Thread: New fillet knife recommendation please

The choices are practically endless. Best advice I can give is Rapala fillet knives. Fairly cheap and easily resharpened.

I have several different one's but the Rapala's are my favorite. Got a new one last winter at Walmart for about three bucks but haven't tried it yet.

Dexter Russell Sani-safe. They supply a SIGNIFICANT portion of the knives used commercial food-processing industry. I've got 2 of them in my "fillet bucket".

Originally Posted by DoyleAlley

Dexter Russell Sani-safe. They supply a SIGNIFICANT portion of the knives used commercial food-processing industry. I've got 2 of them in my "fillet bucket".

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There are Dexter Russell's, then there's the wanna be's that people make-do with

This Billy Betts knife was recommended on this forum by some people and I bought it. I have not used it enough to adequately assess it other than 'it worked fine.' As for sharpening it, I dunno but I assume that you can. I like the plastic scabbard. I like that it is a 6 inch knife. The reason I bought was because my Bubba Blade knife (I think it is a 9 inch) seems too long for bream. The smaller knife is better. I think it was $7 total, so, I was good with that!

One thing I noticed about this knife is the edge. I don't know much about knives but the sharpening method on this knife left countless striation marks along the edge. I think some knives are sharpened by chemical etching these days? Or laser? LOL, I don't know, all I know is it's unique. It cut fine, I just mention it because the edge looks 'different.'

I seem to recall the member, @Ketchn, on here likes this knife. Maybe he will chime in.

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I picked up 2 of the Billy Bay knives at Cabelas for 4.99 ea 2 weeks ago. I've only cleaned 27 bluegill and 14 crappie with them. That said they are sharp and have worked just as well as the Rapala knives I've been using. With Rapala I've been using the wood handle made in Finland ( Finnish ancestry) and the black soft grip handle. As livemusic said I kind of like the plastic case that it comes with to protect the blade and you.

I noticed you said you never know where you’ll wind up cleaning fish, I bought cordless rechargeable Bass Pro filet knife and have been very pleased. To ea his own, I just aint a fan of ol fashion fish cleanin