How To Fillet a Northern Pike & Remove Y-bones

As shown at http://canoecampfish.com - Well illustrated video showing how to fillet and clean Northern Pike and remove the y-bones. With the ybones gone the fillets are boneless. Contributions by my dog and kids.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Northern
• Pike
• Y-bones
• ybones
• Clean
• cleaning
• Fish
• Fishing
• fillet
• filleting
• filet

[albertansportsman]

well done ! i'm glad i found this!!

[msakowski]

@albertansportsman Thanks for the comment. Yes, northern pike are pretty good when fried and you don't stab yourself with bones every time you take a bite!

[refinisherman]

Is it the same for a pickerel.? I just got back from a trip in Maine,caught a ton of pickerel, only ate one because of the bones.

[msakowski]

I am fairly certain it is the same. Pike and pickerel are both species of the genus esox.

[murray14141]

nice vid, i like the drawings. thanks

[msakowski]

Thanks!

[tristancooper1997]

@refinisherman im sure its a little late but yes its the same way.... when are u comeing back up here?

[onthetboat]

Just as others have posted, I liked the drawings with the vid. Heading back to Mn. to fish the area I spent my summers when much younger. Looking for the big one....or two....or three... Thanks!

[MrDae006]

The drawings where very good. Much easier to understand where the "Y" bones are compared to an actual fillet.

[jetshull]

good vid. but the best part is frying those fillets up....maaan they are good.

[thegipper77]

Really nice mate! The diagrams helped out quite a bit