Hey friends! This may be a noob question here but I’m just starting to get into fishing and will be walleye fishing this spring. My question is, would it be okay to bleed my walleye after catch just in my fish basket that’ll be in water hanging off my boat? Or should I put them in cooler to bleed?
If you can bleed them and throw them on ice then you’d be set. Or leave them living in the basket and bleed them when you leave the lake
Bleeding them in the lake (or in a live well with the pump running) then tossing them on ice keeps everything clean. Bleeding them in the cooler on ice makes a bloody mess, but is still fine. I prefer option number 1. It sure makes for a slick and and clean filleting session.
I am man, me eat meat.
Now that I got the neanderthal out the way I don’t bleed fish till water gets warm. Cold spring fillets all rich with blood are freaking delicious. Waste of time for now imo.
I am man, me eat meat.
Now that I got the neanderthal out the way I don’t bleed fish till water gets warm. Cold spring fillets all rich with blood are freaking delicious. Waste of time for now imo.
I disagree 100%. Bled out fillets are way better any time of the year, but you do what you want.
I agree with Bearcat89. Wait until you are ready to head off the lake then bleed them in the basket. Putting them in a cooler for transport with ice would be ideal.
Lactic acid builds up in the muscle due to the fight and stress it causes. If one is going to bleed it’s best done right away when alive and not stressed out from bouncing around a livewell all day, huge lactic build up.
With all that said, I’ll disagree 100% to stickers 100% and even raise it 10% more that it makes no difference due to the fact a cold water walleye fight is equivalent to reeling in wet rags therefore the lactic build up would be almost non existent anyways ….. 
With all that said, I’ll disagree 100% to stickers 100% and even raise it 10% more that it makes no difference due to the fact a cold water <em class=”ido-tag-em”>walleye fight is equivalent to reeling in wet rags therefore the lactic build up would be almost non existent anyways …..
I’m not sure what kind of walleyes you are reeling in
Hey friends! This may be a noob question here but I’m just starting to get into fishing and will be walleye fishing this spring. My question is, would it be okay to bleed my <strong class=”ido-tag-strong”>walleye after catch just in my fish basket that’ll be in water hanging off my boat? Or should I put them in cooler to bleed?
Anything hanging over the boat must come in the boat when you motor around…. For that reason, I would recommend a cooler.
I don’t bleed my fish either. When I cook walleye the only feedback I hear is “best walleye ever”.
I don’t bleed my fish either. When I cook walleye the only feedback I hear is “best walleye ever”.
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You are the best. I bet they taste just like what ever you put on them. Just like any walleye ever cooked
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Jiggly jig hawk wrote:</div>
Hey friends! This may be a noob question here but I’m just starting to get into fishing and will be walleye fishing this spring. My question is, would it be okay to bleed my <strong class=”ido-tag-strong”>walleye after catch just in my fish basket that’ll be in water hanging off my boat? Or should I put them in cooler to bleed?Anything hanging over the boat must come in the boat when you motor around…. For that reason, I would recommend a cooler.
I don’t bleed my fish either. When I cook walleye the only feedback I hear is “best walleye ever”.
Good lord man. This is getting ridiculous. You must have one giant arm from patting yourself on the the back constantly.
I just started bleeding fish last year. I use to think it was a waste of time until I tried it. I will bleed all my fish from now on. For me the main reason is the amount of bloody mess when cleaning them. I often get away with cleaning my fish inside on the kitchen counter. It only takes a few flops of a fish on a bloody cleaning board to get the wife a bit upset. I do believe they taste better when bleed as well. I wait until I’m ready to go in at the end of my outing. I then bleed the fish and put them back in the livewell and run it on fresh for 15 minutes or so until the water in the livewell is no longer bloody. Once at the landing I put the fish into a cooler on ice. I know guys who drain their livewell and then leave the fish flopping around in a hot livewell all the way home. Want to talk about a slimmy mess and Lactic acid builds up, That will do it.
You are the best. I bet they taste just like what ever you put on them. Just like any walleye ever cooked
Agreed.
I really don’t know what all the fuss is about. Not my favorite fish to eat for sure.
Wife pi$$ed me off one day, went fishing. Came back with fish, cold water so you all know how lively those things stay. Had that one trouble maker in the bucket that I knew should’ve knocked out but didn’t. Sure enough gets to his turn for the knife and thing starts a floppin around, you know how you hold it down in the middle of the fish but the tail still going 100mph..
I didn’t see it, or hear it, but you could feel for a moment there was something in the air. And then the bloody slime clump landed right on the wife’s phone she was scrolling half way cross the room.
Nothing will come to the satisfaction I felt at that moment. How do you get that with bleeding??!!
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>FishBlood&RiverMud wrote:</div>
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Jiggly jig hawk wrote:</div>
Hey friends! This may be a noob question here but I’m just starting to get into fishing and will be walleye fishing this spring. My question is, would it be okay to bleed my <strong class=”ido-tag-strong”>walleye after catch just in my fish basket that’ll be in water hanging off my boat? Or should I put them in cooler to bleed?Anything hanging over the boat must come in the boat when you motor around…. For that reason, I would recommend a cooler.
I don’t bleed my fish either. When I cook walleye the only feedback I hear is “best walleye ever”.
Good lord man. This is getting ridiculous. You must have one giant arm from patting yourself on the the back constantly.
Well he is 6′ 7″ with a size 16 shoe so yeah he probably does have a giant arm
Thanks fellas! I failed to mention though that I’ll be out in wilderness camping. So ice cooler won’t work after a day or 2 with it melting. Could I bleed them in basket on shore in water? Or…
Yes. Being in water makes it less messy.
DT
I ate fresh Red Lake walleye Sat night. Un-bled. They were excellent.
I ate fresh Red Lake walleye Mon night. Bled. They were better. Not leaps and bounds, but better.
Also there is no comparison when cleaning them. MUCH less mess if that matters.
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