Blackfish Bleeding tips?

[legion]

I have recently returned to fishing for niggers off the Sydney ocean rocks.Can anyone give me some hints on bleeding my catch? I have tried slitting them under the gills and leaving them in the keeper net until I stop fishing.And tried leaving them alive and just bleeding them in that way for a minute or so before spiking them thru the head. I fillet and skin my fish but sometimes I get a dark fillet and other times a nice clean whiter fillet. Is this due to bad bleeding practice or are there two different kinds if fish? Also I dont like the idea of letting the fish bleed out as in the first example. More humane to kill them quickly I think. Would appreciate any advice.Thanks.

[leeroy_6]

Howdy
I just cut the throat as soon as landed and throw em in the catch bag...they bleed out and die quick enough... , leaving a nice white fillet....

mmmmm...nigger fillets

Lee

[Fisherman02]

hey legion
mate, i think bleeding blackfish are much the same as bleeding any fish, the practice is very much the same, although i gotta admit i never broken the head back on a squire
cheers jack
p.s i never caught a blackfish (something i will have to correct) im just going on advice from my mates

[Hollywood]

a straight out slit of the gils is a sure way of ridding all blood ... I like to bleed them straight away without wasting any time

[Ricky_Corbett]

g'day legion,
I do quite a bit of nigger fishing and I find the best way to bleed them is to keep them alive in a keeper net. And when your finished fishing cut below the gills and break their neck. This should work fine.
Cheers.

[SeaHunt]

Or cut their heads clean off, they got to bleed then...

[legion]

Thanks for the replies everyone. it seems that there is no standard procedure for bleeding niggers. I will try both ways over the next few weeks and see if I can find any difference between keeping them alive and bleeding after fishing or bleeding them out straight away. I think I will start off slitting them and breaking the neck right after capture as this would seem the more humane way. Thanks again. Oh by the way if any Sydney Fishos read this I have been hitting a few flathead along Brighton beach in Botany Bay with squidgies. Just wading out on the low tide to the ribbon weed and fishing a soft plastic behind the weed beds.