cut all their throats, it effects the color of fillet quite a bit. and don't cheap out on ice. I see some guys barely bring enough to keep lunch cold
I have a guy who wants to bring home a half dozen dogfish every time he fishes with me and he guts them immediately and packs the cavity with ice. says he loves them. ive got another guy who likes albies and wont bleed them - says that's how he likes it - go figure