this is on fishing?

Question

how long can a fish live for out the water after being hooked

Answer 1

That all depends on the size, structure, lunges and internal organs of the fish.
Bottom feeders genral have a better internal system than say a fish that feeds from the surface.
As stated above the eel is the perfect example of a great surviver

Answer 2

Depends on the fish. I've seen Bowfins survive after being out of the water for over an hour. As a rule of thumb, Think of how long you can hold your breath and try to make that the amount of time. I'm assuming you are referring to Catch and Release fishing and want to photograph the fish before release.

Answer 3

Like others have said it depends on the fish. Just this year I had a stringer of rainbow trout and through them in the back of the truck and drove around for about an hour and a half in temperatures about 30* F. When we got to the cleaning station they were still alive and flopping around and they were covered with ice. I don't however suggest you keep fish you intend to release out of the water any longer than it takes to show your Friends or take a picture.

Answer 4

All wrong answers so far.
It depends on what sort of fish and the depth of water it came from.
An eel can go across land for several hours to find water.
A pouting will die quite quickly after being brought up from a depth of water - its swim bladder expends with the decreasing pressure and protrudes from its mouth.
Many large carp have been stolen from lakes, wrapped in a wet sack and transported to another lake. They can survive for an hour or two.

Answer 5

I know this is hard to believe but it is true, a friend of mine caught a 7 lb largemouth bass at a lake 110 miles from my house. He loaded it into his camper, just laid it on the floor and drove 2 hours to my house to show off his catch. That fish was still alive somehow and he drove to his house 30 minutes away and put it in his bathtub where it stayed alive until his wife got home and made him get rid of it. That was his first big bass but instead of mounting it, he ate it. I know. Hard to believe but it really happened.

Answer 6

Each fish is different. Tautogs could live for more than one hour. Bonitos less than one minute. Some sharks, like Mako, could still be kicking two hours after being caught. There's a saying, "Don't walk too close to a dead shark'"

Answer 7

Depends on the species of fish and the severity of the hook.

Answer 8

I have caught flounder that still flopped around in the ice chest for at least an hour.

Answer 9

best to unhook them in your net out of water they differ depends how much of a fight they have given you what size and type of fish your on about

Answer 10

we've watched bream and dart swim off after around fifteen minutes.....so I'd have to say some can go at least 15 minutes