Dispatching Crappie Humanely.

[Mr. S]

I often think about my helpless quarry, laying there on the cutting board. After I had so much enjoyment pursuing them and getting them in the boat. Though I catch and release 90% I too like a few in the freezer for my cravings. I knew there had to be a way for them to meet their demise humanely. Hope you all consider this when it comes time to fill your freezers...

Crappie - White | HUMANE KILLING OF FISH - FRESHWATER - ESTUARY - OFFSHORE Maximum quality, minimum fuss.
Crappie - Black | HUMANE KILLING OF FISH - FRESHWATER - ESTUARY - OFFSHORE Maximum quality, minimum fuss.
Bluegill | HUMANE KILLING OF FISH - FRESHWATER - ESTUARY - OFFSHORE Maximum quality, minimum fuss.

[Yak Fish]

Most of mine go back in the lake too, but the ones I keep get put to sleep in a cooler of ice. It slows their metabolism way down and they stop trying to breathe pretty quickly.

Kinda like hunting wild turkeys; as much as I respect and admire those birds, the best way to humanely take 'em is to blow their brains out with a shotgun from fairly close range.
They just don't sell meat that tasty in stores. The pursuit is fun and challenging too.

Jim

[wolfhnd]

I use the ice method myself when I can.

I'm a farm kid so you wouldn't expect me to be squeamish about dispatching animals, Silence of the Lambs comes to mind :-) The way I see it I have the luxury of being more humane than my Dad had. I think even he would be a bit out off by modern factory farms even if he would never admit it :-)

With fish it's not so much about animal cruelty as respect for life in general. Nature may be bloody tooth and claw but I like to keep the blood to the minimum necessary. That doesn't make me a better person necessarily, after all Hitler was a vegetarian, it just means I have cultivated the appropriate level of sensitivity to disgust. To be conservative you need to conserve. Conserving nature, civility, and sensibility can't be a bad thing within limits.

[Cane Pole]

And to think I use to ring chickens neck and let them run around without a head and bleed out. Ima old farmboy. Not much bothers me.


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[stormcloud]

My job is to get them to the ice chest. After that they are on their own.

[nnelzon23]

I usually cut their throat area behind where this fills attach. This bleeds the meat for a clean fillet and process. Also seems to kill em pretty quick. Cut with kitchen shear, drop in livewell 5 minutes to let em bleed, throw em on ice. Works great.

For those that have never bled them out, try it. You’ll thank me later.


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[SKs Crappie Catching Adventures]

They bleed out better dying by filet knife.....either way dead is dead....LOL
Being a country fella I see them living within me....I often thank them for their lives allowing me to live....

[nnelzon23]

They bleed out better dying by filet knife.....either way dead is dead....LOL
Being a country fella I see them living within me....I often thank them for their lives allowing me to live....

No clean up the way I do it. That’s where the plus is at, not how they die.


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[wolfhnd]

And to think I use to ring chickens neck and let them run around without a head and bleed out. Ima old farmboy. Not much bothers me.


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Been there done that. I figure those chickens had it pretty good so not feeling any guilt. In a way the crappie we catch out of reservoirs owe us something for giving them a nice homes as well.

[Redge]

And to think I use to ring chickens neck and let them run around without a head and bleed out. Ima old farmboy. Not much bothers me.


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X2!


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