How Long Does A Bass Live Out Of Water ? 2024
nickpennmail reply :
does anyone know exactly ? hours later there is still gill movement. can i kill them humanely rather than just letting them drown ?
thanks.
matstone7 reply :
This will seem a little blunt but, here goes.....
Ask yourself this, how long can you hold your breath under water? After you inhale 2 lungs of water, how long before you die?
How much longer till your body quits twitchin?
Do you think slitting your throat would be a more humane death than flailing about the ground gasping for air till you finally quit?
If you haven't got my example yet, there are three choices here. 1) yes, you can choose to kill them humanely 2) you can release them to swim again or 3) you can let them flap about till they die.
AK-Jax86 reply :
On 7/12/2012 at 5:39 AM, matstone7 said:This will seem a little blunt but, here goes.....
Ask yourself this, how long can you hold your breath under water? After you inhale 2 lungs of water, how long before you die?
How much longer till your body quits twitchin?
Do you think slitting your throat would be a more humane death than flailing about the ground gasping for air till you finally quit?
If you haven't got my example yet, there are three choices here. 1) yes, you can choose to kill them humanely 2) you can release them to swim again or 3) you can let them flap about till they die.
Well said
As for me,
Q: How long does a bass live out of water?
A: AS LONG AS IT TAKES ME TO UNHOOK IT AND TAKE A PICTURE AND THEN PUT IT BACK IN THE WATER TO LIVE... so about 30 seconds to a minute I'd guess
00 mod reply :
I have always been told only as long as you can hold your breath. But there is no scientific proof to my opinion! Most of the time I unhook, and let back into water with net, If I am going to weigh and picture. If not it is straight back into water
Jeff
slonezp reply :
If you want dinner, just throw them on ice when you catch them. Oh, If I might ask, How do you drown a bass?
MCS reply :
I have had one hooked way back of the mouth and it took a good 2 or 3 minutes to get it out and back in the water. It was fine, swam away after a few seconds.
WRB reply :
On 7/12/2012 at 5:31 AM, nickpennmail said:does anyone know exactly ? hours later there is still gill movement. can i kill them humanely rather than just letting them drown ?
thanks.
You obviously have not lived on a farm or hunted much. Your goal should be not to waste the meat and how to keep the fish fresh before cleaning it.
Bass or most fish can't breath air, they breath dissolved oxygen in water. This means every second out of water they start to suffocate and become extremely stressed in about 1 minute and should be returned to water to refresh their gills.
If you plan to kill the fish, do it quickly, then put the fish on ice. You can give the fish a hard hit with a solid object on top of the head between the eyes, then put the fish on ice and it will die quietly.
Tom
BASSHUNTER1961 reply :
On 7/12/2012 at 6:53 AM, slonezp said:Oh, If I might ask, How do you drown a bass?
A bass drowns out of water just as you would drown under water.....
Lund Explorer reply :
On 7/12/2012 at 5:31 AM, nickpennmail said:does anyone know exactly ? hours later there is still gill movement. can i kill them humanely rather than just letting them drown ?
thanks.
To begin with, Welcome to Bass Resource!
If you choose to hang around this site, you'll find a lot of quality information on many subjects. Unfortunately, the subject you picked for your very first post is somewhat of a hot button topic and some members may give you a reply that you weren't looking for.
I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that you are planning to harvest a few bass for either the dinner table, or perhaps a trophy for mounting. Either way, it sounds like you are concerned about making sure that the fish doesn't suffer a long painful demise. That's a commendable attitude that many sportsmen try to adhere to whether they are going to harvest a wild creature or domestic farm animal.
Of the previous posts, I think WRB came closest. If you visit sites such as Bass Pro Shops or Cabelas, type in the search box "Fish Bats". These are used by many fishermen and should meet with your needs. I have one on my boat and they work very well.
tboydva reply :
Here's a little more information. Fish don't "drown" out of water. Fish gills exchange oxygen with their surrounding medium. Water can dissolve far less oxygen (milligrams per liter) than air (air is ~20% oxygen). If the fish gills are moist, oxygen-rich air can diffuse through the water into the fish's gills. With the increased stress on the fish, and being out in the air, the gills will dry out quickly (thus doing the fish in). Having them out for photos and high fives should do no harm.
I consider bass relatively weak table-fare, so don't keep 'em. An occasional channel cat does make it's way home though. If you want to kill a fish humanely, drop them in ice water. This slows their metabolism but is thought to not be "painful" as cold-blooded creatures naturally "slow down" when they get colder. This is about the only way to kill a catfish!
LgMouthGambler reply :
Until it dies. Haha
Busy reply :
WRB hit the nail on the head.
There is nothing wrong with keeping bass so long as you follow the regulations. I typically practice catch and release like a lot of others, but I do not do so religiously. There are times when stunted bass need to be kept out of a pond so that the bigger bass can reach their full potential. I also will not keep the biggest fish I catch but will keep a few mid-size bass here and there to clean. Part of my fun in fishing is having friends and family out for a fish-fry at the end of the season.
Smack them in the head hard. The goal is to keep the fish as healthy as it can be until you are ready to clean it. If you are fishing from the shore the fish will live fine on a stringer attached to a rope long enough to let them wait on you in deeper, cooler water. When you are ready to clean them, kill them. I would not wait on a fish to die.
BigMoneyGrip reply :
My brother in law had 15 that he caught from another pond. They were laying in the back of his truck for more than an hour and I put them in my pond. All but 3 of them made it.
MCS reply :
On 7/13/2012 at 1:10 AM, Busy said:WRB hit the nail on the head.
There is nothing wrong with keeping bass so long as you follow the regulations. I typically practice catch and release like a lot of others, but I do not do so religiously. There are times when stunted bass need to be kept out of a pond so that the bigger bass can reach their full potential. I also will not keep the biggest fish I catch but will keep a few mid-size bass here and there to clean. Part of my fun in fishing is having friends and family out for a fish-fry at the end of the season.
Smack them in the head hard. The goal is to keep the fish as healthy as it can be until you are ready to clean it. If you are fishing from the shore the fish will live fine on a stringer attached to a rope long enough to let them wait on you in deeper, cooler water. When you are ready to clean them, kill them. I would not wait on a fish to die.
Make sure turtles don't spoil your catch and take a chunk out of them!
Midnight Splash2 reply :
Bash there head in with a big rock!
georgeyew reply :
I know that it's not a bass, but I recently caught a catfish that I planned to keep and cook. So I threw it in a cooler on top of a bag of ice. 20 minutes later I looked in the cooler and the thing was still alive. So I decided it put it back in the water and let it swim away.
So I am not sure how long bass can live out of the water, but a catfish can live quite a while.
slonezp reply :
On 7/13/2012 at 5:02 AM, georgeyew said:I know that it's not a bass, but I recently caught a catfish that I planned to keep and cook. So I threw it in a cooler on top of a bag of ice. 20 minutes later I looked in the cooler and the thing was still alive. So I decided it put it back in the water and let it swim away.
So I am not sure how long bass can live out of the water, but a catfish can live quite a while.
Catfish can live forever out of water. Kinda like Twinkies. Just keep their gills and skin from drying out they can live for hours.
senile1 reply :
Keep in mind that just because a fish swims away it doesn't mean that it ultimately survived. There have been studies performed, specifically for tournament fish that have been kept in the best of livewell environments and then bagged for weighing. Some still die after being returned to the water. I suspect all of the fish mentioned in the post below died after release. For the highest success rate with catch and release it is imperative that the fish be handled gently and returned to the water as quickly as possible. We all take a picture now and then, so have everything ready and close by for picture taking. Then get that fish back in the water.
On 7/13/2012 at 1:59 AM, BigMoneyGrip said:My brother in law had 15 that he caught from another pond. They were laying in the back of his truck for more than an hour and I put them in my pond. All but 3 of them made it.
Busy reply :
On 7/13/2012 at 5:02 AM, georgeyew said:I know that it's not a bass, but I recently caught a catfish that I planned to keep and cook. So I threw it in a cooler on top of a bag of ice. 20 minutes later I looked in the cooler and the thing was still alive. So I decided it put it back in the water and let it swim away.
So I am not sure how long bass can live out of the water, but a catfish can live quite a while.
Some bigger cats are quite hearty. We used to keep them in a freshwater tank with a filter for a day or so to get the mud out of them before cleaning them. Lightens up the meat a bit if you've caught a dirty fish. On the bigger catfish some people cut the tails and let them bleed out.
I hate the sound a catfish makes out of water. I'd rather hit them in the head, too.
BigMoneyGrip reply :
On 7/13/2012 at 9:53 PM, senile1 said:Keep in mind that just because a fish swims away it doesn't mean that it ultimately survived. There have been studies performed, specifically for tournament fish that have been kept in the best of livewell environments and then bagged for weighing. Some still die after being returned to the water. I suspect all of the fish mentioned in the post below died after release. For the highest success rate with catch and release it is imperative that the fish be handled gently and returned to the water as quickly as possible. We all take a picture now and then, so have everything ready and close by for picture taking. Then get that fish back in the water.
Wrong.
I have a small holding pen in my pond where I can raise small bluegill and other fish until they get some size. I do this to ensure they're big enough to make it on their own. The size of the fencing (1/4") is big enough to allow minnows in, but not the bigger fish. In the deep part, it's about 3' deep. I kept the fish in here for a week to monitor them. The first couple of days, they were sluggish but perked up after that. As I said, all but three of them made it.
Texfisherman reply :
On 7/12/2012 at 5:44 AM, AK-NJ1986 said:Well said
As for me,
Q: How long does a bass live out of water?
A: AS LONG AS IT TAKES ME TO UNHOOK IT AND TAKE A PICTURE AND THEN PUT IT BACK IN THE WATER TO LIVE... so about 30 seconds to a minute I'd guess
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senile1 reply :
On 7/13/2012 at 10:33 PM, BigMoneyGrip said:Wrong.
I have a small holding pen in my pond where I can raise small bluegill and other fish until they get some size. I do this to ensure they're big enough to make it on their own. The size of the fencing (1/4") is big enough to allow minnows in, but not the bigger fish. In the deep part, it's about 3' deep. I kept the fish in here for a week to monitor them. The first couple of days, they were sluggish but perked up after that. As I said, all but three of them made it.
You're saying 15 bass were lying in the back of a truck for over an hour and 12 survived . . . an 80 percent survival rate? I wasn't there so I can't argue with you but it sure sounds fishy to me. (Pun intended. 
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BigMoneyGrip reply :
On 7/14/2012 at 3:29 AM, senile1 said:You're saying 15 bass were lying in the back of a truck for over an hour and 12 survived . . . an 80 percent survival rate? I wasn't there so I can't argue with you but it sure sounds fishy to me. (Pun intended.
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Yep! I'd have never believed it but it's true. The smallest one was about 1.5lbs and the biggest was about 3.5lbs. This happened early in the spring before spawn. I had 3 new beds in the pond and now there a bunch of little ones running around, so it is fishy!
nickpennmail reply :
thanks for the replies.
i:ve heard adding clove oil to the bucket water makes them sleep, and list, then add some vodka which kills them. is this good ?
has anyone heard this or done this ?
some replies have fish still alive an hour later. no one seems to know exactly how long.
slonezp reply :
Sounds like a troll has everyone hooked. Instead of vodka, a little red wine and garlic works for me.
Basswhippa reply :
Is there a marine biologist around?
Busy reply :
This really really sounds like a case of missing the forest for the trees. Either kill the fish, or keep it healthy. I don't think it's this complicated. If you can't stomach killing the fish, then let it go.
KingMidas reply :
On 7/12/2012 at 6:18 PM, mabasshunter said:A bass drowns out of water just as you would drown under water.....
Suffocate would be a better word. Their oxygen extracting organs (gills) are not drowned in anything whereas our lungs would become drowned in water if you were to breath it in.
Fish Chris reply :
So totally variable.
But if you plan to release it, you should have it out of the water as little, and for as short a period(s) as possible, keeping it in a livewell between photos, weighing, etc.
Fish
jonathanevans1990 reply :
Just get the fish back in asap have the camera ready and wet your hands so you don't rub off the protective slime they have. i hate to see people catch a bass then fumble looking for a camera or a scale
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