How do you bleed your fish?

[scoota]

A wise fisherman showed me many years ago to slide the knife behind the gills and and cut back up towards the head. This cuts the main arteries to the gills which is essentially the fishes lungs.
This doesn't cut into the flesh and keeps the fish in top condition ready for icing down.

He told me cutting the throat was a waste of time and only damaged the fish and did not bleed it properly?

I have seen alot of fish on Ausfish with throats cut and was curious on your opinions?

Scoota...

[wyndal]

i like cutting the throat towards head but ripping the head right back so it start to really get all the blood out

[Benno1]

we cut their throats right down to the back bone...bleeds them good...an on the mackies we do the throat and the tail...2nd or third tail scoot up from the tail...down to the bone...you'd be surprised how much more blood comes out doing this...works for us

Mrs Benno1
Sunny

[Wahoo]

we cut their throats right down to the back bone...bleeds them good...an on the mackies we do the throat and the tail...2nd or third tail scoot up from the tail...down to the bone...you'd be surprised how much more blood comes out doing this...works for us

Mrs Benno1
Sunny

Thanks Mrs B1, have never heard of this on macs, will give it a go next time


Daz

[TimiBoy]

I can't contain myself...

Does anyone ever bleed their lizard?

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Tim

[disorderly]

Thanks Mrs B1, have never heard of this on macs, will give it a go next time


Daz

Dont want to drain too much out of the bloodline Daz..

Cant let the trusty hound go hungry..

[jtpython]

I use long snounted snips they are about four inches long in the blade ... Straight into the throut snip then snip[ the fin into bin to bleed then into esky
JT

[Strangey]

I bleed flathead if that's what you were asking. Makes them have an even whiter flesh.

[mattooty]

Cut behind pec fins on tuna and around tail wrist.
Sharks: Cut tail and fins off. Don't bother with throat until after its dead.
Tailor/bream/flathead/snapper etc: snap neck

[Scott nthQld]

I always cut the throat all the way down to the bone and through and then break their neck if I can, always produces clean fillets with minimal bloodline, even on mackies. Any bloodline left goes to the chooks, makes the eggs tastier and a more orange yolk

[fairpractice]

two quick ideas;
we prefer a cutting tool to a knife on bigger fish i use a sharp pair of garden secateurs... poke into gills and cut throat in one go.(personal safety)
if i'm hard -up enough to want to eat shark (ones with no teeth best) while animal is alive cut diagonally from the anal area to the back of the head..removing all the gut and belly flap in one hit as well as thorough bleeding..cutting inside out, the tough shark skin is no problem.
all fish bleed into a bin then into ice box...some people with smaller boats in our group bleed into corn bags on boat floor which are hosed clean at home.
we are talking black jew, spaniards,reef fish here not tiddlers