Thread: Bleeding Tuna
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Old 06-12-2007, 02:11 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by kippy View Post
I read that you should club the tuna once in the boat to prevent bruising of the meat, then to use either a knife or spike to destroy the brain. Is this necessary or can you just bleed the fish out?
Just keep them from flopping and immediately cut them and you should be fine.

They vibrate more than bounce.
The boat I fish tuna on has the heavy rubber mats in the cockpit so there's no worries about sliding around in the blood.

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