Bleeding fish

if you want to kill yourself by slashing your wrists, you do it in a bathtub not in a kayak tankwell underneath a wet burlap bag.  Give it a try Allen...

what are you saying? 

After reading all of the posts, I really want to taste the difference in bled fish. Would be great if I could fillet the fish on the kayak and put it on ice right away. Hopefully I don't stab myself in the leg while doing that but hey, aren't sharks supposed to shy away from human blood? 

I don't notice it so much in rockfish, so I dont bleed them.  But you can actually see the difference in the meat of a WSB or Halibut.

After reading all of the posts, I really want to taste the difference in bled fish. Would be great if I could fillet the fish on the kayak and put it on ice right away. Hopefully I don't stab myself in the leg while doing that but hey, aren't sharks supposed to shy away from human blood? 

It's safer and easier to tear the gills than cut them when they are thrashing around. There are rules about filleting fish on-board.

After reading all of the posts, I really want to taste the difference in bled fish. Would be great if I could fillet the fish on the kayak and put it on ice right away. Hopefully I don't stab myself in the leg while doing that but hey, aren't sharks supposed to shy away from human blood? 

It's safer and easier to tear the gills than cut them when they are thrashing around. There are rules about filleting fish on-board.

I use this knife to cut gills with no trouble:

These are my gill cutters. I think they're cheap sheet metal scissors. Cut gills like butter.

if you want to kill yourself by slashing your wrists, you do it in a bathtub not in a kayak tankwell underneath a wet burlap bag.  Give it a try Allen...

what are you saying? 

I think if you slit your wrists in a ditch you'll still bleed out.  So, by just ripping the gills out, I think you get most of the blood out, maybe not all, but a good enough portion of it to make a difference.  And I think that difference probably gets you 80% of the way there.  I think at this point, icing probably makes more of a difference than bleeding in the water.  Of course, do both!

-Allen

Then I started thinking about power boats. I've never been on a power boat that soaked the fish in the water to bleed (with the notable exception being albacore in a bleed bucket).  And I don't see a lot of power boaters hanging their fish over the sides.

On my PB we've started keeping the bait well full and circulating.  Once the salmon is on board a quick bonk and then cutting the gills once its in the bait tank.  The circulating water cleans up in about 10-15 minutes then the fish is moved to ice.  Been working good so far, however some of the larger salmon 25lbs + have had a little blood left the tail region.