Does everyone "bleed" their keepers?

[Backbeach Jake]

I catch it , measure it , decide whether to keep it or not. If I keep it , it gets one good whack with an aluminum t-ball bat. It's suffering is over. I cut it to the backbone to bleed it and gut it. Then it gets packed in ice in the cooler. Just my ritual, that's all.

[Notaro]

Originally posted by Backbeach Jake
I catch it , measure it , decide whether to keep it or not. If I keep it , it gets one good whack with an aluminum t-ball bat. It's suffering is over. I cut it to the backbone to bleed it and gut it. Then it gets packed in ice in the cooler. Just my ritual, that's all.

beachwalker, the savage hunter.

[thefishingfreak]

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[ReelChitty]

In the words of Ted Nugent " You can't grill it, till you kill it."

[The Dad Fisherman]

Have you seen his Cook Book that he and his wife have put out, It called "Kill it andGrill it".

[blackeye]

if it's good enough for Pauly in the Godfather, it's good enough for my keepers. I'd imagine they get that euphoric light headed feeling just before they see the light. It's probably a little more humane than throwing them on the beach to die slowly.

Originally posted by Iwannakeeper
maybe I am being ultra-sensitive here, but that seems a little cruel. Sticking it and letting it swim and die slowly. I think a quick-clean death is better. I respect this fish to much to allow it to suffer bleeding to death.

[Adamfishes]

Wouldn't it be the most human to behead it? And wouldn't it be better for the enviornment to gut it and throw the waste back into the ocean rather than the trash or what not?

[Surely Bassey]

boy has this thread evolved....

[RockLobsta]

-Bleed em' gut em' and ice em' I think it makes a difference......

MJoe, its ok to gut a Bass, just can't do any more than that....

[Notaro]

and thats beheading a bass. my epa buddy and i saw a guy with two beheaded basses. we laughed because we knew that this guy was up to something. and also we think that he was an idiot to do that. oh well.

[Adamfishes]

why is it stupid to behead a bass?

[Notaro]

because it is against the law. people mulitate their keeper or catches to avoid accurate measurement so they can keep the fish or sell them. u can behad the bass at home. gutting them is much better than behading in the public. besides, it raises suspecisions. if u want to show ur catch to people, leave everything intact. if u re going to bring it home, do it discreetly.

[Adamfishes]

What's the difference bettween chopping it's head off and having it die instantly rather than ripping it's guts out while its alive? This is all laws aside but saying that it was like a 40 incher so it's aparent it being large enough to keep. Could I make less sense?...probably

[Notaro]

you got a pointthere, adam, but what if u find a police catching you with a beheaded fish? i thought that once u gut them and bled them, they die instantly. if i see u do that with a big fish, well, i wont object or make a comment. but my concern is trhe police... policia