San V 1/8

[Moose]

Got on the water a little later than usual this morning, launching at about 8:30 with the air temp a crisp 32. Made for a very cold first run! Ended the day with 7 with the biggest only 1.68lbs. Don’t take any pictures because I was pulling them up from 55-60ft so it was unhook and get them back in the water before they decompressed. Had to fizz 2 but the rest made it back down on their own.

Literally had to drop on them in order to get bit today. Missed a couple of bites in 30-35ft but everything else was in the deep bushes on the dropshot.

[Fisheromen]

Seems like a good time of year to tend the fire and read!

[otaymichael]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't they have to be fizzed, or' weight released' to those deeper depths'?

They might disappear swimming down a bit but...will they float back up after awhile?

[Moose]

In my experience, as long as they haven’t “bloated” when they hit the surface, and you get them back in the water quickly they will dart right back down to the bottom. The two I had to fizz, it took me a bit to get them unhooked and I, literally, watched them decompress in my hands. Their eyes slowly pushed out and their bladder slowly pushed into their mouths. Once I fizzed them they were good to go. That’s why I don’t really like to fish them that deep when I’m fun fishing but it was the only way I could get bit

I sat in that one area for a few hours and never saw any of them resurface.