Most merciful way to kill your catch?
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So the head off thing would only make it harder to clean would be the catfish so you can "nail it to a board and skin it". Bleeding out only would work if they're still alive - so it would seem that the key would be a good bonk to render them unconscious, but not kill them so they can still be pumping blood. How to bonk to knock out and not kill? Seems it would be too difficult to know that fine line... It looks like cutting gills to bleed out while in the live well without the PITH would be better eating meat... Cutting heads off "kills" (scuze' the pun) the ability to bleed out, so I don't see the advantage in it.
for bigger fish and catfish we use a wire in the head like a lobotomy or that frog in old biology class push it in between the eyes until you hit the brain and twist it around and around fish is dead but still breathing ,now bleed or what ever
smaller ones we dehead or fillet after a PITH lol never heard it called that but it fits
smaller ones we dehead or fillet after a PITH lol never heard it called that but it fits
Nope. Different and a bit more specific than that: http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/pithing
Try this webpage.
It gives lots of clear, concise information about how to clean various types of fish and the tools you will need to do the job.
http://www.takemefishing.org/fishing/fishopedia/preparing-your-catch/cleaning-your-fish
It gives lots of clear, concise information about how to clean various types of fish and the tools you will need to do the job.
http://www.takemefishing.org/fishing/fishopedia/preparing-your-catch/cleaning-your-fish
i sever the spine right behind the head with a sharp filet knife. i also bleed out the larger fish. it hurts them im sure, but it's a quick death. best method is to take the head off as quickly as possible (as mentioned above).
