Best Fish Filleting Method

[SOUTHSIDESLIDERZZ]

thanx mate i just done my first filleting by myself and i am just waiting for the g.f to cook it to taste it

[micahgee]

Soo much blood! Ever tried bleeding them out?

[coelhjo]

@micahgee No, but I rinse the fillets thoroughly afterward to remove all blood, stray scales and slime.

[micahgee]

@coelhjo

Well its a very simple way to reduce the amount of blood you will deal with when filleting any kind of fish. Use a small pair of sharp scissors (I use a pair of Fiskars) to cut the gills *before* the fish is dead so that the blood is bled out of the body.

I think your video is great don't get me wrong, I just think if you bleed them out it would be even cleaner with less washing.

[priyanthab1]

amazing fish cutting

[jtdrummer2112]

Finally a good video. Great job! Can't wait to try it. NO SCALES!!!!

[tuffboy11]

like if you laughed when he said "two flaps hanging"

[EmiliaBlank]

You're ganna need a sharper knife.

[crazydriver1978]

my beltone battery must be going dead. will you turn up the volume please?

[dougsoutdoors]

@utoober905 u should veep sunnies and crappie they r good

[alundrasrt]

Nice method

[utoober905]

great demo! I don't keep sunfish or crappie but I may do so now. You made it look hassle free! A buddy told me he gets meat from the cheeks too.

[mikecorbeil]

Good video demonstration.

[McCauley676]

A lot of the bluegill that I catch have eggs, I still keep them usually but it still bothers me :/

[k9captainkickass]

Great work, but I wish you would have done the one fish all the way. You cleaned the left of one then edited to another fish with the right side already done.

[Bronzeback134r]

Very nice every time I go fishing I always catch big 3/4 pound bluegills its and the bluegill are good eating too!

[anaxun]

mındar etti hayvanı...

[sirbogard]

Thats How i do it! Nice to see someone else not waste meat! You could prolly throw him back in the water and he would swim around for a bit lol No major organs touched.

[insectsfairandmoreSA]

Nice

[outandaboutandout]

Good job will be trying it next weekend

[JoeSkylynx]

Amazing job on the fillets!

[stickinu21]

god peoples comments on youtube are stupid

[MsNewt06]

it is alive....and although i appreciate the sharing of filleting knowledge, i do not appreciate letting fish seeing fish alive and out of water...

[MrIsrael79]

Good video and thanks for explaining everything and not using an electric knife

[crystalclearscience]

I just filleted a bluegill for my first time tonight and I think this tecnique would work better

[kimarmama]

I've been watching videos about filleting fish. This is the only one that really makes sense to me, that I think I could actually do for myself. Thanks.

[YURIISAAKOV]

BRAVO MAESTRO. GREAT JOB!

[pops51201]

during the first cut,the fish in the sink is alive

[radgoodguy]

@pops51201 sometimes the garbage bag moves when i am done fileting haha

[swagmanic]

This fish has two left sides. So much easier to fillet!

[wanker696cum]

chopping board looks like a cricket bat (Y)

[AtlanticSpamHammer]

0:30 - the fish flopped on the bottom :O

[Honeebuket]

@megplyr8: no he didn't.. Pin bones are part of the ribcage. Which he took out.

[megplyr8]

Not boneless left all the pinbones in

[tbarius2]

@megplyr8 -.- not all fish have pinbones.  This one just has ribs.

[jhead529]

great video, thanks for posting. i caught twenty bluegill over the weekend, can't wait to eat them.

[ZombieKiller612]

thanks bro I for got how to fillet small fish

[lilcrazydude93]

i use this same method for crappie to its works magic its nice to see others use the same one

[BoldCreations]

is this cutting board your own invention i would luv to get something like it for my Dad it would be a great fathers day gift!

[coelhjo]

@BoldCreations

It's not my invention. I got it at a big box store a long time ago. They still sell these, but usually the board is plastic and the jaws don't seem to open quite as wide -- not good for bigger fish.

[peanutking242]

@coelhjo it would be awesome for live eels

[coelhjo]

@peanutking242: Probably so! It does work on a surprisingly diverse array of fish, as they share a similar anatomy. I've used it on all the panfishes, basses, and catfish. You have to be careful with paddlefish, though. One time I cut through the spine because it's made of cartilage and doesn't provide enough resistance for the knife.

[mariont75]

@peanutking242 i thought paddle fish are illegal to catch???

[coelhjo]

@mariont75 There are snagging seasons in Illinois and Missouri, with very conservative limits.

[Kakashi101sensi]

@coelhjo The board that they make is designed to grab on the tail only not the whole head of the fish =/ I fillet my fish with nothing but a regular cutting board with my left hand holding the fishy's mouth...I stopped cuz i foound it to be less wasteful to just descale the fish, gutt and de-fined. And to cut it into thress or fours depending on the fish and just cook it as a borth/soup or fry... Descaling with a spoon and glove can be done quite fast, thout its messy as hell....

[bluefoxicy]

@Kakashi101sensi Look into Sanmai-Oroshi (i.e. mackerel) or Gomai-oroshi (i.e. flounder, fluke... flat fish) with a Japanese Deba for minimal waste. Also: use the bones and tail for fish stock, use the head for soup (fish head soup).

[rltw04]

That fish in the sink is like OH SHIT!!!!!!!!!

Great vid by the way. I'm gonna go fillet some damn bluegill!

[outdoorsman715]

where are ya?

[coelhjo]

@outdoorsman715: Missouri

[callaghanI4L]

nice viddd

[lordlong]

wished i saw this vid earlier today before i started to fillet the perch I caught...

[stronghuman]

thx for posting this video..

[muskymod]

Nice technique, but......the pin bones or lateral line bones do NOT fry out, and for some reason always find their way to the small gap between molars....very painful.

[Winkiedoodles]

Your vid came up as related to a fish filleting vid I just posted. Your technique of filleting panfish (such as bluegill) is basically identical to mine.  Folks have said you don't "get a lot" off a blue gill but that's because they are a small fish to start with.

[9showoffsin1]

Their is pin bones in their you can get those out by making a small V cut right were the ribes meet the flap of the meat.

[coelhjo]

While that is true, the pin bones are so small in most fish that it is not necessary to remove them. They are either too small to be noticed or they are destroyed during cooking. I've only seen the V cut done on very large fish such as northern pike.

[FishboiFishboi]

@9showoffsin1 yeah i was thinking the same... the meat is 80% boneless

[Michlimania]

It seems like you get very little flesh to eat, and scrap an awful lot of fish.

I prefer scaling, gutting, then running a skewer through the mouth to the tail and suspending the fish over open fire.

It just seems you utilize more of the fish and waste very little.

Nice vid though on the art of the fillet.

[coelhjo]

Absolutely incorrect.  With practice, almost no flesh is wasted. You get all of it to eat. What you scrap is skin, bones and guts. If you understand fish anatomy, this result is quite clear.

Scaling and gutting just makes a big mess, although I do appreciate the open fire cooking technique.

[2066241]

thats oretty close to how i do it i have tried you way buy when i cut the meat off of your i dont feel comfortable with the knife coming at me so i turn it around!!5*

[coelhjo]

It looks like the knife is coming toward my body, but it's not. That's an illusion caused by the perspective of the camera. The knife is actually moving sideways relative to my body.

[LovelyCounting]

very cool vid... i'm going fishing tomorrow and wanted to know how to clean a fish :)

[Bangelo95]

thanks for teaching me lol

[pikefisherman3]

nice. that's how i do it, but i scale 'em , especially bluegills

[coelhjo]

There's no need to scale them; it's a waste of time and makes a bigger mess.

[BungeeRashnid]

Dude that was cool. thanks for posting.