First fish in march

[creekcrappie]

I fished a crappie bank spot today from 2:30-5:30. When I first got there I ran into fisher01 and I fished near him. I ended up bringing 12 fish home, 3 crappie, 8 yellows, and one white. I caught all but 2 on any crappie magnet that had chartreuse in it. One of the others was caught on one of fisher01's hand tied jig and one on one of woody's jig. I am going with merv for crappie in the morning.

[Alphahawk]

Congrats on your catch.


Regards

[MNfisher]

Nice work! Can't wait to start bank fishing JPP as the water warms up.

[fisher01]

Enjoyed meeting and fishing with Isaac this afternoon. Just before we left, I showed Isaac how to bleed the fish by slicing the blood sac which is located on the inside edge just behind the gills. By breaking the sac on both sides, the fish will bleed out quickly. Here's a pic of the crappie filets right after cleaning today, blood-free.

[creekcrappie]

Wow! Mine still had a little bit of blood left in them. I guess I need to practice more.

[wormdunker]

Hey 01, do you have a video of that process somewhere, or maybe a detailed description of how to do it? Those fillets look so nice and white. Thanks

[tomlida1]

Absolutely, please post a video. Your filets look nicer than mine usually do!

[fisher01]

I don't have a video of the process, but here is a pic of where to slice. The pic doesn't show the actual sac because the gills are not fully opened, but I drew a line around where to cut. Just behind the red gills, is a silver area (sac) which is filled with blood. Take a knife or I'll just use the metal pointed end from my stringer to puncture that area. Blood will readily flow out. Do both sides. This is best done when the fish are still alive. When I'm done fishing for the day, I'll puncture those sacs, place my fish in the basket, and then place them in the water for a few minutes. They'll move around and bleed out quickly. Hope this helps.

[Alphahawk]

I don't have a video of the process, but here is a pic of where to slice. The pic doesn't show the actual sac because the gills are not fully opened, but I drew a line around where to cut. Just behind the red gills, is a silver area (sac) which is filled with blood. Take a knife or I'll just use the metal pointed end from my stringer to puncture that area. Blood will readily flow out. Do both sides. This is best done when the fish are still alive. When I'm done fishing for the day, I'll puncture those sacs, place my fish in the basket, and then place them in the water for a few minutes. They'll move around and bleed out quickly. Hope this helps.

Never done this with crappie but do it when I want to keep a small striper to eat. Really helps get rid of the strong taste.

Regards

[fisher01]

I actually do this with every fish I keep, crappie, bluegill, yellow stripe, white bass. Not only does it improve taste, but its a lot cleaner filleting them without the blood getting everywhere.

[XxthejuicexX]

I am going to have to try this. Crappie are pretty clean anyways. CC I went up into spring creek yesterday and could not find anything that looked like that spot you and I talked about. I went all the way to the end of the little arm on the left.