Saw these on another site. It's supposed to help keep a deep caught fish upright in the livewell. You clip them to the anal fin and the fish does not have to struggle to stay up right. Supposed to be an alternative to fizzing. What do ya'll think. I'm getting a set, but I'm still comfortable fizzing. Gonna give them a try.

Swimming upright isn't the issue, reducing the gas pressure on the air bladder is. A counter weight clipped onto the basses anal fin may allow the bass to appear it doesn't have a equilibrium problem and swim upright, it's brain may continue to degrade from the pressure changes unless it can get back down to the depth it was caught. The brain issue may also affect fizzed bass kept in a livewell.

Keep in mind that the expanded air bladder pushes on the gullet and all it's contents are expelled, reducing the basses weight.

The big problem is keeping the livewell water below 70 degrees, as deep water is at least that cool. IMO, if the depth the bass came out of is less than 35 feet, you shouldn't have an issue with air bladders.

WRB

Swimming upright isn't the issue, reducing the gas pressure on the air bladder is. A counter weight clipped onto the basses anal fin may allow the bass to appear it doesn't have a equilibrium problem and swim upright, it's brain may continue to degrade from the pressure changes unless it can get back down to the depth it was caught. The brain issue may also affect fizzed bass kept in a livewell.

Keep in mind that the expanded air bladder pushes on the gullet and all it's contents are expelled, reducing the basses weight.

The big problem is keeping the livewell water below 70 degrees, as deep water is at least that cool. IMO, if the depth the bass came out of is less than 35 feet, you shouldn't have an issue with air bladders.

WRB

sounds good to me.

Thanks guys.

Thanks guys.

George Kramer did a article on Fish Clips, you might want to PM GK.

WRB