Do You Bonk Your Fish?

[SonnyJ]

I once bonked a nice bull trout and ate it.

But back in 1980 we called them Dolly Vardons...weird ain't it?

[WayneChristie]

Originally Posted by SonnyJ

I once bonked a nice bull trout and ate it.

But back in 1980 we called them Dolly Vardons...weird ain't it?

nothing wrong with bonking a dolly, just dont let your friends find out

[chubbdarter]

Originally Posted by SonnyJ

I once bonked a nice bull trout and ate it.

But back in 1980 we called them Dolly Vardons...weird ain't it?

bonked 3 bullies , 3 weeks ago. BBQ'd them with friends. Soooooo Goood

[SonnyJ]

Originally Posted by chubbdarter

Soooooo Goood

Really?

I thought they were kinda bland much like lake trout..

[chubbdarter]

Originally Posted by SonnyJ

Really?

I thought they were kinda bland much like lake trout..

when they eat kokes, their flesh is salmon like in color and flavour when under 5 lbs

[Ken07AOVette]

Originally Posted by SonnyJ

Really?

I thought they were kinda bland much like lake trout..

I definitely won't bonk any more big lake trout, they just are not good eating. I guess it is a good way of sustaining them, only make the big tasteless ones open game.

Walleye on the other hand...

I have caught 1 in my life, eaten half of it, but I sure want more.

[SonnyJ]

Originally Posted by Ken07AOVette

I definitely won't bonk any more big lake trout, they just are not good eating. I guess it is a good way of sustaining them, only make the big tasteless ones open game.

Walleye on the other hand...

I have caught 1 in my life, eaten half of it, but I sure want more.

Yeah..lake trout are fun to catch but to me they taste like wet sawdust..

Brookies are pretty good but the best tasting fish (fresh water) has to be walleye with perch being a close second..

[lannie]

Originally Posted by SonnyJ

Really?

I thought they were kinda bland much like lake trout..

They get greasy too. That is why the old timers used to just throw them up on the bank for the wildlife to eat. They figured they killed the good tasting trout and were bad eating them selves. I have only ate one and it was very poor table fare. (alberta side bull).

[Walleye Willy]

So, those of you with a live well in your boat - do you use it?
Do you then bonk them just before cleaning? This is what I have been doing, but a friend of mine slits their throat and bleeds them (walleyes) if he is keeping them. He says the meat is nicer this way. If you do this do you put them on ice until you can fillet them?

[Guitarplayingfish]

Originally Posted by Ken07AOVette

I definitely won't bonk any more big lake trout, they just are not good eating. I guess it is a good way of sustaining them, only make the big tasteless ones open game.

Walleye on the other hand...

I have caught 1 in my life, eaten half of it, but I sure want more.

What happened to the other half?.... haha

[Ken07AOVette]

Originally Posted by Guitarplayingfish

What happened to the other half?.... haha

I gave it to my buddy that showed me how to cook walleye

[bardfromedson]

when im in the boat i pull a gill and bleed them out with the livewell pump on. if im drinking i like to punch them in the face until they bleed ....i have issues though .. bleeding out is the best thing you can do for quality especially in salmon and hali's. if its fresh water i do the same thing but like to clean them and get them on ice sooner than later. bonkers are for sissies but those aluminum ones are pretty nice. would be good for those days when there isn't many old millwaukee down the hatch yet.

[Cal]

I usualy just whack em when I clean them. I suppose if your ice fishing or putting them on ice killing them would be a nice gesure but the whole point of a stringer is to keep the fish alive longer so they stay fresh longer. Not sure what the point would be of killing them before putting them on the stringer. I dont think beating them up in a livewell all day is much better and plenty of people do that.

[Cal]

Originally Posted by WayneChristie

nothing wrong with bonking a dolly, just dont let your friends find out

BTW that was pretty good.

[avb3]

Originally Posted by 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

You surely must have meant "boinking" and not "bonking" being illegal. Just a bit of difference

[WayneChristie]

Originally Posted by avb3

You surely must have meant "boinking" and not "bonking" being illegal. Just a bit of difference

all depends on yur axe-ent

[ogre]

Cal, I put the bonked fish on the stringer so I can immerse the fish back into the water, it's cooler than being on the ground in summer. When a bonked fish goes back into the water, it'll essentially drown while unconscious. Some fish will also struggle so hard that it'll rip their gill plates while on the stringer if left conscious.

[Geezle]

Originally Posted by Ken07AOVette

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

Is it anything like the first one you made for me...before you edited it and made it PG13?

[YeeHaw]

I'll gladly take one, if you sell em!!

[whitetail Junkie]

Stringer....then bonk before I leave....
Ice fishing.....immediate bonk

[mudbug]

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.

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

[Ken07AOVette]

Originally Posted by Geezle

Is it anything like the first one you made for me...before you edited it and made it PG13?

No this is a very special limited edition one, and made specifically for the size of fish Willow catches

Originally Posted by mudbug

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

Thanks Dave! We gotta get out fishing soon!

[WayneChristie]

Originally Posted by Ken07AOVette

No this is a very special limited edition one, and made specifically for the size of fish Willow catches


!

carved it out of a toothpick eh?

[Bigdad013]

Originally Posted by chubbdarter

when they eat kokes, their flesh is salmon like in color and flavour when under 5 lbs

Filleted and bbq'd a nice 13 lb bull from the shuswap, nice pink meat and extremely tasty, must say, it was one of the best fish ever. As for lake trout, went to a fish fry last summer, deep fried lake trout in batter, awesome tasting, hard to tell the diff between cod and the trout. Got to get the recipe for the batter.

[tight line]

once i bonk them and release them they dont wanna swim away...perhaps im not using proper handling techniques??? kidding...im a cutter. And larger Lake Trout on a Cedar Plank w/ maple glaze is awesome on the Barby, the high fat content crisps them up nice!...and its full of omegas!!!lol

[CNP]

Millions of fish are caught every year in nets.......none are bonked. If it makes you feel better bonk em, otherwise leave us non-bonkers alone.

[ADIDAFish]

I don't bonk, I break their necks with my hands. But that might just be a trout thing. I would bonk a walleye if I ever caught a legal one. I generally don't keep fish but when I do I break their necks and they die right away and then I put them on the stringer.

[Ken07AOVette]

Originally Posted by ehntr

Millions of fish are caught every year in nets.......none are bonked. If it makes you feel better bonk em, otherwise leave us non-bonkers alone.

But when you are sitting on the ice, in a boat, or on a lawnchair at the dock, and have a fish swimming around in a bucket, when F&W comes along he can accuse you of culling. I just don't want to be in that position, ever. My limit on trout in a put and take lake here is 5, perch 10-15, I know that I can take 3 walleye and 1 lake trout out of Cold Lake that is over a certain length, so when I catch a keeper I kill it. Then there is no chance of getting written up for culling.

Well I guess there is, but the F&W officer would likely see the dead fish floating there if you throw it out and keep the next one.

I do it for that reason, and so it does not suffer.

[avb3]

Originally Posted by ADIDAFish

I don't bonk, I break their necks with my hands. But that might just be a trout thing. I would bonk a walleye if I ever caught a legal one. I generally don't keep fish but when I do I break their necks and they die right away and then I put them on the stringer.

How do you do that with a 8 lb pike?

[bowness]

Those are SWEET! You sell any?