A bleeding question

[taggermike]

I very rarely use a club on fish. Dead fish don't bleed well. Get your fish secured when it is still on the gaff. Don't risk one flip letting a mortally wounded fish go. I have a small pair of super sharp surgercal scissors I use to cut spectra and these are what I use to cut a gill arch or 2. It's clearner to bleed a secured fish in the water next to your kayak but I NEVER hang fish over the side in La Jolla or where i even think a sea lion may be. I hold, the fish as gentle as I can and point the head down in to the foot well scupper hole and let it bleed out. I have a big sponge that I use to keep water flowing over the fish to keep the blood going out the scupper. Ya, it makes a big old blood slick but it doesn't last long and I'm on my way. Mike

[oneyedeer]

good idea with the sponge!

[Cbad Mike]

Thanks everyone for once again providing insightful answers. I can't wait to use all of the knowledge that I've learned here to use on the water!
Thanks again!
Mike

[jorluivil]

I make it as simple as possible

1. Gaff
2. Clip
3. Call Matt and talk crap about my fish being bigger, again.
4. Call Roby and talk crap about my fish being bigger, again.
5. Grab pliers, grab gills, twist and pull
6. Call Matt and Roby, again
7. Hang fish over kayak
8. After a few minutes pull fish out of water, place in burlap sack and strap it to the bow

[kobra]

Originally Posted by jorluivil

I make it as simple as possible

1. Gaff
2. Clip
3. Call Matt and talk crap about my fish being bigger, again.
4. Call Roby and talk crap about my fish being bigger, again.
5. Grab pliers, grab gills, twist and pull
6. Call Matt and Roby, again
7. Hang fish over kayak
8. After a few minutes pull fish out of water, place in burlap sack and strap it to the bow

You forgot #9 call Matt and Roby, again.

[StinkyMatt]

Hey George, is it still 2009? Quit living in the past..........I own your ass lately! (wait, that didn't sound right).

Now Roby, that's another story.

[Whizz Bang]

Originally Posted by taggermike

I very rarely use a club on fish. Dead fish don't bleed well. Get your fish secured when it is still on the gaff. Don't risk one flip letting a mortally wounded fish go. I have a small pair of super sharp surgercal scissors I use to cut spectra and these are what I use to cut a gill arch or 2. It's clearner to bleed a secured fish in the water next to your kayak but I NEVER hang fish over the side in La Jolla or where i even think a sea lion may be. I hold, the fish as gentle as I can and point the head down in to the foot well scupper hole and let it bleed out. I have a big sponge that I use to keep water flowing over the fish to keep the blood going out the scupper. Ya, it makes a big old blood slick but it doesn't last long and I'm on my way. Mike

My opinion differs a little bit. I ALWAYS bleed my fish, game-clipped, and IN the water at LJ, so does Kevin the Kid, RK, DpDvr, The DarkHorse, and just about every guy I know. Mike, where is your sense of adventure? That little rush of adrenaline wondering about just how far that blood trail has traveled as you hurriedly stow the gaff, reset, and ready yourself for the next YT all the time with legs a dangle in the water impatiently waiting for the blood cloud to just quit so you can toss him into your bow hatch to hide him from the skiff headed your way. Spice of life Mike, the spice of life.