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hi all

I was reading in a kayak fishing magasine(wavelenght)..that those guys that was fishing in kayak and keeping the fish in bags etc in the kayak...were.



bleed the fish as soon as it come to the boat.

bleeding the fish(a deep cut accross the troat,just beneith the gills,to server the main arteries) serve 3 keye porpuse..1 it kill the fish quikly and more humaneley,2 it prevent the fish frome floping around and potentiely injurying the paddler or capsize the boat...and BLEEDING THE CATCH NEARLY QUADRUPLE THE AMOUNT OFF TIME THE FISH WILL STAY FRESH WITHOUT ICE.
DRAINED THE BLOOD,,THE FISH FLESH DOES NOT OXIDIZE AS QUICKLY.

LITTLE HINT GOOD TO NO.

for the one that do keep some for some shore luch or some little fish feat at night..mmmmm


joco.

I was under the impression that the stomach acids also played a large part in spoiling a fish, can anybody comment on this?

people eat fish?

I've often had night terrors about fish so big that they have capsized my boat and caused injury!!

Good tips for any angler that enjoy's a feed of feesh.

Funny i had an old timer refuse a deeply hocked pike that i had caught this spring. He said that he bleeds all his fish in this manner. He says that the meat is white and tastes best this way.

Im going to try it the next time i decide to keep some fish.

I have started bringing a small cooler with ice to store fish if I am keeping them. To try to be more humane, I break their necks or rap them on the head. I have not heard of this technique. Thanks for posting joco. I imagine that it will be slower to wait for the blood to drain and could make a mess. Maybe the fish blood will attract more fish to the area.

great tread for ''PETA''......

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Caught a nice northern while fishing Clear Lake (Iron Bridge) on a
small buzz bait, with trailer hook.
Holding fish over cockpit of kayak removed first hook. Second hook was stubborn so used long noses to remove.
Some where along the way hook popped out and fish gave a flip and landed between my legs.
Learned that this is not a good thing.
Happy trails to you. Roy Rogers said that.