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philfan12

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Ice the fish and bring them to a retail fish store ,I f you are a customer of the store and a familiar face they might do it.Throw the guy few bucks.

 

 

However I recommend learning knowledge is power. First off you need a properly sharpened knife ! Second I find fish that have been on ice are little easier to handle. For fluke an Ice pick is a plus. You tube has videos on cleaning all popular species . GOOD LUCK

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Dexter Russell 8 or 9inch wooden handle fillet knife ( does rust but hold an edge) , accusharp sharpener, take your time. Use the two fillets per side method to start for fluke.. I use to not be very good but got pretty darn good at it. It helps to leave the fish on ice for a while. Some videos are useful on web, some not so much.

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You know the old saying, practice makes perfect. Well not really, but you'll get decent if you fillet enough fish. Like most in this thread mentioned, icing makes a huge difference, the fillets almost peal right off the bones after the fish has been iced down.

 

Use the 2 fillet per side method "fishdoctor" recommended. I thought I retired from this method until I filleted a fish a couple days ago that was still still kicking (stunned him) on a crooked fillet board. Wow, what a hack job considering the day before was my best fillet job ever. I blame the crooked fillet board, ha, but anyway ice and the 2 fillets per side is the way to go to learn the shapes of spine, etc.

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Has anyone else noticed that an iced down fish doesn't bleed out as much as a fresh caught fish? My fillet's are always better quality if the fish is cut before it's iced. They do cut easier when cold (iced), but I do see a difference in the finished product of stronger tasting fish, like bass. The fillets would be full of blood.

 

 

Just an observation I made years ago.

 

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