Does any one do this???

I spend alot of nites in a perm shack and when I do get some fish they are always froze when I get home. My Question is does anybody bleed there fish out right when U catch them ? I have seen a IN-Fish video with Doug S cleaning fish and he did this. I can’t remember what video it was and why he said 2 do it. I have always herd that for deer, hogs, cattle, It is better 4 the meat if U bleed them out when bucherd???? Is it the same with fish? Should I start doing this because they are getting froze right away??

Put some slush and water in a 5 gallon bucket, no more frozen fish to try and clean

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Put some slush and water in a 5 gallon bucket, no more frozen fish to try and clean

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X2 – I keep the fish in a bucket in the shack with me in water and slush. No more cleaning frozen fish for this guy!!!!

Not sure about the quality difference when they hit the table or not, but I can attest to the fact that they are a lot less messy to clean if bled out on the ice……

T

I bleed them out whenever I can, WAY less mess while cleaning in general and the fillets come out needing a quick rinse and that is it.

All you need to do is clip the gills and they will bleed out, keeps the fillets nice and white and less mess when cleaning.

I have started bleeding out fish that I keep and it seems to make a difference. I keep a pair of sissors in the boat and will cut the gills before I head to the cleaning table. It only takes about 5 minutes for them to bleed out. The difference in the color of the meat is crazy. After the first time I compared a bag of fillets to some in my freezer that weren’t bled and it’s night and day difference. As far as the flavor goes you can tell a difference there too.

I always carry a plastic bag along when ice fishing. It hangs on one of the cross bars in my ice shanty. All fish kept go in this bag. They don’t freeze this way (my shanty is heated when its really cold) and I don’t make a big mess in any of my pails because of slimy bluegills & crappies.

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I have started bleeding out fish that I keep and it seems to make a difference. I keep a pair of sissors in the boat and will cut the gills before I head to the cleaning table. It only takes about 5 minutes for them to bleed out. The difference in the color of the meat is crazy. After the first time I compared a bag of fillets to some in my freezer that weren’t bled and it’s night and day difference. As far as the flavor goes you can tell a difference there too.

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I have been doing this 4 years now, lot better taste

With Ben on this U can not believe the difference

I always used an old fillet knive to cut them, I have cut myself doing this

Going use Ben’s idea and start doing it with an old sissors b safer

U do this in summer time U can hardly see them in livewell, lot easier 2 get them out

They R at lot easier to clean at the table, not flopping around and a lot less mess

Love it when I see a guy next to me let one flop on the ground, pick it up, clean it and then throw it in his bloody bag

So are you guys just making a slit into the gill? Or actually cutting the gills out? I would like to give this a try…

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So are you guys just making a slit into the gill? Or actually cutting the gills out? I would like to give this a try…

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I have just pulled a gill out before, but that can b tough

just cut one gill on one side on smaller fish

cut one on each side on the 18″er or over

I also cut both sides on walleyes when water temp is warm

other wise they die to fast and all the blood will not get out

Do one and don’t do one U will see the how much whiter the fillet is!!!

I’ve bled out all my fish for several years. The main reason is the meat tastes a lot better (also less mess).

I simply put the fish upside down, take a knife and make a downward cut to the area between the 2 gills, there’s a main blood vein near the area the 2 gills come together.

Throw some snow in a bucket and leave the fish in the bucket, in the fishhouse. I never let the fish freeze. I rinse the bucket out when I complete filleting.

I also do this in the summer, make a cut and let the fish bleed out in the livewell.

Thanx guys has anyone seen the video that I was talking about?

Josh, bleeding out your fish is the only way to go for snow white fillets and a lot less mess when cleaning. Also when fishing from a permanent shack i just lump the fish on the head and store them under the fish house beside a hole, this prevents flopping out of reach. The walleyes and crappies stay “board” straight for cleaning and i have not ever had a fish freeze. This also lets me know that my snow banking around the house is good.

Fieds

I bleed my fish before I leave. But while on the ice I use an Ice Well. They stay alive the whole time I’m fishing. Bleed them before I leave the ice and nice and ready to go for cleaning when I get home.

Have never done this before are there. Can someone tell me how this is done