Bulldoggr Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 That is one awesome Crappie!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougger222 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I don't know about a fish out of water for a few minutes on the ice killing it.About 10 years ago or so my father and I caught a pike on a tip up about an hour before dark. We tossed the fish on the ice and an hour later when dark we tossed it in the back of the pick up and headed home which was a 1 hour and 45 minute drive. When the pike started to thaw out right before we put the knife to it we talked my mom into letting us put in the bath tub. At the time we had a pond with aerator(sp?) and being under 16 I could legaly take the fish and put in the pond.The pike started to come back to life after a couple hours and after the second day it was ready for it's second lease on life in the pond. The pike was later caught and released a couple years later in which time it went from 2 pounds to around 4 pounds.The pike was out of the water for at least three hours.Unless this was a miracle fish I would think they can live on the ice without water for a little longer than two minutes.Last Saturday I watched a bass stay very alive on the ice in the shade of the pick up for a couple hours. For the first hour it sat upright and for the last hour or so of it's life it spent it on it's side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold_blood Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 why was someone keeping a bass? was he gonna eat it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the montidog Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 nice crappie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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