AboutChris Robbins Expertise I have 25+ years of personal experience as a pet
store employee and manager in the family pet store
business. The main part of our business was
Freshwater Fish. I can answer questions on; Fish care, diseases,
parasites and fish identification, feeding your
fish, breeding and sexing your fish, setting up
your aquarium, cleaning your aquarium, and
"what`s this weird stuff in my tank/on my
fish" questions. I am not an African Cichlid expert, Plant expert or Brackish Expert. No Pond or Saltwater Questions Please.
Experience I worked in and managed my family's fish and pet and fish store for 26 years and maintained the 35 aquariums. My experience also has included occasional in-home consultation and aquarium maintenance for my clients.
Expert: Chris Robbins Date: 4/2/2008 Subject: Bass Jaw
Question I was recently fishing and I tried to remove the hook and I heard some popping noises and thought it was the hook comeing out, but it seemed to be the jaw popping out of socket. He wouldn't close the jaw, but i released him and he swam away fine. What do you think is going to happen?
Answer Hi John;
The jaw hinges on the sides of his mouth probably became overextended and became misaligned so they locked in the open position. Hopefully he worked it out on his own. A fish can sometimes open and close it's mouth enough on it's own or hit itself on a rock or something and fix it. If it happens again, the only way you can help a fish like that is to gently and slowly pull the jaw farther open and let it re-align itself. It can take several tries but they are usually okay after that if it works as long as there isn't any actual damage.
