Andrew P
Well-Known Member
Ok, so I’ve now been regularly doing the pressure bleeding this season on about 75% of fishing hitting the deck...and the difference really is night and day. I’ve always been adamant about bleeding...but add some pressure and there is no comparison.
It is a bit of a pain to do solo...but if you have someone on deck and you are messing with it...it will likely trigger another bite!
Also, I’ve found that the brain spike as apposed to a club really helps too with meat quality. Spike the brain...then work it in to find the spine and essentially paralyses the fish. It’s quite something how limp the fish goes and doesn’t get rigger mortis. Apparently this stops the stress response and production of stress hormones. It also seems to help the initial bleed out from cutting one gill because the heart keeps pumping. Then after a couple minutes rip/cut out the gills insert the tube and pump out the rest...and even with a good bleed out...a lot more blood will come out.
Anyways, I’d recommend giving it a try.
It is a bit of a pain to do solo...but if you have someone on deck and you are messing with it...it will likely trigger another bite!
Also, I’ve found that the brain spike as apposed to a club really helps too with meat quality. Spike the brain...then work it in to find the spine and essentially paralyses the fish. It’s quite something how limp the fish goes and doesn’t get rigger mortis. Apparently this stops the stress response and production of stress hormones. It also seems to help the initial bleed out from cutting one gill because the heart keeps pumping. Then after a couple minutes rip/cut out the gills insert the tube and pump out the rest...and even with a good bleed out...a lot more blood will come out.
Anyways, I’d recommend giving it a try.