Now this may be a silly question but........

[guppie12]

I just bang em over the head wth my rolling pin kills em instantly. Probably not the besg way as some times i have to give them 2 whacks is this ok? Or i just put my fingers in its gills and pull up whixch kills em instantly but makes a bit of a mess

[Boonanza]

I just bang em over the head wth my rolling pin kills em instantly. Probably not the besg way as some times i have to give them 2 whacks is this ok? Or i just put my fingers in its gills and pull up whixch kills em instantly but makes a bit of a mess

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[Blue]

Obviously you are LB freshwater so a keeper net in the water to keep them alive till you are ready to go back to your car where you have already got an esky ready.Then the spike as you leave( sharpen a small screwdriver to a point,carry in tacklebox) and into esky with ice bottles/packs to go home.
All pretty simple and suitable if you are travelling the banks.
Good luck
Blue

[guppie12]

Jees never knew there was so many different ways that people kill thier fish before i saw this i thought there was only like 2 ways... hit em the head real hard or break thier knecks lol

[smile0784]

Jees never knew there was so many different ways that people kill thier fish before i saw this i thought there was only like 2 ways... hit em the head real hard or break thier knecks lol

Many ways to skin a cat they say

[Scraglor]

Jees never knew there was so many different ways that people kill thier fish before i saw this i thought there was only like 2 ways... hit em the head real hard or break thier knecks lol

Many ways to skin a cat they say

Skinning a cat might get the greenies up in arms though

[smile0784]

Point still stands tho

[Texas]

Jees never knew there was so many different ways that people kill thier fish before i saw this i thought there was only like 2 ways... hit em the head real hard or break thier knecks lol

Many ways to skin a cat they say

Skinning a cat might get the greenies up in arms though

To skin an eel, you nail it to a tree, with a cut around the neck & down the belly
Use pliers to remove skin
Would also work on a cat, I suppose

[Texas]

I just bang em over the head wth my rolling pin kills em instantly. Probably not the besg way as some times i have to give them 2 whacks is this ok? Or i just put my fingers in its gills and pull up whixch kills em instantly but makes a bit of a mess

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Any help is much appreciated

[STriplett1997]

I only spike flathead as it is very easy to locate their brain (or alternately whack their head with the handle end of the knife to knock them out) before putting them on ice. I don't really trust myself to get the brain of a snapper or any other fish and feel I would only cause it pain if I miss, so I just put them straight into an ice slurry mix in the esky which quickly puts them to sleep.

I find snapper quite easy to spike, it’s literally right next to their eye just above on an angle, same with salmon straight down the middle of their head like you would win a Flathead. Either ice or spike I don’t see the difference :thumbsup:

Ones an instant death the other one is relatively slow in comparison.

I reckon you can hear the fish flapping about in your esky then you haven't done your job. That includes if they are going to sleep or not.

I spike all my fish unless it’s crazy hot bite with Whiting or something, you’ll lose the school if your stopping for even half a minute to do something. All fish taste better when spiked though. Especially snapper.. that’s something I’ve learned. I think an Ice slurry does it’s job well too. As long as your doing something and thinking about what your doing.