Black sea bass

[gvanzant]

Steven: You are a good guy. It's amazing why lots of people will kill a fish to show off later in an effort to identify it. Juvenile blacks are beautiful fish and of course have to be returned immediately. They also have a bad habit of not being able to deflate their air bladders after you return them to the sea. It's really important to know how to puncture them to aid the release. An old buddy of mine is a guide for fishing Mackinaws in Lake Tahoe. Macs are caught very deep and need attention so they can swim back down also. He has a needle that releases the air from the bladder. But he knows where to place it so it doesn't injure the fish. I think all of we anglers should know where that point is, don't you?
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