Hey guys i would like to know when and where d

[guillaume@milo]

Hey guys

i would like to know when and where do you bleed your fish? Cuz i think if you do it in the water it would defnitly attrack sharks? can you bleed a fish if its dead?

 

[Mariusvj]

What fish do you want to bleed ?

 

[Adrian B]

In the boat best! Only a brave or stupid guy would bleed them on your stringer while still in the water.

 

[GT Mayhem]

most tuna commercials in the cape bleed there fish out of the boat while the gaffs are in.
but they dont really have a big shark problem out in the deep except for blue sharks which are more of a pest thatn a problem.

 

[pelagic]

I have never bled any of my fish except a galjoen once and i am not sure that it made any difference as it tasted like an unbled galjoen. If you still want to bleed your fish just dont do it while you are still in the water especially on a shore dive:ssswim:

 

[GT Mayhem]

just realised this is the spearfishing forum!!:doh:doh:doh

sorry

 

[guillaume@milo]

Is there any way you can bled once the fish is dead ?? aftet you done with your dive

 

[Phish]

From my limited knowledge, fish can only be bled whilst relatively fresh and the heart is still pumping ... sounds cruel but it is the truth. Once dead, the blood starts to congeal and bleeding is impossible.

Bleeding your fish whilst it is on your stringer and whilst you in the water is tantamount to strapping a homing device (Homing device for a scud missile that has just been launched) to your body stpime2  or sitting in a lions cage during mealtime and ringing the dinner bell.

 

 

 

[pelagic]

You can gut the fish and remove the gills from the fish once on land. a lot of blood will come out with the gills once removed. Why do you want to bleed the fish? Its not like game that once you have shot it you need to hang and bleed it asap to make the meat taste better and to preserve it from blood contamination

 

[francois.harmse]

interesting idea... my grandad used to firmly believe a fish (freshwater angling) had to be bled before you could eat it.
as a spearo the thought never came up before.

even when we ate our fish (even sushi) we didn't even realise it wasn't bled first.... mmmm...

 

[guillaume@milo]

I just heard that ot taste better

 

[RobG]

I would never bleed a fish in the water.

What I do do is gut it and hang it on the line for an hour 'maak hom winddroog' before the braai.