Homer Alaska Halibut Filleting "How You Do" 2009

How to properly fillet/bleed halibut to get the most meat without the hack job. Keep a razor sharp knife, and try cut it with the least amount of draws from your knife. I can't stress enough folks on correctly bleeding your fish as soon as you bring in on the boat. This will keep your meat bloodfree and flavorful. Don't forget the best treat of all.
THE CHEEKS! If you like scallops then....you will love halibut cheeks. Now the big big fish over 80 lbs is a different story. Your knife need to be longer the bigger they are. Personally I like to catch them that big, but I release all my fish over 50lbs to get the best meat possible. Plus if you didn't know. The big fish taste like cardboard and have lots of parasitic worms all through the meat! Yucky! If you can get you hands on a hundred nice fresh salmon heads, cut their cheeks out and pan fry in olive oil or butter! Follow that up with a nice dry wine and some pesto bread. YUMMY! You will be amazed trust me. Good eats and tight lines all.

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[kwarnisplayer]

What fillets knife are you using, and what do you use to lee it that Sharp! Norton stones?

[ljalaska]

@kwarnisplayer my knife is an old japanese fillet knife. I use a rada sharpener to keep it razor like! thanks

[epicchapnasty]

do u have to bleed all fish?

[ljalaska]

@epicchapnasty bleeding your fish ensures better quality in flavor and texture. who wants a bloody stanky fillet!?

so, yes!

[Carth501]

right behind the guy down at the water is a good place to get king salmon

[ljalaska]

@Carth501 have kills on soooo many salmon there! kings,silvers, and I actually caught a red there once too! And a few pimks as well! Silvers are in now! Hit the tide right. If you want reds there are a bunch of them still in Tutka B.

[bayrunnerak]

Lance you mosdef have some good GPS numbers out there! And your bait is crazy cured to perfection my man! Got to get you to do me some of that bait! We caught two 100 pounder on that one number in like 5 minutes!

[dnahoghunter]

I need you to sharpen my filet knife!!!

Great "How To"

[flamedrag18]

@epicchapnasty it keeps longer and gets rid of the blood from the meat, if you leave it unbled, you get a irony taste in the fillet and job of filleting gets messier with all the blood.

[ljalaska]

@dbowers914 the cheeks are great! try feeling with your finger tips to get an actual placement of your tip poke and cut! takes practice but....you will get it in time! thanx

[dbowers914]

what about the cheeks? i have issues with getting the whole cheek in one piece

[BioEco22]

do they catch as many ling in homer as they do in seward?