releasing threddys

[brisbane_boy]

had a couple of people asking me how to release threddies which inevitably get a blown swim bladder in the lower brissie river, the fish wont be able to swim back down when this happens, the answer is one of these, ive used this tool many times to send the big females back down
http://www.wellsystackle.com/shop/item_show.php?code_no=180356

[.:::stotty:::.]

Top work, we need more post/threads about these awesome fish before they get fished out in the Brisbane river.

If you plan on releasing these fish its best to use a wet brag mat, take quick photos (We tend to get the camera set before taking fish out of water), use a landing net not boga grips and make sure you swim the fish, not just spear it back in the water.

Top stuff Brisbane boy.

[Mike Delisser]

had a couple of people asking me how to release threddies which inevitably get a blown swim bladder in the lower brissie river, the fish wont be able to swim back down when this happens, the answer is one of these, ive used this tool many times to send the big females back down


Well done brisbane_boy,
Glad to see you're looking after these great fish (as we all should), just between us there's a few around at the moment as well.
Even though I read the following on this site not too long ago I recon a release weight is the way to go. :wink:
"threadies are a great light tackle fish, and release well most of the time"
" its easy to confuse a tired fish with one that has the bends, (barotrauma)"

Cheers

[brisbane_boy]

Thats the problem of jumping the gun in context mike, shallow water where troy was fishing isnt relevent to this discussion, hope that helps.

[alphas]

Nice link brisbane_boy,

Your reply did'nt make much sense since Mike edited his post,so here is the original..

"threadies are a great light tackle fish, and release well most of the time"
"Troy rarely fights a threddy longer than 5min using 8kg and has had some on for 20 and even after that amount of time the fish is still happily swimming along, its easy to confuse a tired fish with one that has the bends, (barotrauma)"

The fact that you have highlighted one release system that works for you and the fish should be applauded.

That's in context:wink:

[brisbane_boy]

Yeh to make it more simple and avoid any confusion here, if the fish is pulled to the surface in water over 5m deep and its stomach is puffed up, use the weight to get it back down, the first round of research results came back from brad studying the brisbane stock and a thredy around 1.1m long is around 10 years old and a female, they all begin life as males and start turning female around a meter in length and are fully mature by 120cm, once you get the hang of fishing for these guys its not hard to make a big dent in them, hopefully fisheries will do there job and ensure there around for years to come by some form of management lol not holding my breath

[Si]

good on you for looking after them.
do you know if there has been any studies into the post caught mortality following puncturing the swim bladder for threadies?

[brisbane_boy]

more than likely answer is no, having used both methods i think the easiest is the drop weight, knocking up a home made based on the shop example works fine to, as long as its a kg plus your set.

[Mike Delisser]

Sorry alpsas & brisbane_boy, I edited my post to redirect you (bb) to the point I was trying to make, just glad you're searching for and using better methods of releasing these great sportfish. I should of explained it or at least not been so cryptic. Those release weights are the duck's nuts, got one myself recently, should work good on bass as well.
Cheers