cutthroat

[Fishaholic]

same fish. any way to prevent the fish from turning lighter after you bleed them?

[Alchase]

Live well?

[Kc_Kracker]

yes, first dont bonk them just rip the gill and let the blood gush out, gut them, and get them in ice immediately

[Fishaholic]

I usualy bleed them out ( cut/ tear the gills then put them on a stringer and put them back into the lake and some times they keep swimming for a few mins and bleed out. Maybe I will start carring ice with me and gutting them.

[Kc_Kracker]

nope water is too warm, gut and ice, at the least ice 

[Fishaholic]

okay cool. Thank you.  going out later to my lake maybe I can hook up into another guy like this one.