Learn How to Fizz - Page 2

ironman · 09-29-06, 07:01 PM

Got to be with lizards on that one.

Rebbasser · 11-03-06, 02:50 PM

Interesting aticle in the most recent BASS Times on fizzing-it said to go down the throat rather than the traditional through the side method, that the swim bladder will be right there at the base of the throat and you only need to go in about 1/8th of an inch to get it to reduce the pressure. What was most important was to submerge the fish while the needle is still inserted and look for bubbles coming out and DO NOT SQUEEZE THE FISH.

I like that method a whole lot more than blindly poking a needle into the fish's side.

So far I have never had to do this but nice to know how if I need to.

Jolly · 11-03-06, 07:30 PM

Sorry if this is a dumb question but what is the "please release me?" Also, do you guys that fizz carry needles with you or what... be afraid to as others said.

Jolly

Rebbasser · 11-04-06, 12:50 AM

Jolly-Please Release Me is some chemicals you add to the live well to help protect the fish. I got mine at Academy. Seems to work real well.

I don't have a needle in the boat and probably won't get one-O don't fish deep enough water.

zooker · 11-04-06, 05:53 AM

yeah just what my mother needs to find in my boat a needle..i can almost hear the explosion now..lol

those of you that know. know why i posted this statement..

zooker

pig n jig · 11-04-06, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by lizardsrule

Where's PNJ witrh his basket rig when you need it rotfl. I aint carrying any needles on the boat with me. I get stuck enough with hooks, and I wouldn't want to explain why I had some hyperdermic needles with me on a boat on a lake in Florida LOL.

Lizards

Lizards, I am selling the new and improved basket version I made.It takes a while to build one, gotta do quite a bit of tig welding on stainless steel rods, I am building a program to cut a different version out on a laser.

I have carried and still carry needles in my tackle pack for about 15 years.The basket is a safer process for the fish, its rather easy to kill a fish while trying to save its life.Needles rust, so make sure you get new one at least every 2 years.I use a 18 guage syringe needle. P N J

pig n jig · 11-04-06, 07:04 AM

Crazyfish is right, depth really doesn't matter, its the speed in which you haul them to the boat.I catch smallmouth in 90-105 ft of water , if they come up up slow, they can be released even from those depths, its when you set the hook and those smallmouth rocket to the surface on you.They actually lock themselves up the majority of the time.You can either needle them, or lower them back to the depth where their airbladder got locked up at and the bladder will unlock.I have designed a stainless steel basket that holds the fish as you lower the basket and reach the depth the fish needs to unlock the bladder, he can swim away, or you can keep him locked in and slowly bring him back up to the boat and take a picture of him and release him on the surface.The basket is foolproof. The needle process will cause a fish to die every once in a while due to human error.

P N J

links_man2 · 11-05-06, 10:03 AM

There is a very good article in Nov BASS Times on when you should fizz and how. They also state it is better to insert through the mouth rather than in the side of the fish. This edition isn't opnline yet, but should be soon if you don't get a copy. Here is the link to the past issues where Nov should be posted soon:

http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/b..._Times_archive

skeeter944 · 11-05-06, 10:15 AM

welcome to the forum links!

Rebbasser · 11-05-06, 11:42 PM

Welcome to the forum, Links!

That's the article I was referring to.

links_man2 · 11-06-06, 07:43 AM

Skeeter/Reb

Thanks

Deacon · 11-06-06, 01:03 PM

I found this link on another site i frequent too. I found this is the most informative way to fizz a fish.

westernbass.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11992&f=2

read through all of it and it should help answer anymore question you guys may have! Hope this helps you out!

11-03-06, 02:50 PM	#27
Rebbasser BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 10,141	Interesting aticle in the most recent BASS Times on fizzing-it said to go down the throat rather than the traditional through the side method, that the swim bladder will be right there at the base of the throat and you only need to go in about 1/8th of an inch to get it to reduce the pressure. What was most important was to submerge the fish while the needle is still inserted and look for bubbles coming out and DO NOT SQUEEZE THE FISH. I like that method a whole lot more than blindly poking a needle into the fish's side. So far I have never had to do this but nice to know how if I need to. __________________ It's happened to the best of them: John 21:3

11-03-06, 07:30 PM	#28
Jolly BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: West Texas Posts: 368	Sorry if this is a dumb question but what is the "please release me?" Also, do you guys that fizz carry needles with you or what... be afraid to as others said. Jolly __________________ "Here fishy, fishy!!!"

11-04-06, 12:50 AM	#29
Rebbasser BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 10,141	Jolly-Please Release Me is some chemicals you add to the live well to help protect the fish. I got mine at Academy. Seems to work real well. I don't have a needle in the boat and probably won't get one-O don't fish deep enough water. __________________ It's happened to the best of them: John 21:3

11-04-06, 05:53 AM	#30
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	yeah just what my mother needs to find in my boat a needle..i can almost hear the explosion now..lol those of you that know. know why i posted this statement.. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

11-05-06, 10:03 AM	#33
links_man2 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sanford, NC Posts: 134	Fizzing Procedure There is a very good article in Nov BASS Times on when you should fizz and how. They also state it is better to insert through the mouth rather than in the side of the fish. This edition isn't opnline yet, but should be soon if you don't get a copy. Here is the link to the past issues where Nov should be posted soon: http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/b..._Times_archive

09-29-06, 07:01 PM	#26
ironman BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: palm coast florida Posts: 879	Got to be with lizards on that one.

11-04-06, 07:04 AM	#32
pig n jig BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Avoca, NY Posts: 3,508	Crazyfish is right, depth really doesn't matter, its the speed in which you haul them to the boat.I catch smallmouth in 90-105 ft of water , if they come up up slow, they can be released even from those depths, its when you set the hook and those smallmouth rocket to the surface on you.They actually lock themselves up the majority of the time.You can either needle them, or lower them back to the depth where their airbladder got locked up at and the bladder will unlock.I have designed a stainless steel basket that holds the fish as you lower the basket and reach the depth the fish needs to unlock the bladder, he can swim away, or you can keep him locked in and slowly bring him back up to the boat and take a picture of him and release him on the surface.The basket is foolproof. The needle process will cause a fish to die every once in a while due to human error. P N J

11-05-06, 10:15 AM	#34
skeeter944 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Somewhere in South Carolina Posts: 2,377	welcome to the forum links!

11-05-06, 11:42 PM	#35
Rebbasser BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 10,141	Welcome to the forum, Links! That's the article I was referring to. __________________ It's happened to the best of them: John 21:3

11-06-06, 07:43 AM	#36
links_man2 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sanford, NC Posts: 134	Skeeter/Reb Thanks

11-06-06, 01:03 PM	#37
Deacon BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 314	I found this link on another site i frequent too. I found this is the most informative way to fizz a fish. westernbass.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11992&f=2 read through all of it and it should help answer anymore question you guys may have! Hope this helps you out!

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