Bloody murder!!! How to kill a catfish!

[Jethro12]

I had this same question a couple months back when I first started catching catfish on the Bear River. After a bit of searching I read somewhere that you could run a wire (I use a paperclip) up their nosehole and scramble their brain. I think it was called pithing (pything???) Anyway it works and is a lot less messy than beating the thing to death and you don't get blood soaking into the meat at the back of the head. Anyone else try this?

Another thought is that if you are using a needle to thread minnows or bait on your line abve the hook (fuzzyfisher style) that needle would probably work well too.
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