Best method to kill fish?

[Black_Blade]

In conversation with the wife about this subject and got me to wondering if the old smack on the head method is the most common method to harvest a fish, or if there is a better,more efficient, more humane way employed.

[Beats]

I usually bleed trout and pike.

[Angler16]

for fish where you can get your hand in the mouth stick ur hand in and break the neck snap it back,if its still wigglin id go with the clump with the paddle or w.e

-Little Angler

[Dondorfish]

Drowned them - in cooking oil ( after a pre-dip in beer batter ) - lol

 

I usually cut the gill and bleed them out on a stringer.

 

 

Don

 

[tjsa]

Being as I am a day tripper, and usually fishing out of canoes or a 12 ft. boat, I find a nice 24" section of a broken hockey stick, or same length piece of 3/4" EMT does the job perfectly. Couple of hard whacks, put fish in a bag, and put them on ice in the cooler.

I do not use stringers, as we quite often have to portage or paddle a bit, and we would have to lift the fish out and put them into the boat or carry them in the cooler anyways. Also, surface temps compared to what depth the fish came out of can be quite different, so we just kill them and put them on ice.

I have snapped the necks of small creek brook trout and rainbows allowing them to bleed out, but that was in my youth, and I do not participate in that activity any more.

For salmon on Superior, we kill them immediately, and clean them in a bucket right in the boat than put them on ice. Salmon break down a lot faster than any other natural species of fish.

[Radnine]

When I was a kid we went to an Expos game at Jerry Park (talk about dating myself, saw Rusty Staub play) and I got this 14" long model of a Louisville Slugger. At it's largest diameter it's about 1" and made of hardwood. It is the perfect fish bonker. I can't think of much quicker or more humane way for a fish to go (unless he sees it and has time to think "Oh Christ, he's going to hit me with that mini-bat from Jerry Park!")

Jim

[GBW]

I have my dad's "billy club" from the 70's and man it's the BEST fish bonker ever. If I could get my hands on a few more of these I would in a second. 1 bonk is all you need with this thing...

[douG]

Give em a Parry Sound Severe, or a sharp blade inserted just behind the head bone.

[Handlebarz]

Fish with Cronzy

[pike slayer]

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theres some bats! i wanna get the aluminum bat! i use one of them mini bats right now from the baseball game sovienor. or i just use a back of a hatchet or just give them the old boot haha!!

[Leecher]

.....or a sharp blade inserted just behind the head bone.

 

I agree with this statement..... couldn't said it better.... the most effective way to put it's lights out.... amen!!

[Whitespinnerbait]

Put them on a stringer and fuhgeddaboudit..............

[codered]

I agree with this statement..... couldn't said it better.... the most effective way to put it's lights out.... amen!!

Yes I second that .. thats the best way for sure

Edited March 22, 2009 by CodeRed

[BITEME]

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[Pigeontroller]

All creatures(including us) deserve the curtesy of a bonk on the head prior to being fileted!

[Ramble]

Give em a Parry Sound Severe, or a sharp blade inserted just behind the head bone.

... Also known as "the off switch".

 

Bonk on the head is the most humane hands down. Instant lack of consciousness. Just remember you're trying ti kill the fish. So hit it like you mean it, and hit it twice. Kill as soon is possible and put it on ice. Stringers lower the quality of the meat. The fish are stressed and they get a lactic acid build up in the muscles.

 

Kill'em and chill'em.

 

-Dave

[JohnF]

Fish with Cronzy

 

Sushi, straight off the hook?

 

JF

[MCTFisher9120]

We have just gave the fish a hit over the head...or like my uncle let them hang for a bit.

[smokin joe]

A hard and quick hit to the head with a club will usually do it.

[HTHM]

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Nah, a 12 gauge if its a shark...

[Greencoachdog]

There's only one way to deal with an unruly fish!

 

 

... the only good fish, is a dead fish!!!

[ohhenrygsr]

nice toy gun