Bleeding Walleyes for Better Fillets

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[mike89]

so slice them so that can should be done???  I just think some people take it to far.  next shoot a deer to cripple it then bleed it out,  I do not under stand at all....  maybe some one can show me what I'm missing....

[LPS]

Well it would be less bloody on the kitchen counter.  That's where I clean them....  Not sure how long they should be dead in the live well though. 

[cookie]

I bleed mine out all the time/ I just pull out  or break a gill when I hit the river. takes about 12 minute to get to the dock and there all bled out. When you fillet them  its so much cleaner. I highly recommend it

[LPS]

My buddy showed up and we caught a nice limit on the river today.  I told him about the bleeding thing and he didn't understand why.  I said your fish are all dead by the time you clean them aren't they?  Well mine are usually still kicking even though I give them a wack with my wooden dowel when I take them out of the livewell.   They come back to by the time they are in the sink.  And I clean them on the kitchen counter and it does get bloody.  Well I gilled mine in the sink and waited awhile and man were they much cleaner to fillet.  I then rinsed them good and filleted them up.  Real nice white fillets that did not need the soaking and rinsing in the sink to get the blood out.  Just a quick rinse and put them in the vac bags.   

[mike89]

good to hear you all did good, but I like what you for the bleeding, now I understand better what's being done!!

[Retired on Osakis]

What do you do with the blood in your live well? You legally can't drain it into the lake or river.

[cookie]

I drop them In a bucket of water. I almost always have a 5 gallon bucket in boat. Not sure why it would be illegal to bleed them in the live well and drain into the water.  I then clean the asap when I get home. Its just amazing the difference in the mess it leaves. And the meat is so clean

[Gunner55]

I do this all the time when I catch some ice fishing, much whiter fillets. I just stick a knife in the bottom of the jaw between the gills.

[dakids]

Works with all fish.