causes more harm than good , and could easily miss it damaging other organs .

It’s used for many types of baratrauma fisheries to allow fish to easily go back down .
It takes less than a second to do .
Many states require it .
Nj did quite a bit of testing and tagging sea bass and proved it works very well .
We do it right next to you all spring and don’t have a ton of floaters .

Really care about the fisheries we still have you honestly should learn how to fo it .

Is it a little extra time , absolutely.
But it’s better than giving the fish a 5 % chance watching them float away