Thread: Cleaning Crappie

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It works for me, but just in case you can always go to YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.. Then for key words, use MTCC cleaning crappie.

GCF ... you'll get a little more back meat if you angle your cut a little more above the eye of the fish, then roll your blade tip & continue your cut down along the backbone. You won't be losing anything of interest, in the belly region of the fish, by angling the knife blade more towards the front of the fish.

I make a elongated S cut ... starting almost above the eye, then around the gill plate, and into the stomach area. I'm basically doing to the back/shoulders of the fish, what you're doing with your stomach cut ... opening up a easier path for the knife to follow. Once I've made the opening (S) cut ... I put the knife back into the incision, and turn it towards the tail & cut along the backbone, keeping the blade tip alongside the top ridge of the back & next to the dorsal fin. I don't worry too much about whether or not the knife blade is under the belly/rib section ... until I get at least to the middle of the fish ... as I'm disposing of that section, anyway. But, my main point (to you) & my main focus when cutting the fish, is to not sacrifice the two thumbnail sized chunks of back meat (over the eyes), in favor of a quicker/easier cut.

You can easily see the difference in the size of your filets ... if you cut one side your way, then the other side my way, and compare them side by side.

... cp

Yes, I agree with what you said CP, and you are 100 percent right. Your point, and mine too with this video, was to focus on the top side of that fish, because the belly portion or bottom side has little to no value. I was also pointing out the bone running horizontally behind rib cage and the meat left at the top if you dont angle your blade toward top side while cleaning. Thanks for the comments.

Great Video!!!

I'll tell you how to get more meat... Clean bigger fish!! Ha good instructional video Toby!

Great video and I was wondering how people did that as I always give this task to my neighbor. A man cannot do all the work you know. Catching them is hard enough for me.

Great video! Iv'e been doing mine that way for a couple of years now. it sure makes it easier!