rookie question about keeping fish fresh - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

old_rookie · 04-06-2011, 06:50 PM

At the home page of BWE, the random photos come up and I see pics of fish at the beach, or out on the water. All good - makes sense. Then I see pics of the fish caught being weighed by a tree, or another pic of the fish on the sidewalk at the house, or in the backyard being weighed on the tree...seems to me a lot of time not keeping cool. None of them appear to be gutted, or cut to bleed. From my understanding, to keep the meet clean, it is best to bleed and or gut the fish. I can understand not gutting it before weighing, but isn't it best to at least bleed them? I never see pics of them on ice in the cooler either.

467echo · 04-06-2011, 07:19 PM

Most of those pics are probably tourneys, probably just pulled out of the cooler for the pic or ready to be thrown in. Some might not even bleed it for a tournement. Some people even leave ther yak on the beach to get the big bucks for first fish weighed

Hypoxic1 · 04-06-2011, 07:29 PM

Pull a gill and bleed it right away. Then get it on ice as soon as you can.

04-06-2011, 06:50 PM	#1
old_rookie Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Santee Posts: 904	rookie question about keeping fish fresh At the home page of BWE, the random photos come up and I see pics of fish at the beach, or out on the water. All good - makes sense. Then I see pics of the fish caught being weighed by a tree, or another pic of the fish on the sidewalk at the house, or in the backyard being weighed on the tree...seems to me a lot of time not keeping cool. None of them appear to be gutted, or cut to bleed. From my understanding, to keep the meet clean, it is best to bleed and or gut the fish. I can understand not gutting it before weighing, but isn't it best to at least bleed them? I never see pics of them on ice in the cooler either.

04-06-2011, 07:19 PM	#2
467echo Rookie of the Month Club Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Mira Mesa Posts: 483	Most of those pics are probably tourneys, probably just pulled out of the cooler for the pic or ready to be thrown in. Some might not even bleed it for a tournement. Some people even leave ther yak on the beach to get the big bucks for first fish weighed __________________ they are getting bigger....

04-06-2011, 07:29 PM	#3
Hypoxic1 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Oceanside Posts: 215	If you want the freshest fish...... Pull a gill and bleed it right away. Then get it on ice as soon as you can.