What’s the best way to kill fish?

outrider58 · Jun 6, 2020

-Mil-Surp-Phreak- said:
Put them in my pristine clean tank with $100 filter and all new gravel for each fish and a vigorously cleaned and perfect pH balance water supply. The expensive fish die within a day or so and the nasty ass goldfish from the county fair last year is still alive and kicking getting bigger daily.

Our daughter bought African clawed frogs from a fair. Were supposed to die after a year or so. 10+ years later...

rseymorejr · Jun 6, 2020

I have found the easiest way to kill fish is to buy an expensive aquarium, spend hundreds of dollars on accessories and equipment and then go out and buy super expensive salt water fish!

BlueFin · Jun 6, 2020

A spike (ice pick) to the brain is almost instantaneous death for larger fish. Your iced bucket for the smaller ones will do.

Alan3413 · Jun 6, 2020

-Mil-Surp-Phreak- said:
Put them in my pristine clean tank with $100 filter and all new gravel for each fish and a vigorously cleaned and perfect pH balance water supply. The expensive fish die within a day or so and the nasty ass goldfish from the county fair last year is still alive and kicking getting bigger daily.

Had a fancy goldfish that lived almost 8 years. It was softball sized when it died.

rob · Jun 7, 2020

Just throw them in a cooler on ice. No need to kill them out right. They will stay fresher if they are alive. If they are still kicking at the end of the day, kill them when you clean them.

Fish are food, not friends.

Rob.

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Doctor_M · Jun 7, 2020

-Mil-Surp-Phreak- said:
Put them in my pristine clean tank with $100 filter and all new gravel for each fish and a vigorously cleaned and perfect pH balance water supply. The expensive fish die within a day or so and the nasty ass goldfish from the county fair last year is still alive and kicking getting bigger daily.

So much truth here.

cornstalk · Jun 10, 2020

The best way is to keep it alive right up until the frying pan. Especially with delicate fish like trout, you'll notice they taste better, the fresher they are. The friend who taught me this once caught a nice 2 pound rainbow. Trying to make a point, he gutted it right before cooking, wrapped it in foil and threw it in the fire. That fish started flopping so hard it split the foil open and jumped out into the fire. I had a good laugh over that one while he scraped ashes off of it.

Kman · Jun 10, 2020

Depthcharge

kcgross · Jun 10, 2020

I usually go with a .223. Anything else is overkill.

BlueHeeler · Jun 10, 2020

You are going to need an M1 Garand and a pressurized scuba tank.

Melnic · Jun 10, 2020

BlueFin said:
A spike (ice pick) to the brain is almost instantaneous death for larger fish. Your iced bucket for the smaller ones will do.

We spike the brain and bleed them when fishing offshore. Heck, we even do this with bluefish (we catch alot of these during the summer) sometimes.

Look up videos on preparing fish for sushi

I know alot of snakehead fisherman yank gills out to show they killed the fish before moving in case DNR shows up.

Batt816 · Jun 10, 2020

willtill said:
At least your Orioles bat is good at something. Certainly it's not good at winning baseball games.

last year I think the orioles were using those little souvenir bats.

sxs · Jun 10, 2020

E.Shell said:
LOL. I think I got it at 'Safety Patrol Day at Orioles Park" about a half-century ago, the last game I attended. It has been a faithful companion on many adventures.

Ha! I was at a Safety Patrol day in 5th grade (I was chosen to be a Safety for the next year). Safety Day that year was on April 27, 1968. Tom Phoebus (a Baltimore Native, by the way) pitched a no hitter against the Boston Red Sox. I didn't even realize what was going on until after the game.

FYI....Oriole Bats were pretty good back then.

GetzzBrah · Jun 10, 2020

Best way is to bleed the fish out at the gills. Quick and humane. Just youtube it. Please dont keep any bass (largemouth or smallmouth)

Wsanner · Jun 10, 2020

I shoot a good bit of snakehead. They are supposed to be killed on spot or released. Each one of mine get clipped between the gills and thrown on ice to bleed out. Makes a big difference in meat quality.
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D_S · Jun 10, 2020

Personally, I just throw them in the livewell and filet as soon as I get home.

Alan3413 · Jun 10, 2020

kcomst said:
The best way is to keep it alive right up until the frying pan. Especially with delicate fish like trout, you'll notice they taste better, the fresher they are. The friend who taught me this once caught a nice 2 pound rainbow. Trying to make a point, he gutted it right before cooking, wrapped it in foil and threw it in the fire. That fish started flopping so hard it split the foil open and jumped out into the fire. I had a good laugh over that one while he scraped ashes off of it.

Had lunch at the old Tsukiji Fish Market in Japan. To demonstrate freshness, the chief would lop off the head of the live fish and place it on the counter. He'd proceed to fillet the body into sashimi and serve you the plate.

All this while, the fish would be moving its mouth like its trying to breathe.

I was tempted to put a piece on the mouth to see if it'd eat it, but decided it's better not to offend anyone skilled with sharp instruments.

Samlab · Jun 10, 2020

Drown them....really why bother?

njjr1989 · Jun 10, 2020

I have always put them in a cooler of ice.

outrider58 · Jun 10, 2020

In a taco.

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