I've shot a few of these little guys and they are a real hard to kill, plus they bite!!! One little ba$trad bit me right through my wetsuit. I've tried to ike spike them but I couldn't get it right. Any tips
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Killing A Triggerfish
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I had a similar dilemma this year and asked the same question on this thread: http://forums.deeperblue.com/beginner-hunting/79444-killing-fish-quickly-2.html
I used my stringer as an iki spike but went up under the gill cover - safer but very boney and hard to be sure of success -- they're surprisingly docile till they try to bite you! I also strung it that way (i.e. backwards, in case it decided to come back to life) but it created a heck of a lot of drag. I wonder if cutting the throat would work? SettingSteel suggested stringing them through the eye sockets -- I usually avoid that (squeamish and I use the eyes to judge freshness later).
I used my stringer as an iki spike but went up under the gill cover - safer but very boney and hard to be sure of success -- they're surprisingly docile till they try to bite you! I also strung it that way (i.e. backwards, in case it decided to come back to life) but it created a heck of a lot of drag. I wonder if cutting the throat would work? SettingSteel suggested stringing them through the eye sockets -- I usually avoid that (squeamish and I use the eyes to judge freshness later).
Thanks Mr. X, I'll try that next time I shoot one of these guys. I usually string them through the mouth so that they can't bite but they're determined little guys and they seem to find a way. Not sure how to go about slicing the throat but if all else fails I'll give that a shot too.
me and JamesT shot a few last year and found them hard to kill james put his on his stringer he had about 5 or 6 on it and they took chunks out of him i chucked mine straight in the boat.
http://www.danheller.com/images/LatinAmerica/Mexico/Mulege/fish-bones01-big.jpg
if you look at that picture you can see that the trigger fish's spine sort of runs right through its middle, making it hard to fracture with a knife/spike. Coupled with its bony head they really are awful to deal with. I've never tried this, but perhaps you could snap a vertebrae by entering through the side? They are quite skinny...
if you look at that picture you can see that the trigger fish's spine sort of runs right through its middle, making it hard to fracture with a knife/spike. Coupled with its bony head they really are awful to deal with. I've never tried this, but perhaps you could snap a vertebrae by entering through the side? They are quite skinny...
