After you catch?

[LEfriend]

I bleed all our fish. I hook them on a stringer tied to the mid ship cleat, cut them with a cheap pair of kitchen shears and let them dangle for 5 minutes or so. Then them come back in and go on ice.

Works for me too. I tied one (or two) metal stringer clip (from a chain stringer) on a piece of nylon parachute cord tied to a side cleat. No noise, no scratching boat. Clip fish on the stringer inside the boat, hold it over the side, cut the V with scissors, drop it in water. Ready for cooler in a minute or two. No mess or blood in boat. No extra bucket in way. And best, I like the safety of not handling a sharp knife in a bouncing boat..... I have done the gills bit but seems to me the scissors to the throat bleeds more.