Please Release Me

[BoatWrapperVincent]

guys - i am desperately looking for the product below...



:blue-idea: i believe everyone should have it on their boats... i have had fish turning badly, then i add this to the water, and 10 mins later, they are upright, calm and the bonus, their wounds heel quickly...

OR do you perhaps know of a similar product... , got it from Fishing Specialist, but they dont have any stock.....

please help...

[Plaasdam]

Its on your desk at work near the keyboard

[bassmaster]

ROFL @ Plaasie... PDV done a post about one that you can make yourself...

here is the link

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[Bergie]

The stuff is called Methylene Blue in PDV's article.....and guess what....I've got some..any offers starting at 2K...????.... :blue-badgrin: :blue-lol:

[Bergie]

Vincent...I've also got something similar in my boat to what you have (cant remember the name)....but i'm not gonna unwrap her just yet......will show you when I bring the boat around..... :blue-biggrin:

[bassmaster]

I think most people will find this very interesting. I found an article on the net about fixing damaged bass gills with soft plastic repair glue... here is an extract... I have not tried it... maybe next time I damage a bass gill with a crank I will give it a bash...

The original article was written by Bill Siemantel

"After catching a great limit one night I picked up a crankbait and within minutes a beer-keg with fins inhaled the bait so ferociously that it was lodged at the back of the throat, partly detaching one of the gills. After placing the fish in the live well and determining that without care the fish would bleed out and die. I looked at my partner and told him we were not going to lose this tournament because of a dead fish penalty. Not only was the tournament at stake, but the Angler of the Year race was also on the line; oh and I hate killing a Bass (I enjoy Stripers for my fish tacos). So I reached for the PRO’s Soft Bait Glue and placed a small amount on the top end of the detaching gill and just let it run over the bleeding wound. Within a second I just made a liquid bandage and stopped the massive bleed. After ten minutes in the live well, ¼ bottle of Catch and Release, and my partner saying that could never work; the fish went from struggling on its side, to upright and active and ready to be released. It made it until the end of the tournament 4 hours later; it helped secured the win, AOY title, big fish honors, and a little pride for taking the time to save a fish’s life.

If you’re not satisfied with just one fish story, the feat was then duplicated in a tournament two weeks later. After telling one of my very good friends, Steve Davies, (Team Davies Drop Shots) about how to save a bleeding fish, he found himself catching an tank bass on a crank bait that also separated two gills, He reached for the PRO’s Soft Bait Glue just as I had when repairing the gills of the 10 pound fish two weeks earlier. After creating a bandage on the gills from the crank bait damage, the fish became active within minutes and remained in the live well unfazed for the remainder of the day and was released at the end of the tournament to be caught another day. The tournament may not have been won by Steve, but his fish was definitely not lost.

These are two examples that saving a big fish worked out. Can it been done all the time? Probably not. All I can say is that I have use this basic skill as an EMT
(Emergency Medical Technician) 30 times without fail in the last 3 years.


:blue-cool:

[Southpaw]

You can get methylene blue in liquid form from any pet shop. Panorama Pets would be your best bet or a place that sells koi.
Beware it will probably stain your livewell blue.

[BoatWrapperVincent]

Its on your desk at work near the keyboard

en daar moer ek van my stoel af van die lag - NOT...

[Roy]

Its on your desk at work near the keyboard

WHAHAHAHAHA!! :eusa_clap: Have to admit that was sharp!!!! :blue-lol: :blue-lol: