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[Novabonker]

Bonk it on the top of the head between the eyes, then cut or pull the gills.

geez- there's 2 things we agree on AF

I grew up in Nova Scotia and used to spend 12 hours a day during busy season gutting and beheading fish for a few summers starting when I was 12, so I might be a bit callous. Best way to kill a fish and get the best quality is to bleed it after a whack. I see some of the fish on Craigslist are being sold in the round.(unbled, uncleaned= catfood) Kill, klean and kool.

[Matt]

When I was young I was shown the difference between bonking and bleeding and I can tell you that there is a difference.

Next time you land a salmon that you intend to keep, rip out a couple gills and bleed it out. The next fish bonk it without bleeding and the compare the meat color when you clean them.

I'm no fish doctor but what I was told was that when you bonk a fish, it causes internal hemorrhaging.

I always bleed my fish rather than bonking or at least bleed it out and if it still kicks then I will resort to a thumping of the dome. Especially with a doe, I like to get all the blood out so that there is no pooling of blood in the skeins.

Yeah, I don't usually bonk before I rip out the gills.  Some guys on the forum will whine about you being cruel though, which is steeped in irony if you consider we're sport fishing for our own enjoyment.

[bcguy]

Bonk, Bleed, Clean and Ice. In that order.

Like bbronswyk2000 says, Bonk, Bleed, Clean and Ice, in that order, oh and yeah , by the looks of some fisherman, I'd say packing the ice cooler down to the river might be good for them.

[carpenter]

one of my buddies told me to nick the gills with a knife rather than tearing them seems like they bleed out alot better.