YouTube - Lion Tamer Mini Spear
Hi- I watched this video and kinda shuddered when I watched him grabbing the fish by the head. I was stung as the fish wiggled on the spear as I reached for it's head. Not a pain I want to receive too often.
Now I take my shears and clip the stinging fins off first then I will grab it and kill it.
I watched a similar video to this when I first started killing them on Coz. I always thought they where kinda docile. They seem sluggish, but they dart very quickly, sometimes towards you.
When we first where getting them on Coz we where using mask boxes and bags. That took up a lot of time. It was hard with the larger ones. Now some that we see it would be impossible to get into a mask box they are so big.
Since this is your first time killing them I would suggest using medical shears to cut the fins off that sting first, then kill it.
If you are close to sand lay the fish on the sand and cut it's throat but watch, they still wiggle and will sting you even when they are dead.