Filleting 2 king salmon

[30unv]

clear job

[benkerr69]

Do you have a video of you dressing the heads the only part that i can think of is the cheeks I'm sure there is more than that.

[lunarman07]

Damn he filet two in 5 min

[ThanhCuTi]

Like a pro... beautiful

[ThePhokia]

beautiful



[killuminatii1]

what a fish.

[555doss]

Hes the most interesting man in the world..

[bmarzan]

really good filleting...its easier for me to fillet sockeye salmon

[Twostones00]

Beautiful kings there.

[Xifias771]

ΜΠΡΑΒΟ ΠΑΠΠΟΥ.

[2bonthewater]

totally awesome.......a man with a system and a plan........great stuff

[jpark907]

filleting a king so different compared to filleting reds. wish I could do more of the kings but I don't catch that many haha

[iBmaori]

man that was amazing i envy your way of life, i hope i can live like that when im older n teach my kids to do it aswell... soooo awesum - a fan all the way in new zealand

[alaskawill]

We don't throw much out...

Eggs are for caviar or fishing, backbones are grilled - best meat's on them bones...

what we do not eat is composted.

[TheStarsprinkles]

What was the stuff you threw out, sir? I mean did those contain eggs as well (besides the gut?) ...you are so blessed to go fishing and have your own salmon...omg....m thinking of salmon, butter, salt and garlic and hot rice now.

[incedius420]

@TheStarsprinkles Both the kings are male, the long white sacks you see are milt(sperm).

[TheStarsprinkles]

@incedius420 Thank you....errr those are sperm sacs???..omg those are big sperm sacs. The salmons look really fresh..whoever gets to fish and have food this way, this frequent are so blessed.

[easterdm]

dude has some skills

[007cn]

i like you knife, those are good knife so sharp.

[Jackslament1993]

LIKE A FISHERMAN

[island400ex]

what do you use the rest of the carcass for? is it for soup stock?

[alaskawill]

We grill the backbone, the head is dressed-out for meat and soup gets the rest - guts and trimmings go to the compost...

[RamyRaed]

:) very nice man, lol you are two funny couple by the way lol. nice video

[MrRokkafella]

your wife was very concern about the camera getting wet ,lol. She was not really wanted to keep going ,but thank you both to show us your skills on those beautiful fishes.

[jesusb1100]

i wish when i grow up i can catch fish like this and fillet them as beautiful as he does

[darrkitx11]

where on earth do u catch a salmon that big i wish i had one that size!!!!!!!

[Gilbs2211]

Like a surgeon!

[JEHIAHL]

I love your cleaning table with the rubber surface.

[YieSing]

huge ass salmon

[justinoy10]

nice fish, and lol at the cats in the backround.

[MortenFS95]

THAT HEAD IS HUGE!! awesome fish!

[JQ77ANGEL]

PEADY64....... You took the words out of my mouth.. LIVING THE DREAAM !!!!!!

[JQ77ANGEL]

I want to come live there too,,, I am a hell of a fisherman myself. Great filet skills my man,

[dubunet]

beautiful job sir.

[fearfrozen75]

if u can hire a camera/tech guy and do a series of videos of u catching things and preparing them =D

[DwightBriley]

Thanks for posting this, now i'm hungry...

[myfeet14]

damn thats beautiful

[angrybirds802]

HAHA i dont know why but when he cut off the head, picked it up, and flopped it over, i laughed. haha 0:16

[AquaticNERD777]

it isnt good to cut the blood line cause it makes the fish less fresh

[AquaticNERD777]

YES IM GOIN TO EKLUTNA TAILRACE TOMORROW FOR KINGS

[pimowski2525]

Nice video !!

[IllBeBackIn2014]

That's a big Salmon..

[taan2011]

Awesome job.

[lamxung5000]

Good catch.

[knifefight19]

this guy looks like a dwarf/gnome,things in your garden and those who steal your shoes at night and repair them..

[MahajiHaji]

lol sounds like someone doesn't know how to use a camera.

[soxeez]

Very, Very nicely done. Clean and simple great teaching video.

[sheipukkai]

You doing it easily! Very nice.

[dpSkatez]

how did de head of the first fish com off so quickly and easily?????

[CJstylez]

Respecting the animals that nourish us. I would love to sit around a campfire with you, enjoy some beautifully prepared salmon, and have a nice cold beer while engaging in priceless conversation. Kudos to you and Cheers!

[peady64]

I'm so jealous. You are living the dream. Great video. Thanks for posting. I'm hungry.

[rossi2011jp]

Thanks  show good

[sableantelope77]

this makes me hungry

[Wag2112]

I guess I am doing it right ! :) I only wish our catches were big enough to hold themselves in the table like that when the knife runs up & out the tail !!!

Beautiful fish ! I thought the lateral line was the swim bladder . . doesn't matter much - the michigan bears eat it all the same :)  I don't normally keep head & spine, all the remains, including the rinse water get brought out & dumped out back , what the bears don't get, the coyotes do ..

[goga56]

man thats one sharp knife

[Jerkbaitful]

0:36 cat say: "Yam" !

[keonisitar]

Mmmmmmm very sharp knife

[chefkoo]

Look at those beasts.

[Dr4g0nSt4nc3]

First video I've ever seen with good comments, you're very skilled! This video made me hungry though

[kongieMoua]

Poor Fish.. Make sure to make some Sushi out OF that.  yum yummm. mMmMmMM

[skimyy]

What is the best way to eat a fresh Alaskan Salmon? I think i can eat any form of cooking.

I love sushi, but i don't know if it's safe to sushi your own catch?

[BH206L3]

Will, a very nice demonstration of a proper job, lot of hack jobs on youtube. You are very skilled.

[mariamatermia]

well first of all I have to say that the fish are very impressive, and second I believe that you have waisted a lot of meat on the first fillet but other than that great catch

[MusicforMe123]

Great job, fantastic video, thanks for the lesson!!!

[CrazyBlue420]

catching small fish really aint worth the fillets sometimes, but catching them bigger fish like these is exactly what makes it all worth while, very versitile meat and very tasty

[Hardcorediver44]

A Methodical Master, Good work. I like your technique.

[TheDravok]

That's awesome ,sir.Here,we don't have salmons,only brown and rainbow trout,and i smoke the fillets,it.s delicious,but the salmon is the king.Nice video.Greatings from Transilvania

[italiankid1121]

how can you tell if it is a male or female?

[plasterdbastard]

@italiankid1121

Two ways:

1.) the shape of the belly in females is rounder to accomodate eggs during spawning season; and

2.) the top jaw of the male hooks down over the end of the bottom jaw.

Sp, females have a rounder belly and don't have a hooked upper jaw.

[boksaboki]

wow .. very nice

alaska seems to be nice place to live in !!

[ioirnman7]

i bet u ate good =]

[A1R5N1P3R]

LOL cat is so interested !!

[Spence233]

cool

[elgeeno]

what is the black ppart that is cut out after the guts?

[alaskawill]

The dark red line along the backbone is the kidney

[elgeeno]

@alaskawill ah thanks for the info! :P

[gigizack]

@alaskawill I'm quite sure that the dark thing is just coagulated blood

[micahmeez]

@elgeeno The black part is the blood. on the spine. thicker

[micahmeez]

@elgeeno It's the blood that is along the spine. just thicker

[daniel112112112112]

@elgeeno It´s a kind of kidney but if you don´t take it away it destroy the taste very much. And many forget the last in the anal opening there are some holes that that black stuff are and u need a spoon or a tooth bref to get it of and then it´s done.

[gertvarva]

@elgeeno kidneys

[MrDoberman101]

@elgeeno blood

[canucks589]

hey alaskawill i just started fishing and do you know if you can catch any of these guys in victoria or greater victoria?

[tristancooper1997]

fish head stew

[mak3myda3]

Nice yard! I was under the impression that Alaska was full of snow and ice.

[opti010]

hara se and se hara hahaha

[tullysika]

Great video, I wish I was coming to dinner.

[BerzerkerEK]

I like the way you cut the blood channel on both sides, I never thought of that I will be amending my cleaning skills with that new technique.  You make short work of those fish how much bone content does your fish have with that kind of speed? How do you pin bone them?

[ps017960]

Not really speeding...

The backbone we grill separately, we think it is the best meat on the fish.

The head has much meat and cartilage we like to use.

"Global 5-Inch Fish Bone Tweezers" is what is used for the pin bones.

[Symphosium]

damn big fish!!!!

[Fiishunter]

for those of you who are thinking about what alaskawill said to theresnotimelikenow, he's not a pedophile squaw candy is certain type of fish special prepared... nice vid.

[comaradella]

well done sir !!!

I'm a born fisherman(grew up by the river ) and a cook from Argentina.

Absolutely NEAT the way you clean the stuff (thick blood) arround spine with the knife handle.

As we say in my country, it`s a little move that shows you BEEN THERE AND BACK.

Where is that? I want to clean a fish on THAT table

congratulations

[ps017960]

Thank you for your compliment - we are in: Homer, Alaska - just Google us - the table is available most any time...

[TheresNoTimeLikeNow]

Now that's beautiful, I am mostly vegetarian eat some fish, and truly appreciate how you obtain your fish handle it appreciate it & do it yourself, this is they way hunting & providing for our families should be if we consume it then we should be able to catch it & kill it ourselves first. He is a beauty we need to respect nature as you do. Are you in BC? or the states? Thank you so much for sharing this wish you would share the fish with us too! Yummy. Does Tiger get some I hope?

[alaskawill]

Good of you to write.

Yes, Tiger gets his share.

We are in Homer, Alaska.

When in the neighborhood, come on by for some squaw candy.

[nevapower]

haha nice man i see its not the first time u doing this =)

And what a sharp knife :P

[sirrogue1]

nice video

[winkiedinkielive]

why si one so pink, was it going to spawn, thats nice i am going to poet nook this summer to go fishing i hope to do well.

[TsimFuckiz]

they are so big theese fish!

[h3ldy42]

WOW what a fillet

[Georooney]

I wouldn't call that filleting......the ribs are still in the meat. I'd like to see how much time he spends trimming them away after.

Another way is to cut down the back, follow the ribs to the belly, and they stay with the backbone. You still have a few pin bones in the meat....can't avoid that.

BTW, the fish looked more in the 20-30# range..........fish stories! :)

[demonicsaint666]

Wow this is awsome, thank you for the video. Hope to catch one soon :) They just have to migrate down to florida :P

[Ryevin]

I enjoyed the video. I liked the way you removed the rear fins seems easier this way.

[notaninvaildname]

See that head? I would make a puppet out of it.

Go around scary kids.

...Bad Ass

[0p3nd]

new zealand salmon is mint good fishing and fun to chase good eating too :) supa silver

[billfunky]

lol it makes the 5 pound rainbow trout ive been catching look like baitfish

[0p3nd]

@billfunky 5 pound rainbows on a 6wt fly good fun to catch.. we get up to 10-15 pound rainbows in new zealand dam good fun....

[segethor]

wonderfull!!! beautifull to watch this!

[inf1niterAge]

this is just awesome

great job will

[TaekwondoKid22]

woooooooow!

that is a huge head!

[weapons33]

what a fantastic,naturistic thing your doing .. poetry in motion. theres a lot of meat on the head too isnt there. where did you buy that knife.. what is it and how much.. thanks will ..beautiful vid..your a real hunter

[alaskawill]

Thanks - the head is butchered, little left to compost - the knife is a swibo - Swibo® Butcher Knife 340 mm

[allegany22]

looks like a dolphin! lol

[101bsts]

is that fish big enough for you? :)

[alsodrewanddylaus22]

that looks fun

[internetfilth]

dude thats enough fish for like 2 weeks... fucking delicious!

[winspyder]

good video, you really did make it look easy lol. I wish I could fillet that well

[melendez1010]

Excellent . Congratulations. Very clean and neat procedures if compared with others. Theres no doubt your kitchen is clean and neat.

Comment fron Puerto Rico USA

[dasmackman]

I like how the cat came up behind you lol, How deep were those salmon when you hooked them!!..Oh and you make that look so easy too!

[alaskawill]

That's Tiger, he's checking things out...

The salmon swim not that deep when coming back to spawn...

[flyingtorpedo]

THose where huge I love salmon it's like 8$ a pound!

[ultratec66]

Nice, beautiful!!

[paintball227]

Wish i had salmon fishing like this so i dont have to go out and buy it. But i have some of the best steelhead fishing anywhere here in pennsylvania, but they dont taste good. Its a shame

[alaskawill]

You might just have to visit this area and get your fill of salmon...

[Guitarazn28]

@paintball227 learn to cook it right

[paintball227]

@Guitarazn28 You dont cook it right. it is very hard to cook since it is extremely gamy tasting.

[Guitarazn28]

@paintball227 exactly its hard but it can be done i have had it smoked and its amazing

[TheresNoTimeLikeNow]

@paintball227 Be sure you purchase wild salmon if you have a Trader Joes where you live they have awesome wild salmon great prices COSTCO does sometimes too. Farm raised is the highest in levels of PCPs can you say cancer? so don't eat farm raised, filthy & fed animal meal from questionable sources like rendering plant garbage. WILD CAUGHT best. See Idaho slaughter house & think the waste from that situation feeds farmed salmon. arrg. Peace

[paintball227]

@TheresNoTimeLikeNow I dont eat farm raised, there is a local store that catches everything wild. They have a fleet of ships catching all their fish which is good. I think they only have a few stores scattered along the east coast area but my dad knows them and they dont buy or use farm raised which as you said is no good. And besides wild fish is better tasting.

[lulem400]

where did you catch these (what river) where do you live?

[alaskawill]

Open water - Homer, Alaska

[lulem400]

cool - i worked out in tutka bay last summer and plan to return this year - nice fish!!

[robertthompson23]

how big (lbs) were those fish

[alaskawill]

one was in the 40's the other late 30's...

[Mrgyn]

Delicious!

[bigdawsman]

you guys sure are lucky

[viggy123]

haha the guts are larger then an normal salmon xD nice job

[pasham123]

thank you so much for sharing!is it good for sushi?or need to be more fresh?

[alaskawill]

@pasham123

fresh fish is the best - frozen, lightly thawed cuts well, looks good, use for Sashimi or sushi...

[shyznic]

nice cleaning station, right in the back yard!! Obviously this guy does alot of fishing! Right on ..nice vid!

[fishermen96]

That looks like my friends fish. check out my chanel and leve a comment and tips for salmon fishing

[ultima3210]

You know how much money on groceries he saved by catching that fish....in this recession fishing skills = money

[JaYtreb14]

That guy is gonna eat well tonight haha.

[RingOfFire1988]

that is a bloody sharp knife. i need to get myself a decent filleting knife. awesome fish too. i love Atlantic salmon from tasmania. the only salmon we get here in north queensland are thread fin salmon but they have white flesh. caught a 81cm king thread fin the other day.

[vikingrainmaker]

You actually don't even have to gut 'em to filet 'em. Can save an extra step. Nice fish!

[nintendo09]

one of those fillets are worth like 50 dollars

[Bobby05281991]

lucky family i love salmon. Great video be sure 2 give the cat a lil saw him/her scoping it out

[xoriddlerox]

Extremely unhygienic, you should never drag salmon like that across the table and washing fish with a hose, very unprofessional and this should not be rushed each salmon who be about £570/$438

[yoda12145]

He obviously knows what he is doing, and when you fry/smoke the salmon the bacteria are killed....I have left fillets on wooden tables and all that and never gotten food poisoning or an other illness, besides bacteria are everywhere and there are tons on the table anyway, they are unavoidable.

[eryman17]

???

[Gen3sisOrion]

He got skilss..

[cantthinkanameup]

About the wasted meat thing...you have to remember that this is a 50 lb fish. I don't think he is so much concerned with getting every last bit of meat off the bone. Its not a 15" rainbow trout. A little bit of leftover meat isnt going to hurt anything, he got 98% of the meat anyways. Nice job and nice catch!

[alaskawill]

Most kings are in the 25 lb area, 50 lb fish are not all that common...

[metallicaman1000]

over here in lake michigan salmon 25 pounds are rare you probely think thats small

[biggav5555]

Nice work, i never realised salmon got so big. We dont have them natively over here in Australia, only in fish farms and only Atlantics(salmo salar) really and even then they only let them get to about 6kg max.

i regards to the wastage comment before mine i dont think you could have done any better with getting meat off the bone. Your knife was already running along the back bone as is shown by the back bone exposed, it just looks like alot because its a massive fish. well done again.

[vernadoon]

why do you start from the front like in 1:31 i have noticed a lot of wasted meat on the skeleton after you have done both sides

you should start from the tail fin and work your way up

[alaskawill]

more than one way to skin a cat...

the meat on the bones we grill and eat, there is no waste...

you start from the tail, I start at the front...

[Vacancyrevealed17]

Beautifully done. Filleting a fish is an art, and you make it look easy. A wonderful demonstration.

[Bluemonsterman]

Nice work... Every move can be watched twice. Every move can be watched twice. Loved the utilitarian audio interjections.

[littlegoobie]

you know you're cleaning a king when you have to walk sideways to continue the cut.

[cjacustomwoodworking]

I haven't watched this video in about a year, glad I found it again. Love salmon.

[FishTheMargins]

The cat looks interested! LOL, nice fish!

[PerfectionObsessive]

would you cold smoke those salmon? I'm planning to get a king salmon from a wholesaler.

[alaskawill]

Big fish take special attention - I have not tackled kings "cold smoked" - have the smoker full of reds, now - kings one has to inject with brine etc. and I have no experience, there. Kings make the best Squaw Candy, awesome presentation, strips 2 feet long...

Good luck with your king.

[PerfectionObsessive]

A brine for smoking is relatively short for any fish in my opinion, the purpose of it is to create pellicle which is an adherent for smoke. It'll only take 2-3 hours.

So, it's not necessary to inject a brine via syringe (for the smokey touch) as long as you keep it in the refrigerator. At least this was what I presumed.

After I find a local wholesaler, I'll tell you how it went.

[flyingtorpedo]

THose salmon are huge!

[ac3jc]

that first fish was beautiful

[buddysoldotna]

nicely done

So it goes: fins off, head off, guts out, fillets off

GOT IT

Now if I could just catch one,..

[RaptorFood911]

i caught a fish as big as my little sister once, she was 6 years old back then.

[dkahu812]

Hey, I was wondering what brand of knife you used in the video?

[alaskawill]

SWIBO is the name of the knife, made by Wenger,

Switzerland - just like the swiss army knifes...

Butcher Supply in Anchorage might carry these.

[dkahu812]

Hi, I was wondering what brand of knives you used in the video?

[lowrider2002f150]

im glad to hear that u ate the back bone i was a bit bothered until i read the comments, thanx for the vids im gonna give that a try cheers, btw nice fish

[wonderbread619]

i WISH I COULD FILLET THAT GOOD!!

[ilovemytc]

Awesome knife skillz! Nice fish! That first King was a brute! Keep the fish vids coming!

[darkmusa]

never mess with a man who can cut flesh with ease

[pkherogide]

thats what i call a man.

[prsguitars92]

SUSHI

[alaskawill]

We try to freeze a few 1 pound blocks of big king for sushi - thaw it somewhat - slice it - serve on a plate of shredded red cabbage, wasabi and soy sauce to dip in... even little kids like that

[fishermen96]

thnx. it will help me with that. What was the fucking weight on both of them fucking beautiful salmon.

[fishermen96]

where do you guys go fishing and what baits and what sise line do you use. i would appreciate if you respond with all questions answered. nice fish by the way