Re: Cleaning trout...how quick does it need to be done?
Originally Posted by
Ddog
Even after a fish is killed it still produces slime whether or not you salt it, ducks and geese can be frozen whole as long as they werent hunted by a shotgun.
wolverine and johnnybear your totally missing the question that was asked, and game are completely different from fish as i stated already, warm blooded vs cold blooded. its like comparing apples to oranges
obviously we all know the sooner the better but if a fish was left overnight on ice it will be fine the next morning. (as long as the urine sac doesnt break).
Nope... didn't miss the point at all. I don't care if it's cold blooded or not. It's still full of bacteria that is flushed from the animal as long as it's alive. When it dies, those bacteria don't and keep multiplying and the warmer it gets, the more they multiply with no way of bein flushed out of the animal/fish, cold blooded, warm blooded makes no difference. And they multiply exponentially. Naturally, if the fish is iced down it slows this process down but does not stop it. Only way to do that is to CLEAN the bacteria out, wash it out and THEN put it on ice to help slow down the decomposition of the flesh, which by virtue of being dead and not frozen starts decomposing from the moment of death. The less live bacteria left in the fish, which by an large comes from the stomach and the organs, the better it is for the table. The only difference between fish and game is that with game the clock runs even faster on the critical time to have it dressed, skinned and cooled. Apples and oranges.... I think not.
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy!