lmb can't rise?

[Destroyer551]

I just caught a baby lmb yesterday with a cast net, he was swimming
just fine before I caught him. But since I've had him in a 30 gal grow out tank he seems to have trouble suspending or rising off the bottom. It trys
hard but he can't seem to get off the bottom. Is this temporary?

 

[Muske]

Sounds like swim bladder issues.

 

[Destroyer551]

Thats what I thought but, before I caught him he was swimming in the lake perfectly. So I was just wondering if this is temporay. If not, can he survive with this issue??

 

[le patron]

Sounds like swim bladder issues.

i agree

 

[haynchinook334]

Give him a floating plant to hind under. For the frist week or so, LMB tends to salk for a while. Give him time to adjust to his new home. throw some guppys in there to coax him out from the bottom.

 

[Destroyer551]

Will try, he still trys hard to get off the bottom.

 

[Destroyer551]

He ate one guppy, which is a very good sign, and now he looks a little better than before and continues to explore his tank along the bottom. He reminds me of a darter now. I found him perched the same way on the driftwood in his tank.

 

[Bluecatmatt32]

a got 2 largemouth the other day with a cast net from a bait pond. each are about 3-4 inches and they ate right away they do not salk at all. Im sorry dude but somethings probably wrong. you could get a new one.