Hey guys,
Just a newbie back to the forum to ask for everyones expertise. Forgive me if it might sound like a pleb question 😅, just tryna figure out my way around things. Was wondering what was the best plan of action after catching a legal sized fish for keeps.
I've been trying to do as much research as i can on the web but theres just so many different methods so I thought I'd ask everyone here what they would do!
So say I caught a fish by one of the piers along port hacking, I want to keep it, but I still want to continue catching fish for a couple more hours and have to drive home after.
Do you recommend:
a) introduce the fish into an ice slurry / ice in esky straight away
b) just pop the fish into an empty esky and hope it lasts till i get home to fillet it
c) blunt force / stab brain to kill and store
d) option c + bleed it out right there and then (if so, where do you normally bleed it into along a riverbed/pier)
e) options c & d followed by filleting on the spot
Would a fish hold up for a couple of hours without removing its innards till i get home to fillet it?
Soz that was abit of word vomit but my brain has literally been going everywhere to figure this out! Hoping to get some great advice from all of you legends who have been doing this a long time.