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Old 09-20-2008, 01:27 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by Sea Dangles View Post
Bleeding fish is easiest done by cutting behind the gill plate.
That's what I was just going to say. Cut the main artery behind both sides of the gill plate and the fish will bleed out quickly. Just like pulmonary arteries on humans, all the blood has to go to the gills to oxygenate.
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