Thread: "The right way to kill a fish"

Anyone practice this? I kinda knew of it but have not tried it myself.

Interesting fer sure.
I have good experience with a method that quickly smothers the fish between ice containers and keeps the mucus from getting all over the inside of the ice chest.
But ikejime may be even better (though it takes more time and care).
I was especially impressed by the claim of TWO WEEK storage and this graphic comparison of 2 day old fish...

Hitting the brain looks like it would be hard to do, i.e. knowing where to hit various fish. Maybe severing the spine at the gill cavity would stop much of the flopping (arguable about whether or not it would stop the suffering).

When he puts the needle in the spine, is he going into the center of severed vertebrae or alongside the backbone?

EDIT: Here's a site and an app for finding the brain. It also says you can immobilize the fish with a blow on the head.

http://www.ikijime.com/

https://apps.apple.com/au/app/ikijim...te/id704317893

Interesting video. Im not sure the taste test is very valid, considering the taster was told what to expect and which fish she was sampling.

I don't think I'll spend the time to put a metal wire up each fish's spine. I'll probably stick to bleeding the fish out and quickly putting in a salted ice slurry.

Yeah I agree Matt I wouldn't either, but might be willing too on specific types of fish (cobia, mahi, etc). Basically if I'm frying it anywise it shouldn't matter but those I'd be baking or grilling I might look into this.

I do it Lou's way with spanish.....catch & fillet....hitting on top of the head first ....you know when you hit the right spot, the sides of meat bagged don't make a mess in the cooler at all

I follow a guy on youtube that does catch n cooks.. 'fishermans life' check him out.. he does a ikejeemeieeiieieie catch and cook.

I love his videos!