FISHERMEN/FISHERIES MISMANAGMENT

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Originally Posted by hammer4reel

You don’t have to pop the air bladder .
You vent with a hollow needle barley under the skin . You will hear the gas release . Punching deep enough to vent the swim bladder many times causes more harm than good
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

He's running a head boat.. I can imagine trying to vent fish for 30 guys using triple hook bottom rigs.. He'd need to hire 3 extra mates just to vent sea bass...