I am told that opening and exposing the guts will allow the fish to decompose in a manner as to return all the nutreants this fish removed during it's life cycle back to the fishery, ie, turtles, crawfish,other fish and so on,all the way up and down the food chain.
That's an interesting comment. Do you think that it's because some "higher-up" organisms get to eat before the bacterial decomposition sets in? Stands to reason.
By the way...Welcome to the forum.
