02-11-2013, 02:32 AM
I have heard a lot of guys who fizz say the same thing: That if they swim back to the bottom then they must be alright.
I'm not sure if that is true or not. Just because they make it back down to the bottom, does not mean they will survive. As was mentioned.
In any case, the good news is that there is no law (yet) mandating we do one thing or another - so it is entirely up to the angler to do what they see best fit. To each their own.
What I did find interesting this year, was that I was catching perch in roughly 20-24 feet of water and some of them (especially the bigger perch) had inflated air bladders when I brought them up. I did not know problems could exist in that shallow of water.
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I'm not sure if that is true or not. Just because they make it back down to the bottom, does not mean they will survive. As was mentioned.
In any case, the good news is that there is no law (yet) mandating we do one thing or another - so it is entirely up to the angler to do what they see best fit. To each their own.
What I did find interesting this year, was that I was catching perch in roughly 20-24 feet of water and some of them (especially the bigger perch) had inflated air bladders when I brought them up. I did not know problems could exist in that shallow of water.
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