Do You Bonk Your Fish?

[DiabeticKripple]

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.

[pickrel pat]

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.

[pickrel pat]

seriously now..... i bonk if i eat. stringers are cruel. your eating it anyway, kill it.

[ReconWilly]

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.

[TheLegend]

I stab my fish through the eyes or slit there throats and let them bleed. When ice fishing I let them freeze to death.

[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.

[TyreeUM]

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.

sweet! how much for an aluminum fish bonker? And how well does it bonk a white sucker?

[ReconWilly]

Originally Posted by pickrel pat

seriously now..... i bonk if i eat. stringers are cruel. your eating it anyway, kill it.

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

[ReconWilly]

Originally Posted by TyreeUM

sweet! how much for an aluminum fish bonker? And how well does it bonk a white sucker?

x2 i'll order 1 for me and some of my fishing buddies...

[TyreeUM]

Originally Posted by ReconWilly

x2 i'll order 1 for me and some of my fishing buddies...

haha I have first dibs!

[slivers86]

I like to bonk.... daaaamn, thats nassssssty

[canamdon]

Sorry but I find that question quite personal!

[yada]

i dont like to bonk fish... i know its better to bonk them but i think its just weird... and i just dont want to do it.

[pickrel pat]

Originally Posted by yada

i dont like to bonk fish... i know its better to bonk them but i think its just weird... and i just dont want to do it.

so how do you kill the fish your gonna eat?

[Ken07AOVette]

Originally Posted by TyreeUM

sweet! how much for an aluminum fish bonker? And how well does it bonk a white sucker?

I use the same one on little perch and 25lb lake trout.

I have a special one here for willow trail I have to get to him

[ReconWilly]

Originally Posted by yada

i dont like to bonk fish... i know its better to bonk them but i think its just weird... and i just dont want to do it.

Ignorant stance from someone to young to refuse to learn proper technique and etiquette, i suggest you do your best to get over yourself, the sooner you do the sooner you'll see the benifits of doing so, not judging, but hoping you learn that some things need to be done correctly reguardless of how you FEEL about it, this is an opportunity to better educate yourself and become a more complete angler and outdoorsman.

[Guitarplayingfish]

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.

x2....

hahahahaha thats too funny

[TheLegend]

Lol settle down reconwilly

[WayneChristie]

I prefer a 357 wadcutter between the eyes, much more satisfying than merely crushing skulls, spurting blood and bursting eyeballs are much more fun. oh and dont forget to wear ear protection
besides I am pretty sure bonking fish is just as illegal as bonking any type of animal. unless you are from Edmonton

[Guitarplayingfish]

p.s. I want one.

[WayneChristie]

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.

gotta love the reservoir tip on the 2 right ones

[ReconWilly]

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.

Those are sweet bonkers for sure, nothing like hand crafted custom gear

[Lefty-Canuck]

I heard Wayne doesn't bonk his fish but he "disciplines the primate" regularly...

LC

[WayneChristie]

Originally Posted by Lefty-Canuck

I heard Wayne doesn't bonk his fish but he "disciplines the primate" regularly...

LC

gotta keep them critters in line somehow!

[chubbdarter]

Had lunch with The Fisherman Guy today.....he just gobbles down his fish

[DiabeticKripple]

too much dick talk in here for my liking

so heres a p ussy

[ogre]

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.

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.

[pickrel pat]

i think ken will be running a fish bonking buisness in the near future.....

[BeeGuy]

Ya, those are sweet fish bonkers.

[jungleboy]

I usually give them a choice . " give me $5 or I'll break your fin"