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<blockquote data-quote="KDM" data-source="post: 442962" data-attributes="member: 314"><p>The best way I've found to bleed a catfish is to take your knife and reverse fillet the catfish from the tail toward the head about 5 inches and stop. There are larger blood vessels that come off the spine between the vertebrae and the point is to cut several of these vessels on both sides of the spine. Cutting the tail off or just cutting on both sides only severs one or two of these vessels. These tend to clot up IME leading to a poor bleed out. If you cut 16 or so of these vessels on each side, you not only get a faster bleed out, but it's much more difficult to clot that many outlets. Just some thoughts from an old grey beard.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KDM, post: 442962, member: 314"] The best way I've found to bleed a catfish is to take your knife and reverse fillet the catfish from the tail toward the head about 5 inches and stop. There are larger blood vessels that come off the spine between the vertebrae and the point is to cut several of these vessels on both sides of the spine. Cutting the tail off or just cutting on both sides only severs one or two of these vessels. These tend to clot up IME leading to a poor bleed out. If you cut 16 or so of these vessels on each side, you not only get a faster bleed out, but it's much more difficult to clot that many outlets. Just some thoughts from an old grey beard. [/QUOTE]
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