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Dealing with Gassed Up Fish
Sep 19,2006 SACN
From time to time SACN gets requests from anglers asking about the possibility of returning fish bought up from depth where the swim bladder appears to be 'blown'.
Usually such fish cannot get back below the surface and are taken by gulls.
Sometimes the stomach is protruding from the mouth, often mistaken for the swim-bladder, but if the stomach is pierced, the fish will die.
If a fish needs to be vented, this article shows how it should be done:
See http://isurus.mote.org/research/cfe/fis ... a-fish.htm
Andy Elliott