Fish cleaning station - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

King Saba · 08-17-2015, 11:22 AM

Buy some fruit trees and use the guts and carcasses as fertilizer. It cuts down on trash to the land fill and all the stink from rotting fish. Win, win IMO.

Bert Vega · 08-17-2015, 11:44 AM

I cut up the fish in the street at the front of my house. The carcass and other bigger items get tossed into a big trash bad. Then I take those to the dumpster behind one of my favorite Mexican restaurant. All the blood and little pieces get hosed down the gutter to the end of the street and into the storm drain. So far no one has complained so I keep doing it

Rambo · 08-17-2015, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by summers in kuwait

I believe there is a fish cleaning station at the south boat ramp located near sea world. As mentioned, dig a hole and put em in the ground. Just dig deep enough so critters don't get to it, but its excellent fertilizer. Used to work at a nursery in Arcata, CA and after Salmon fishing my boss and I would place all remains near his prize winning trees. He swore by it.

It works real good to keep the plants healthy because it feeds the worms that poops to help nourish the fertilizer then help loosen the soil by making air pockets in the soil to make the plant breath and root better.

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Originally Posted by King Saba

Buy some fruit trees and use the guts and carcasses as fertilizer. It cuts down on trash to the land fill and all the stink from rotting fish. Win, win IMO.

Just don't put it too close to the window as the hot sun will still bake the soil and makes the smell unbearable when the wind thru.

King Saba · 08-17-2015, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Rambo

Just don't put it too close to the window as the hot sun will still bake the soil and makes the smell unbearable when the wind thru.

lol done that. And keep your dog away from the spot you buried the guts at.

tacmik · 08-17-2015, 02:48 PM

summers in kuwait · 08-17-2015, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by tacmik

haha.

Enough said.

Jimmyz123 · 08-17-2015, 03:29 PM

Do all your cleaning and gutting, place the remains in a plastic trash bag and drive it to the closest public trash can. Some places have dumpsters that you can use, but if it's public, you can use it.

Jkfish136 · 08-17-2015, 04:58 PM

I put everything carcass, bone, bloodline in a trash bag, label trash on it then put it in the freezer. Take it out to the trash on morning of trash day.

SITTINBULL1979 · 08-18-2015, 10:40 AM

This may be a dumb suggestion, but isn6 it legal to fillet you fish on the water as long as you leave one square inch of the skin on each fillet? I'm pretty sure I read that in the California regulations manual. The rest you should be able to just dump in the water right. I guess that could cause some unwanted attention from larger predators though.

08-17-2015, 11:44 AM	#2
Bert Vega Tail Chaser! Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Murrieta Posts: 627	I cut up the fish in the street at the front of my house. The carcass and other bigger items get tossed into a big trash bad. Then I take those to the dumpster behind one of my favorite Mexican restaurant. All the blood and little pieces get hosed down the gutter to the end of the street and into the storm drain. So far no one has complained so I keep doing it __________________ I hate seals!!!

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tacmik Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: East County Posts: 914	__________________

08-17-2015, 03:29 PM	#7
Jimmyz123 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,385	Do all your cleaning and gutting, place the remains in a plastic trash bag and drive it to the closest public trash can. Some places have dumpsters that you can use, but if it's public, you can use it. __________________ No better time than being on the water, God Bless, JimmyZ

08-17-2015, 04:58 PM	#8
Jkfish136 Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 48	Put the trash in the freezer I put everything carcass, bone, bloodline in a trash bag, label trash on it then put it in the freezer. Take it out to the trash on morning of trash day.

08-18-2015, 10:40 AM	#9
SITTINBULL1979 Junior Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 1	Filleting while on the water. This may be a dumb suggestion, but isn6 it legal to fillet you fish on the water as long as you leave one square inch of the skin on each fillet? I'm pretty sure I read that in the California regulations manual. The rest you should be able to just dump in the water right. I guess that could cause some unwanted attention from larger predators though.

08-17-2015, 11:22 AM	#1
King Saba Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: SGV Posts: 848	Buy some fruit trees and use the guts and carcasses as fertilizer. It cuts down on trash to the land fill and all the stink from rotting fish. Win, win IMO.