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Mr Damage
PostPosted: Oct 31st, '13, 13:23 
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I'm going to be honest - I'm a bit timid when it comes to killing them.

Whacking them over the head with the back of the knife and then just slicing the head off seems the neatest and least icky way of killing them. There's no way I'm sticking my fingers in it's gills and snapping its neck.

Are there any other ways that I should consider?

Insert the point of a sharp, sturdy knife blade, cutting edge facing forwards, into the centreline of the head about 2-3cm behind the eyes and in one movement force the knife down and tilt it forward towards the front of the head until level with the eyes. The fish's body and tail will spasm for a split second then the fish will go limp... Brown bread!... it takes a poofteenth of a second.

Once you've done that roll the fish onto it's back and slice through the fleshy bit at the bottom, just behind where the gills join on the fish's underside, slice through to the gills, if you get it right you'll see squirts of blood coming out with each beat of the fish's heart, then gill and gut, remembering to remove the kidneys (the black bit along the backbone on the upperside of the gut cavity)... this'll provide the freshest, least stressed, tastiest fish.

Here you go Curly, a vid showing you how: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=62 ... =2&theater
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Hard job... but somebody has to do it!!!...

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I'm putting my hand up for 2013's strangest trout winner :cheers:
Fortunately it only had two eyes and had no arms, feet or laser guided heat seeking missiles...
Farewell stumpy.


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your going to be missed, stumpy..
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I had a Stumpy too!... might've been his bro... where'd you get yours?


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Aww Stumpy's long lost brother, squatty :D
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I've seen them much more stumpy than those two where there was virtually no body at all, pretty much just a head and tail.
Next years 'Special' Trout will include the new Ferguson Springs bred snub nose where they pretty much look like they have been punched in the face. Stumpys and twisties also available so get your orders in quick if you too would like to be a future winner of The Strangest Trout award.
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PostPosted: Nov 10th, '13, 08:19 
Good to see you're going to "spread the love" around next year Troutman...

But I thought the mutants and runts... were reserved for PLJ... :lol:
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No, just the runts reserved for PLJ though with a number of new fingerling suppliers coming on line next year he may choose to buy them elsewhere.
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My brother came up to help me harvest some trout, yesterday. He pulled out a beauty with a well presented worm on his Ugly Stik - it weighed all of 183g.
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A dozen of these for the Bradley this evening :)

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My brother came up to help me harvest some trout, yesterday. He pulled out a beauty with a well presented worm on his Ugly Stik - it weighed all of 183g.

Never mind PLJ , Troutmans got some extra special ones for ya next year... :support:
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