Tool fell apart when dropped once. Worth the few bucks June 6, Can't argue with that. Not up to standard July 18, I catch a lot of undersized Red Grouper in the Gulf of Mexico. This venting tool only lasted two trips. WHile the hollow needle is thin and does less damage to the undersized fish by making a smaller hole, the needs bend. THe case also was unwieldy to quickly put on and off. I will not purchase this venting tool again because it is not tough enough.
However, if you need to vent only an occassional smaller fish for lets say science or other reasons than recreational fishing, it will be acceptable. Pros Small, sharp, pointy needle that makes a small hole.
Cons Large than necessary design with an internal spring that will break. Needles bend. When either of that happens, you no longer have a venter. Love the Ventafish July 18, Worked Great. Used it on some undersized snapper and grouper that had to be released. Ask a Question. Bob Trento. Please advise? Purchasing 6 VentaFish venting Tools, do you also sell the replacement needles for the tool?
Submitted by: Bernie De Graaf on June 5, Find this item cheaper elsewhere? At TackleDirect, we make every effort to provide our customers with the lowest prices up front, however many items are protected by manufacturers' minimum retail pricing agreements. Descending devices are a weighted hook, lip clamp, or box that will hold a fish as it is lowered to a sufficient depth to allow for recovery from barotrauma.
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An underwater camera is used to show the fish recovering from the barotrauma as it is brought back to depth. A fish vent tool may seem like a good tool to use to release fish. These devices use a hollow needle to puncture the fish in the swim bladder to release expanded air within the fish.
If only the swim bladder is inflated and not other organs such as the eyes, this method can allow the fish to swim back to depth and some anglers think the fish is going to be ok.
However, studies have shown this is often not the case. Even a small puncture can cause an infection resulting in the fish dying. Alaska Fish and Game made it illegal to vent rockfish when fishing in Alaska. It is required that a fish descender is on the boat and used when fish are caught in deep water. In federal water from North Carolina to Florida anglers are required to have a fish descended on the boat as well and are not to use a vent tool. The fish descender must be readily available and have at least 16 ounces of weight to meet the Federal requirements.
However, more weight is often needed. Fish vent tools are one-way that anglers can remove excess air from a fish that is brought up from a deep depth. The hollow needle is inserted into the swim bladder by lifting a scale and then puncturing the fish. Studies that were done in the gulf showed that vent tools were somewhat helpful with survival rates. However, most people now agree that using a fish descender rather than a vent toll leads to much higher survival rates of fish.
I would strongly discourage anglers from using vent tools when releasing fish. It is the lazy way to do it and leads to a high mortality rate of the fish. It is much better to use a fish descender and bring the fish back close to its original depth for a proper release.
This vent tool has a handle the looks like a screwdriver. The needles are between 5 and 6-inches in length and are made of stainless steel.
Each needle is hollow in order to vent the air from the fish. To properly vent a fish the swim bladder needs to be punctured with the needle. Never puncture the stomach, intestines, or eyes that might also be bulging from the fish. The needed should be worked under the scales and into the swim bladder. It should remain in the fish until all the air is released. That is the proper way to use a vent tool. However, the fish survival rates are not good when a vent tool is used. It is much better to use a fish descender to bring the fish back to depth.
This takes a little more time but is much better for the conservation of gamefish. A fish descender is a weighted device that is used to bring a fish back to depth. Some fish will have expanded air inside them when reeled in from a depth greater than 50 feet. Using a fish descender gives the fish the best chance of survival.
Small fish under 5 pounds caught in under feet of water depth can typically be sent back down with a 1 pound weight. Larger fish caught deeper can require significantly more weight to sink. Sometimes sending the fish down using a Seaqualizer on a downrigger ball is the best option. A fish vent tool is a hollow needle that can puncture the swim bladder of the fish releasing most of the air inside the fish. This is done so the air inside the fish that expands when bringing it up from deep water can be released.
This has limited effectiveness though and a fish descender is a better device to use. Some studies show that venting the fish and then using a fish descender is best. In my opinion, it is best to not puncture the fish with a vent tool and release it close to the depth it was caught at using a fish descender.
Yes, deepwater release studies have shown that fish have over a 98 percent survival rate when a fish descended is used in water depths up to feet deep. Some people claim they do not work cause fish re-surface after using the device. The device did not work properly if the fish surfaces again, this is true.
However, this is likely due to the fish not be brought back deep enough so it was still too positively buoyant and could not swim back to the bottom. Based on the research studies I reviewed it is much safer for the fish if a fish descended is used.
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