rockport or jordanell on sat anyone want to go,,,,

[sundance kid]

,i want to go catch some perch on saturday a friend suggested off the ramp at jordanell any one else interested?? i reduces the cost of gas and someone to talk with....

[sundance kid]

i have a tent and auger and fish finder, plus a small heated should be a good time if we can find some fish,,,,also i need to be off the ice and back in slc by 500 530.  send me a PM if interested,,,

[muskyon46]

thanks for the invite sundance but with 2 weekend trips to the gorge in the next 3wks i better spend some time with my girl  im hoping to get a few pineview trips in during this time but thats probably it for me

[sundance kid]

just go t back from nelle , ice 5" caught 20-25,   7 keepers they were at 40' about 300 yards off the ramp out between the point bouy and the trees draw a line  hope it helps . i was out there by my self most of the day got started about 10 left at 4. would be nice to have a buddy next time.. stormy a little wind. didnt set the tent up it was still good.

[muskyon46]

Sounds like it was good day sundance, company always makes it better. How big were the keepers?

[sundance kid]

mostly  8-9 but a few 11s.  just a ?  when you pull a fish up from 40'  can you release it and will it live??? the smaller ones looked ok  but the keepers did not, stomachs coming out there mouths, just asking

[FishinHank]

If you pull them up slow you can minimize it. Their stomachs turn inside out from their swim bladder expanding due to the change of pressure. If you have a pretty heavy jig you can hook them through the dorsal and sink them to the bottom. Most of the time they just have a problem getting back down. I know some people poke the stomachs to release the pressure it all that does is cause an infection which will kill the fish.

[muskyon46]

If you get them back in the water pretty fast before theres too much of the air bladder poking out some will make it back down, but only a few. I fizz mine. I use a very small hypodermic to suck the air out before i release them and i also try to do this as fast as possible. Im sure its not 100% affective either but something is better than nothing. Look at fizzing on you tube, lots of technics for it. Most fish (besides trout) deeper than 20-25fow will be affected like this. I've read about people using a small can with holes cut in it or a basket, weighted and they drop it down with a rope to get the fish back down to the level they were caught from. There is also a guy at the gorge that uses something similiar to a weighted bottom bouncer that has a couple bends in it that you can hook into the gill and lower it with a rope back down also when you pull it back up it comes free of the fish leaving it back at the bottom. Lots of technics to release the small ones

[Crappielover89]

Sundance kid are you going back to jordanelle anytime soon?

[fishonone]

i hit rockport on sunday and we got about 20 fish betwen 4 of us no perch