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A method I've used for several years.

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Dana Comment by Dana on June 2, 2009 at 12:12pm
excellent method!!
i too love my Rapala fillet knife, ive given away multiple others in favor of this one.
I usually cut the fillet out witht he ribs and then fillet the rib cage out, but i get guts all over and lose the "flap" meat - which is a tasty, crispy part once fried.
i will be trying this way this weekend
carter wireman Comment by carter wireman on May 27, 2009 at 7:46pm
I have done the same as you for years clean and mostly bone free I do the ribs a little diffrent instead of rolling with my knife i just pull the loose meat over and out of the ribs this seems to work very well and quick has anyone else tried this.
nicholas clark Comment by nicholas clark on May 13, 2009 at 6:40pm
that looks hard
GillnBrian Comment by GillnBrian on May 8, 2009 at 12:49pm
great vid! I use an electric knife and I know exactly what you are talking about with the gut sack mess. I wonder if this can be avoided though even using an electric by mimicing the cuts you make and going around the rib cage rather than through it.

I have tried some traditional fillet knives and have yet to find one that works as well and keeps an edge like the knife you are using. ...I will have to look more =)

Thanks for the video!
Jim G Comment by Jim G on March 9, 2009 at 6:01am
Excellent!
Cobey Comment by Cobey on March 6, 2009 at 5:57pm
I tried this way out today and it was great! thanks again!
Cobey Comment by Cobey on February 27, 2009 at 5:13pm
Great job and great advice. I have always scaled, gutted, and cut the head off. I look forward to trying this and enjoying my panfish bone free. Great video!! Thanks for sharing!
Nathan Comment by Nathan on February 4, 2009 at 7:24pm
nice, notice the lack of waste, i know of a few ways and thay intail lots of waste or having bones
RHW Comment by RHW on February 4, 2009 at 6:16am
Great video. Pretty much the way I have done it for years. Only exception is that I cut what you call the flap completely off and discard it. Health advisories have warned that any pollutants in fish will collect in the belly flap. Don't really believe I am loosing much meat as this area is super thin anyway and fries up to nothing.
Loren W. Moseley Comment by Loren W. Moseley on January 28, 2009 at 9:36pm
Good work! I am a retired fisheries biologist (obsolete in some ways these days - MSc in Zoology, Ohio State University, Dec., 1956). I retired from private service January 28, 1994. I have been cleaning fish for over 60 years and use the same general technique on blue gills. However, you have refined some of the process which I will be using from now on. Your video is great and well done! I have tried the electric knife and still prefer a Rapala trout knife or the carbon steel knives with flexible blades that I acquired in the late 1960's in Port Clinton, OH. The electric knife works well on larger fish such as pike and lake trout, especially with an extra long blade. I do not like the electric knives with a single blade. The reciprocating doubles are the only way to go. I have fished in NW Manitoba several times with a group and the shore lunch fish were rapidly reduced to fillets with a cordless knife. Often the group amounted to up to 20 people. We did our own work and never used guides. I stopped going because of a couple of health issues, but, I still think about those days.

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