Hi there I need help because I caught a kurper

[jmgravenor]

Hi there

I need help because I caught a kurper and I think it was a canary kurper, it had red on its dorsal fin but anyway. I had caught this kurper and I caught it from shallow water (2 feet) and When I put it back in the water it could not go back down and it was still alive, it just kept floating on its side.

I caught it from very shallow water so I wasnt sure if I had to fizz it or not.
What is the cause of this?

thanks

 

[The Owner]

Hi jmgravenor, where did you catch this kurper? I don't think it was a canary as canaries are only found in the top reaches of Southern Africa - Northwest/Limpopo. Might have been a vleikurper or a blue. I think the kurper must have been badly injured when you hooked it, maybe its gills were injured. Thus making it enable to revive again. This happens to the best of us, so no worries. Tight Lines:fishn

 

[jmgravenor]

oh alright sorry lol just tryna guess its specie....I hooked it with an extremely small hook though and just on the lip so it was nowhere near the gills, no blood or anything. is it possible in these situations to fizz the fish or not?

 

[EBEE ALI]

you should hold the fish in deeper water for a while,when you see it swim down its equalised.sommes its not the swimbladder.the fish needs to retake water its lost.

 

[jmgravenor]

thanks,
this might be a stupid question but at what depth should it be put back down to?
I caught it in a meter of water.

 

[EBEE ALI]

well the deeper the water the greater the presure and the faster the fish will equalise.deep water also holds more oxygen

 

[Droomvanger]

It was most probably already sick when you caught it. Blues often swim on their side when they are sick and busy dying. Often these blues are also blind in one or both eyes. Ususally to do with waterquality which causes its swimbladder to inflate. It can't dive anymore and the sun burns the eyes of the fish until blind.

 

[jmgravenor]

wow.
quite interesting info.
:thankie