Fish glue experts... got a question...

[TurtleCreek]

  Are the air bladders from one species of fish better than another or does it really matter?  With the carp I have been catchin', it didn't really dawn on me until just today that it might be worth saving the air bladders from them and drying them out.  Any info on this would be appreciated, thanks guys.- Ryan

[osage outlaw]

I'll volunteer to be the carp air bladder glue guinea pig 

[TurtleCreek]

  Sounds good Osage, there just may be some included with your skins.  I am working on Mullet and Mad Crow's batch and you'll be right after them.  Shouldn't be too much longer, found some new hot spots!!!

[osage outlaw]

Good deal.  I'll give them a shot

[Carson (CMB)]

I am not an expert on it.  I have never used fish glue, but hope to get my hands on some sturgeon air bladders this summer. 

I know sturgeon air bladder was used by native folk and it is still used in high-end furniture work (Isinglass).  I have heard some say that bottom feeding fish are what you want, so who knows maybe carp or even catfish is just as good, maybe better than sturgeon. 

[M-P]

Howdy,  It's a very good thought and well worth some experimentation!    It looks like you've already got a volunteer, but I'll give it a try too there are extras.   Ron

[Sempertiger]

I'm not sure about carp, but we have a species of fish here in the Pacnorwest that have their airbladders come out their mouths when you bring them up. They are typically caught around 200ft or deeper.

[Bevan R.]

Is that a Lingcod?

[Sempertiger]

yelloweye rockfish, lingcod look like this



any of the Non-Pelagic rockfish, like the yelloweye, spit their airbladders. They are tasty fish, though I try not to target them. a fish like the one in the picture is probably over 50 years old. They grow extremely slow and don't start breeding till they are between 10 and 20 years old. You can cut the ear bones out of their head and cound the growth rings like you do a tree. I have personally caught a yelloweye that was 35" long and lived for 86 years. It was a tasty fish.

[Sempertiger]

btw, none of those fish are me or mine... I just photo's I found online

[Bevan R.]

Last time I was in Alaska, a woman in our fishing group caught a salmon shark, lingcod, halibut. On the same day. There were about 14 of us on a boat, fishing for salmon sharks. she, and my 2 brothers each caught one. The one I hooked straightened out the hook and got away.