Fillet a Fish (Snapper)

[Sramota1]

such a waste throwing all that fish away. You can make a great soup with that head and the skin is the tastiest part when cooked whole (especially on the bbq).

CRAZY !

[reef9932]

Look to be doing a lot of this when I move over in a few months. Great vid.

[thomashalo1011]

Ready for the table at my house

[elroydsilva123]

I was tired of watching people botch up nice fish. Then I watched this and it felt good. Nice job!

[888heaven888]

dont know how to eat



[hotlips4000isback2]

Snapper is one of the best fish to eat! ;)

[420floridaboy]

nice fillet man i need to take a spearfishin trip to Australia

[MADONNANZ]

Nice job! Wish I had seen this before I hacked mine to bits lol

[nzbroker]

Nice filleting and awesome Snapper!

[hashbr0wn94]

nice size snapper :P

[BH206L3]

That would have been about 50 USD worth of fish here Where I live in the States. Nice fish, You in Australia?

[SuperWerock]

thats a scup not a snaper

[chewmywake]

you butchered it.. theres more than one way to skin a cat.. who taught you that?An Afghani wheat farmer with a sickle? I,m with the crew on the wings.. unless you planned to use them in a snapper head soup.. which off course you did.. didnt you?

[9xXdarkneoXx9]

LOl at 0:05 the last fish looks mad.

[TheTheNinjaPoptart]

hey kissboy1234 only kissups names would be kissboy1234 and those gloves are to make sure you dont cut ur hand off so try and find some real person to hate on and not an awesome person on a computer just because ur scared.

[TheTheNinjaPoptart]

nice job thats how all the awesome filleters do it. what a massive fish also. did you catch them?

[AucklandRanger]

super vid :) filleted my first snapper to day cheers

[msaz93]

You leave a lot of meat off the fillets. Down under then wings, you miss heaps of filletable flesh.

[mugsyjeff]

What a shame to see all that nice meat wasted. The best part is the wings, stomach flap & skin, where most of the omega 3 oil is. The stomach flaps with the skin on a fish that fresh is the best part. Especially a fish that size. I'm getting hungry thinking about it. I'm having fish wings for tea tonight.

[piratejimmeh]

good video!

[oceanhunterNZ]

nice fillet, easy way to do.

[hashbr0wn94]

nice snapper

[hashbr0wn94]

wow nice snapper (second picture) where u fish?

[yesmann2345]

Are the pin bones down the whole fillet?

[thatlldoit]

Very nice work mate, well done. I have caught dozens of snapper around 8 to 10 kilos and am always working on refining my filleting technique. Use a similar method to you, small bit different but your method looks excellent. I caught 2 x 30 pounders this week off Adelaide, and had a nightmare breaking through the rib bones! Might have to start going over the ribs like you do. Thanks again for sharing.

[elier420]

so that's what the "V" is for!!!

thank you very much

[Carsonv1]

very nice job and nice vid, very clean :D and you didnt waste any meat.

[Tat2b]

wat a waste u mean, snapper tht big taste beter smoked and u dnt waste ne meat, but every man to their own

[karln89]

nice vid you must have a sharp knife, im gonna try it your way looks easy but i bet its bloody hard, thanks mate keep the vids coming, and why cant people just appreciate this vid, and many others,  so many ungratefull know it all negative people leave comments.

[aharvnz]

hi, just thinking that starting with the gut cavity might be a bad idea if you don't have much filleting experience as you risk contaminating the flesh. You obviously have the experience but those watching may not. Very helpful video though. Cheers

[hunter3136]

They are called snapper in australia cause a retard called james cook mistook them for a member of the true snapper family that you yanks are used to catching in the US. In Australia we call em snapper so you can shove your pogeys up your arse. By the way anyone that has ever scaled a snapper knows its a c#$t of a job and you end up covered in scales from head to toe. Whats better than 2 boneless skinless fillets, the rest for the pelicans to choke on at the boat ramp.

[Figbrain1]

i just have one problem woulnd the serated edge of your knife rip the meat? Next time just use a sharp chefs knife or something instead of some thing with a serated edge

[sw4rv3]

dam it , forget filleting snapper , just gut em and scale em then thro it in a massive baking trey ,lots of butter and oil , some onions and parcly salt n pepper , cover for an hr or so on 180 degrre heat , bobs you aucle

[srflaxu40]

Does the "discard the fat" rule apply to snapper too?

[kissboy1234]

hahaha how to you catch fish then fillet them and have no idea what they are hahaha

[bermyguy77]

ok now 1 that is a porgey and 2 nice fillet

[ObiPwnKenobi]

cool thanks

[tbutterdead]

Those did not look like snapper. Rather some very large pogeys. I think pogeys they are.

[mudchair16]

Different names in different countries and regions

[kostazo]

it's snapper dude they are from australia thats what they look like over here

[kissboy1234]

ummm i never buy them i catch them myself

[aznboi11218]

thats beautiful 5*

[wang949]

awesome thanks

[bbjboi]

wow these snappers sure do look like GIANT Pogeys

[kcr357]

Good call on the Screaming Jets. Great band

[tpttooter946]

I do the same thing with bass. The pin bones as you called them are hard to get over. If you cut through them, you get better access to the meat near the guts. Thanks!

[rikesh1984]

bad thing being a land based angler is that u dont catch big red's often :P but good vid, nice catch... keep up the good work!

[scubajenjen]

Thanks for sharing. This was helpful.

[voodoo4life]

Thanks, I can stop eating bones

[aznboi11218]

me 2

[iDumbAzn]

the ones he's holding are bulls

[iDumbAzn]

he's pretty good for an old dude

[missmemoo]

LOL. I'll tell him you think he's old. He'll crack up! :)

[fishbratt]

haha not as good as the bloke filleting mahi mahi

[missmemoo]

I'll check it out. :) Whats the users name?

[richard2mitchell]

@missmemoo i am not much of a fisher but i just moved by some clean waters and i want to my question dont it have worms?

[kissboy1234]

pussies use gloves

[missmemoo]

Thanks for that mate... although, I'm not sure that your opinion is worth passing on to him.

[davisliz92]

it isn't true. I usually use gloves to have firm contact with the skin of fish + avoid strong odors.

You might be the "pussy" by going to the store and buy fish fillets, instead of do it yourself.

[dan21lopez]

@kissboy1234 ur a douche bag...bet u couldnt filet a fish likle that...pussies cant fillet fish.

good video

[kissboy1234]

@dan21lopez yea definatly dude

[GiveUsTheBeat]

they look like porgies

[techrick1210]

well done, i'll use this tech on my next spearfishing trip

[missmemoo]

Awesome. Thanks. Have fun spearing!

[lorentius01]

Ja ke fut kot plako me ate stilin tend te sh'filetimit te dentalit

[joaopnz]

Hi there. Did you buy your fillet glove in any of the majors fishing retails on New Zealand ? Any idea what brand it is? Is looks a very good glove, not like ones been selling on trademe and other places... thank you.

[missmemoo]

Sorry this is a reply 4 MONTHS LATER!!! The glove was actually just from K-Mart! Pretty good for a cheapy.

[stuntmasta305]

I love snapper! Good fighting fish and DELICIOUS to bbq!

[tsilisb]

re xaivani etsi to xalas to psari! An ikseres kai na trws...

[Sonictunic]

Good video! I started fishing again couse of you.

[obliviousdreamer]

you're a pro

[Grimrour]

Hey nice work! Very carefully done with an impressive result.

[stevodammit1]

hi! cool vid, what bait did you use? and how did you bleed it? I'm new to the fishing scene

[missmemoo]

I generally use pieces of pilchard or squid for snapper and float them unweighted out the back of the boat into a burley trail. I don't generally bleed snapper but put them into an ice slurry. To bleed a fish I cut behind each gill to sever the artery.

Have fun.

[Arnovitz]

By far squid. I go down to bimini and catch hundreds of reds and yellowtail

[HotKebab]

There's not really much of a need to bleed snapper as it has a low blood content. Fish with a dark red flesh for an example Kahawai aka Australian salmon. All you need to do is slit the throat and break the spine of the fish. That stops the blood from clotting and makes the flesh go white.

[mrwiggles2]

Nice job, boy those bones are big. I've watched this a bunch of times, thanks a lot, great entertainment.

[missmemoo]

Glad you've enjoyed it. Bigger bones make for a bit more work filleting, but the bigger fish are great fun catching and put a good sized meal on the plate. Too big though on some fish and the meat is not as sweet.

Happy fishing,

Regards, Rodger.

[filleterluke]

the knife you used, was it a victorinox. looks similar to the one i use.

i fillet in plymouth england.

[missmemoo]

My knife is a "Frost" which is very hard steel and holds a good edge, but takes a bit more work to sharpen. I've heard of your brand and I believe they are very good. Having a good sharp blade is probably the most important part of filleting. I use an ( American made?)"Accusharp" sharpener which is very good and simple to use.

Thyanks for your comments.

[dinnerandashow]

I also recommend Global also called Yoshiken.

It can be found in gourmet shops.

One bad part, its about $80, but it works like a dream. Its one solid piece of metal, including the handle.

Light, sharp, slightly flexible and easy to maintain.

[ramskrall]

you are a rare breed

one of the few that can with the left hand, nice vid but what about the other side.

check me out RAMSKRALL im on a mission to fillet all the fish types i can.

[missmemoo]

Thanks for the comments. I used to struggle with the second side but found that if I do the basic cuts on both sides first and then take the fillet off the most awkward side first I don't have any trouble at all. I'll check out your site over the hols. My daughter has the technical brains for the net. I just catch and fillet the fish. Happy fishing and filleting.

Regards, Rodger.

[noosaslayer]

Nice fish mate, great vid, i live in Noosa but never get Snapper like that.

[missmemoo]

Thanks mate. Some top tricks here for you. Get a fishermans almanac from the book shops. Fish the black days and the strongest run of the tide. Fish up current of the spot and burley with pieces of pillies and float unweighted pillie baits back down the trail at the same speed as the current. Works a treat.

[noosaslayer]

Thanks for the tips! I'll let you know how i go over Christmas... I have to put the lunch on this year and It's not looking good thus far... lol...

[missmemoo]

Sorry for taking a while to get back to you initially. My daughter does the net work. Biggest snapper in Bundy are around Christmas in the pre dawn peak times, but they are few and far between. Most numbers area between August and October. I've found night fishing in summer to be the best.Hope you catch a feed.

[dinnerandashow]

What is that worth?

About $100 of sushi at a fancy New York Japanese restaurant?

And thats just one side.

[missmemoo]

Boned, filleted and skinned reef fish is worth between $20 and $40 a kg here depending on species, so a few fish certainly covers the cost of fuel. The big Spanish mackerel we get are worth $150 or so each. Prepped and sent to Japan they are worth around $800 or more a fish.

Happy fishing,

Regards,

Rodger

[dinnerandashow]

WOW!

No wonder Alaskan fishermen make a years salary over a few weeks.

Where in Japan can we find buyers?

And would they trust a non commercially licensed fisherman?

[missmemoo]

Yes, big rewards for the commercial guys at times when conditions are good and fish are plentiful, but hard, dangerous work. In Australia it is illegal for rec fishermen to sell commercially and there are big fines if they do. Sorry I can't hel[p with Japanese makets. Thanks for your comments.

[ProLifeFamilyAndGun]

Just had my first deep sea fishing trip with a group of Kiwis. Had a great time. Caught two Red Snapper myself. Great vid. Looking forward to using your techniques after my next trip.

[missmemoo]

Thanks Mate, Yes, best way to learn the ropes quickly and witout a lot of frustration is to go out with guys who are catching fish and know the ropes.

All the best with fishing, filleting and the eating.

Regards, Rodger.

[ProLifeFamilyAndGun]

Cheers!

[joaopnz]

Great video.

I also have one, but know as good as yours and is in portugues for my friends that live in New Zealand(I am from Brazil...).

anyway, i've been told to take a small part off the fillet, don't ask me the name, but i will try to show you.

On you video if you pause on 03:29 is that whiter part in front of your knife. It looks a bit skinny than the fillet and look like the ribs on the fish.

You end up with no bones on that part or you just don't mind them ?

thank you

Joao

[missmemoo]

Thanks Mate. If you go back to about 2:45 on the vid I cut over the main rib bones, so the bit you mention is the thin section of skin over thew ribs, but there are no bones. The pin bones are the vee cut out later in the vid, so absolutely no bones left in the final fillet. Happy fishing, filleting and eating.

Regards, Rodger.

[Cazkiwi]

Just what we were looking for - how to filet a snapper! Great video... and looked bloody delicious! :D

[missmemoo]

Thanks, glad to have been a help. It's great catching big fish, but generally the smaller ones are the best tasting, with some exceptions. Legal snapper up to the size in the video are great eating. I'm sure the ones you catch yourself taste the best.

Happy hunting. Regards, Rodger.

[dingorex]

Lucky duck,that's a kickin slab of meat,was it fair tucker?

[missmemoo]

Thanks mate. Fish was GREAT!

[janexsxhot]

Good! i love it . . thanks for posting . .!

[missmemoo]

Thanks for the comment. Happy fishing.

Regards, Rodger.

[mrwiggles2]

Thanks for sharing, looks delicious. Nice job.

[missmemoo]

The ones you catch, fillet and cook yourself always taste the best.

Regards, Rodger.

[jet79637]

hey that was excellent! is filleting all fish similiar?

[missmemoo]

Thanks for your comment. Most of the smaller fish are the same (check out our other video) but with the bigger fish it can get a bit different (like spanish mackeral). You can divide the fish into quarters (length ways) and get about 5 fillets off each section depending on the size of the fish. Hopefully we'll get a video of that up at some stage... just have to wait for the next successful fishing trip. Stay tuned. :)

[DooberXL]

Unlike some of the stupid morons on youtube, you did an extremely good job with that fillet! Very clean, very little meat wasted! Goodjob!

[missmemoo]

Hey thanks mate. He's had a lot of practice. Hey check out our other video. Not as good as this one though. We're hopeing to upload a few more videos... maybe of some fish recipes as well. So stay in tune!

[awesomeberri]

pfffffft

[akadragonflyninja]

Awesome vid, good job! What's with the stupid comment - couldn't you think of something more intelligent to say other than a sound?