Filleting - getting through the ribs

[Crappie Greg]

For me it takes about the same time with ether but like someone already said you don't waste as much meat with a regular knife or at least that's the way it works for me.

Done properly you will not waste any more with an electric than a standard fillet knife, and I can clean at least 2:1 with the electric over manual

[NIMROD]

Done properly you will not waste any more with an electric than a standard fillet knife, and I can clean at least 2:1 with the electric over manual

It depends on person with manual knife . Never seen anyone get as much with an electric knife . We don't cut out ribs later but over them .

[chaunc]

I use an American angler. Just my preference as I can fillet crappies with any knife.

[siscoken]

Fillet small crappie - YouTube

[crappiehoarder]

Fillet small crappie - YouTube

Too slow,imo

[speckfinder]

Too slow,imo

no kiddin

[CrappiePappy]

It depends on person with manual knife . Never seen anyone get as much with an electric knife . We don't cut out ribs later but over them .

I actually get more meat with an electric knife, than many I see cleaning fish with a fillet knife. "They" seem to always make the cut in an almost straight line (90deg angle) down the side of the fish, just outside of the gill plate. (and yes, I have seen some people do the same with an elec. knife ... so it's not a matter of which knife is being used, but whom is using it !! )

I make my cut at a S curve angle, taking more meat from the "head" area, then cutting around the gill plate and then curving towards the stomach area. That extra inch or so of "head" meat more than compensates for the thin layer of meat I lose by cutting out the ribs ... even if I don't make a V cut around them.

... cp

[huntinslabs]

I use way to much water to run an electric knife. I rinse off fish, cut a side off, rinse filet rinse fish and rinse table, cut other side off and rinse all again, remove skin on both and rinse all again and into the ice brine and repeat. I do not like any blood or slime drying on table or filet at any stage. Takes me about an 45 minutes to clean a limit but I know my fish is clean and fresh. Not gonna preach it as best practice but thats how I was taught and works for me.

[siscoken]

Too slow,imo

The topic was how to get thru the ribs. .....Not Whats the fastest way to clean a crappie

[chulai1968]

That is one sharp knife! !!
In the video.