Cleaning your catch

[Boudreauxsbaits]

For those of you who have never cleaned a fish here is one way of doing it.

[joejv4]

Nice step-by-step! Good photography too.

Took me a couple tries to teach my son last weekend - probably could have done it quicker with pictures.

[Boudreauxsbaits]

My dad took me out and had me catch about 40 pearch and practice and did this 3 or 4 times before he let me do it on any other fish.

[greatthosu]

Do you cut the ribcage bones out?

[papasage]

greatthosu look at 4th pick close

[FishnLine]

That's the way I like doing it. It sure beats scaling them.

[billhaik]

That is easier than the way I do it, but, I like to scale them first. rinse the loose scales off, then cut the filet off, but cut around the rib cage, avoiding cutting into the entrails. Then I remove the skin the same way. This takes longer, but, is a whole lot less messy. This also doesn't dull my knife as fast.

[msbanker]

Where is the the plug in for the electric knife

[Boudreauxsbaits]

Do you cut the ribcage bones out?

Yes, I just slide the blade between the ribs and meat and slice it off.

[Boudreauxsbaits]

Where is the the plug in for the electric knife

You do it the same way with the electric knife. These pics were taken to show the steps.