Pineview 2/22

[Freakyfisherman]

Any time you pull panfish up from depths greater than 25' you run the risk of barotrauma. Trout dont seem to be as affected. As Pat said, you damage the fishes eyes and gills by pulling them from those depths and most, if not all, won't make it. If you want to release, you might have to fish shallower.

Some people think if you pull them up slow enough... doesn't work! You'd have to play them for like 40 minutes to make any difference.

I was told to bring up a panfish deeper than 30 ft, you would have to bring it up in 3 hours. I was watching a video that discussed this. I think it was the Linder boys on their ice fishing series of videoes. 
Gabe