Leecher Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 (edited) When I got back yesterday afternoon from our outing I immediately dumped the fish into the kitchen sinc and added cold water to thaw them out before filleting them..... to my surprise my PB perch was moving and coming back to life I caught it around 9:45am yesterday and was stuffed into a plastic bag until I arrived around 4:15pm, so 7.5 hours later..... just can't believe it This has happened 3 times to me so far. Here is a little video of it 12" PB Perch Enjoy!! Leechman Edited February 9, 2009 by Leechman
diggyj Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 Holy cow, that's amazing. Didn't think that was possible. Maybe it wasn't meant to be filleted?
Burtess Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 He is not just alive, but swimming and perfectly vertical with good control, amazing.... Burt
irishfield Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 And many don't believe in Cyrogenics... I think you're onto something Leechman!
rockfish Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 That's pretty cool LM, didn't see the video, my pute is a little slow but have heard of perch coming to life after being frozen for hrs before. As bigug says the fish just go to sleep on the ice and our bud Bill was telling me how his perch "came alive" again one time and it probably happens alot.
kemper Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 seriously? thats so amazing I feel like someone is messin with me!
Greencoachdog Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 Blue Catfish and Crappie will do that sometimes too when caught in cold water and put on ice.
GBW Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 (edited) Now if you had a fish tank could you put it in to keep feeding to get bigger? After all, it was frozen for a long time so you didn't transport a live fish... *edit* By the way, the 2 I kept last week were still trying to breath on the ice after 3+ hours and I was like what the?!?!?! Edited February 8, 2009 by GBW
Mike the Pike Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 Yes Jacques I have seen that a few times throw the perch on the ice frozen solid bring them home put em in the sink and some come back to life. So how long have you been feeding that one Poutine cheese
Leecher Posted February 8, 2009 Author Report Posted February 8, 2009 Now if you had a fish tank could you put it in to keep feeding to get bigger? After all, it was frozen for a long time so you didn't transport a live fish...*edit* By the way, the 2 I kept last week were still trying to breath on the ice after 3+ hours and I was like what the?!?!?! GBW funny you mention the tank, I have a 25 gal and that thought cross my mind but just wasn't sure if it was legal to keep a fish that was caught in our waters and also my poor tropical fish that I have would of ended being her dinner My daugther took the video and she just could not believe that it was still swimming around in the tub when I got home Yes Jacques I have seen that a few times throw the perch on the ice frozen solid bring them home put em in the sink and some come back to life.So how long have you been feeding that one Poutine cheese Mike not poutine but I think it was sardines LOL
Dano Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 Man, would you guys/gals please start killing them when they come out of the water if you are going to keep them, cant be any fun dying slowly.....
Whitespinnerbait Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 Man, would you guys/gals please start killing them when they come out of the water if you are going to keep them, cant be any fun dying slowly..... What method would you use .... :dunno:
Spiel Posted February 8, 2009 Report Posted February 8, 2009 And many don't believe in Cyrogenics... I think you're onto something Leechman! Funny you should mention Cryogenics Wayne. Read this bit in the paper this morning.
Leecher Posted February 9, 2009 Author Report Posted February 9, 2009 Man, would you guys/gals please start killing them when they come out of the water if you are going to keep them, cant be any fun dying slowly..... Sorry Dano if it offended you, this was not what I wanted to share.... How can I put it so you understand... the perch was caught and put aside on ice for a while until we decided to leave. Temp was at -12C and with the wind shield -16C. When time came to leave, it was put into a plastic bag with 4 more fish, by that time it was frozen solid. We drove to another lake, fished and return home only to find it coming back to life after I had put it into the kitchen sinc and under very cold running water. To me this fish was dead and just can't believe that it came back to life. Again sorry if that offended you Leechman
GBW Posted February 9, 2009 Report Posted February 9, 2009 Man, would you guys/gals please start killing them when they come out of the water if you are going to keep them, cant be any fun dying slowly..... with what, a fish bat?
lunkerbasshunter Posted February 9, 2009 Report Posted February 9, 2009 yeah dude i wonder if the mnr guys are watching if they can charge you with illegally transporting fish lol that would suck that is pretty crazy how they can live that long like that. Im sure he tasted great though lol Cheers!
pikehunter Posted February 9, 2009 Report Posted February 9, 2009 Amazing! Did you have the heart to eat this one after all that? I think I would have 2nd thoughts about it. Although I know you aren't legally allowed to transport or release live fish I'd be tempted to take it back to it's home. That is one determined fish.
Fishing 24/7 Posted February 9, 2009 Report Posted February 9, 2009 i still dont believe this one...............i think its the nerves......... or something.
Leecher Posted February 9, 2009 Author Report Posted February 9, 2009 Amazing! Did you have the heart to eat this one after all that? I think I would have 2nd thoughts about it. Although I know you aren't legally allowed to transport or release live fish I'd be tempted to take it back to it's home. That is one determined fish. Truly amazing.... I haven't eaten it yet but it did go under the knife.... poor old bugger just wanted to swim anywhere it could.
Fishing 24/7 Posted February 9, 2009 Report Posted February 9, 2009 i had those walleye we caught yesterday night . WHAO MAN! GOLD IN MY MOUTH!
crappieperchhunter Posted February 9, 2009 Report Posted February 9, 2009 I have seen that many times myself. Once I got some crappies night fishing on Rice Lake. My fish basket came out of the water around midnite. Too tired to clean them when I got home, I put them in a plastic bag in my fridge. The next morning when I got them out to clean them, one of the bigger ones was still flopping around pretty good. Just to see what would happen I threw him in my 30 gallon fish tank with my goldfish. 100% recovery. Kept him in there for about a month and was toying with releasing him,then I decided to finally fillet him up.
nancur373 Posted February 9, 2009 Report Posted February 9, 2009 i had it happen with crappie. came back to full life'.
jwl Posted February 9, 2009 Report Posted February 9, 2009 that's pretty cool, have had that happen with cat fish before
bigugli Posted February 9, 2009 Report Posted February 9, 2009 I will fill the live well with perch in the fall, drain the water and pour in 2 -3 bags of ice for the trip home. They will still be alive and kicking 4 hours later. Keep em' cold and they stay alive.
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