Killing the fish

[Muskieman]

Yep

[Muskieman]

I once threw 12 Walleye 2 Pike and a bunch of Perch in our 20' Intex swimming pool , they lasted for more than a week , you should've seen my sons reaction after school , he swam with the fishes until our fishfry

[Guest]

A good stomp on a perchs head does the trick. I cant let it just sit there and flop around. I only let gobys do that.

[moxie]

I once threw 12 Walleye 2 Pike and a bunch of Perch in our 20' Intex swimming pool , they lasted for more than a week , you should've seen my sons reaction after school , he swam with the fishes until our fishfry

He named Fredo by any chance?

[hammercarp]

Butchering an animal that is still alive does not sit right with me. Bleeding out is not butchering it is killing. Either bonking or bleeding should be done before you take a knife to butcher it.

[crappieperchhunter]

I never really gave it much thought. Once I have made the decision to keep the fish in my mind I guess I already consider it dead because I have made the decision that it is now food. I have seen nature shows where animals are ripping apart there prey while it is still alive. It is what it is.

 

If your going to release the fish I say do everything possible to get it back in the water as quickly as possible. If you have made the decision to keep it for food, well then however you proceed from there on out is up to you.

[DoubleDigits]

For best quality of meat, a little rigor mortis is necessary, I think. But If you're interested in an efficient means of fish killing, and also keeping flesh quality in mind, I would get the hang of Ikijime. This is the Japanese method of inserting a spike (an iki spike) into the fishes brain, causing it instant brain death, and apparently, blood from the muscles to travel to the gut. When you hit the right spot (between the eye and the false operculum) you will know it, because the the jaw will pop fully open, all the fins will flare, and then the fish will just go limp and be dead as a doornail. A filet knife works in place of the spike.

Edited January 13, 2013 by DoubleDigits

[moxie]

3.51 min into the vid. Some things are just that.

 

[kevin booth]

i always make a quick slice of the neck to bleed them out and the fish is dead within a few seconds.the perch i throw on the ice and they freeze in a minute or so.i have seen guys throw pike on the ice and a half hour later they are still flopping around on the ice,so ya people should have respect for the fish they are keeping its good sportsmanship.

[aplumma]

I found an icepick/knife thru the brain as a quick and effective way to kill a fish. This is even the way our DNR has instructed people to dispach Snakehead fish that have been caught. It is even illegal to have a live snakehead in the livewell or return it back to the water.

 

 

 

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[jim]

I like to bonk my leeches and minnows, as well, before impaling them on my hook.

[Nipfisher]

I like to bonk my leeches and minnows, as well, before impaling them on my hook.

lmao Jim. You would be so mean to use a live minnow or leach and let a fish bite it. Oh, the horror.

[hammercarp]

Here is an article that may be relevant. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9797948/Fish-cannot-feel-pain-say-scientists.html

[Reelaction]

Ok, I have seen a lot of videos of people ice fishing, or fishing in general, on this site and off.

My question is how many people kill their fish when they determine that its a keeper, or do you just throw it aside and let it flop around until it slowly dies.

I always have my "fish striker" attached to my tackle bag and once I catch a fish that is a keeper, I give the fish a solid blow to the head to end the misery.

I cant stand watching videos on youtube when people are filleting a fish live, its just not humane.

Your thoughts?

 

Sorry but there may be room on P3TA's sight for comments like this

[DoubleDigits]

I'm pretty sure there's room for this conversation on this site.

The author's closing words in 'Book of the Black Bass' (1881) are: "Always kill your fish as soon as taken from the water, and ever be satisfied with a moderate creel."

Fisherfolk have been having this conversation for hundreds of years. Its ok, we can handle it.

[jedimaster]

Bonking bleeding freezing? I don't see how any of these are any more or less ethical than any other. I mean you did just drive a piece of steel through its face.

[Whitespinnerbait]

I would assume most of you who eat Lobster...Bonk it on the head before boiling them????...or do ya's just throw them into boiling water ALIVE ?????

[TJQ]

I did read somewhere once that letting them gasp for air, didnt help the taste of the fish. I generally dont bleed the fish out, but i do make sure its dead, usually with a knife.

[richyb]

I like the good old bonk to the noodle. I have never tried bleeding out the fish and I cant imagine how they can taste any better than they already do. Try fishing your same hole on simcoe in the winter if you leave any blood on the ice. Better get there before the sun comes up or you will have a village of people already there.

[chris.brock]

An interesting side note, when I was in the Yukon, I read the fishing regs., they didn't allow the use of stringers, citing stringers as inhumane

[Rich]

The fish don't feel it either way. Bonk it, let it die, bleed it out, snap the neck.. and if you're worried about being humane - use rubber hooks and dont keep anything.

[misfish]

The fish don't feel it either way. Bonk it, let it die, bleed it out, snap the neck.. and if you're worried about being humane - use rubber hooks and dont keep anything.

Or they can do as you Rich,an bite the friggen head off. LOL

[moxie]

Personally, I have found the most humane method is to drown them.

hehehe. HOW?!?! I've tried for years and it doesn't seem to work. They just swim away!!!!

[misfish]

I would assume most of you who eat Lobster...Bonk it on the head before boiling them????...or do ya's just throw them into boiling water ALIVE ?????

[Rod Caster]

I never really gave it much thought. Once I have made the decision to keep the fish in my mind I guess I already consider it dead because I have made the decision that it is now food. I have seen nature shows where animals are ripping apart there prey while it is still alive. It is what it is.

 

If your going to release the fish I say do everything possible to get it back in the water as quickly as possible. If you have made the decision to keep it for food, well then however you proceed from there on out is up to you.

 

Fully agree!