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05-02-2012, 04:44 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2012
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Do You Bonk Your Fish?
just reading some threads and im seeing people bonking their fish before they put it on the stringer, or grass.
so my question is, do you bonk your fish, or just let them suffocate?
personally, i put them on a stringer, then let them suffocate. if they are still kicking when im filleting them, then ill give em a good whack on the head.
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05-02-2012, 04:49 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
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i bonk hard when im gonna eat em.
i bonk just hard enuff to knock em out when i take pics. this way they arnt thrashing out of your grasp and falling to the ground doing damage to the fish.
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05-02-2012, 04:51 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
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seriously now..... i bonk if i eat. stringers are cruel. your eating it anyway, kill it.
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05-02-2012, 04:52 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: FTR Road in the summer (flyfishin), The bush in autum (huntin) the hills in winter (shreddin the pow
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I stab my fish through the eyes or slit there throats and let them bleed. When ice fishing I let them freeze to death.
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05-02-2012, 04:54 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Alberta
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I bonk them immediately if I am going to eat them. I am not for making animals suffer. I like bonkers so much I make them on the lathe out of aluminum.
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Last edited by Ken07AOVette; 05-02-2012 at 05:18 PM.
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05-02-2012, 04:56 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Saskatoon, SK
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken07AOVette
I bonk them immediately if I am going to eat them. I am not for making animals suffer. I like bonkers so much I make them on the lathe out of aluminum.
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sweet! how much for an aluminum fish bonker? And how well does it bonk a white sucker?
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05-02-2012, 05:22 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: FISHING!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken07AOVette
I bonk them immediately if I am going to eat them. I am not for making animals suffer. I like bonkers so much I make them on the lathe out of aluminum.
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x2....
hahahahaha  thats too funny
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05-02-2012, 05:24 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken07AOVette
I bonk them immediately if I am going to eat them. I am not for making animals suffer. I like bonkers so much I make them on the lathe out of aluminum.
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gotta love the reservoir tip on the 2 right ones
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05-02-2012, 05:28 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken07AOVette
I bonk them immediately if I am going to eat them. I am not for making animals suffer. I like bonkers so much I make them on the lathe out of aluminum.
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Those are sweet bonkers for sure, nothing like hand crafted custom gear
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05-02-2012, 06:26 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Calgary
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Dang, Ken!
Those are sweet bonkers. Is it possible to buy one off of you?
For any fish that I decided to keep, those that are small enough will go into the fish trap, and those that are bigger will be bonked and stringered. All fishes are bonked at the begining of the return trip.
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Originally Posted by Ken07AOVette
I bonk them immediately if I am going to eat them. I am not for making animals suffer. I like bonkers so much I make them on the lathe out of aluminum.
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Mine is so secret I don't even fish there lest someone spots me, I'm content just knowing about my secret spot.  |
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05-03-2012, 12:22 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: 3rd rock from the sun, formerly from 4th rock from the sun
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken07AOVette
I bonk them immediately if I am going to eat them. I am not for making animals suffer. I like bonkers so much I make them on the lathe out of aluminum.
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I have one of these that Ken makes and they are great and well worth having  Send him a PM and he'll set you up with one 
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05-03-2012, 04:37 PM
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Those are SWEET! You sell any?
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05-02-2012, 05:00 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
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Originally Posted by pickrel pat
seriously now..... i bonk if i eat. stringers are cruel. your eating it anyway, kill it.
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I don't use stringers, but i think their fine as long as the fish on the barbaric device are DEAD, and within the regs of course, people culling fish on stringers are doing so illegally, immorally and disrespectfully, this behavior i've been known to get very heated over, and you wouldn't like me when i'm angry...hehehe 
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05-02-2012, 04:52 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
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If you're gonna kill anything do it humanely, how is torchering anything acceptable? Kill it right away, bleed, gutt and ice right away and freshness is not an issue.
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05-03-2012, 04:40 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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I thought you were supposed to bonk them BEFORE release, knock some sense into them for taking my silly fly/lure.
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05-05-2012, 12:36 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Fort Saskatchewan Ab
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Bonking them makes them extra slimy , A good ole slash to the throat , maybe be blade between the eyes DONE DEAL CASE CLOSED THIS IS NO LONGER CATCH AND RELEASE . This is how I Git R Done in winter for the odd Pike . Then they are not all slimy to handle .
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05-05-2012, 08:11 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
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Originally Posted by BIGBADJOHN
Bonking them makes them extra slimy
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are you serious ?
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05-05-2012, 10:43 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Fort Saskatchewan Ab
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Originally Posted by pickrel pat
are you serious ?
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For real man . FOR FRIGGEN REAL , at least thats my experience .
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05-05-2012, 03:24 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Alberta
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Originally Posted by BIGBADJOHN
For real man . FOR FRIGGEN REAL , at least thats my experience .
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I have never noticed that, do you put them on ice, in water in a cooler, on the bottom of the boat.....
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Only dead fish go with the flow. The rest use their brains in life.
Originally Posted by Twisted Canuck
I wasn't thinking far enough ahead for an outcome, I was ranting. By definition, a rant doesn't imply much forethought.....
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05-05-2012, 10:49 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
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Originally Posted by Ken07AOVette
I have never noticed that, do you put them on ice, in water in a cooler, on the bottom of the boat.....
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John keeps fish in his belly!
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Shove your masks and your vaccines
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05-05-2012, 04:32 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Calgary
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Thanks BBJ, never even thought of to notice.
I'm gonna experiment with my next few catches, bonk one and cut another to see for myself.
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Originally Posted by BIGBADJOHN
For real man . FOR FRIGGEN REAL , at least thats my experience .
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Originally Posted by pikergolf
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05-05-2012, 04:45 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
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Originally Posted by BIGBADJOHN
For real man . FOR FRIGGEN REAL , at least thats my experience .
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cool beans! slime can get pretty slimey!
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05-05-2012, 10:34 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Edmonton, AB
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Originally Posted by pickrel pat
cool beans! Slime can get pretty slimey!
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lol !!
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