Each to there own if done correctly an electric will do as good of a job as a regular knife, some are just not that good at it. I have not cleaned a fish with a regular knife going on 30 years, except Northern Pike.
When I see folks butcher beautiful fish in videos with electric knives it makes me cringe.
The art of filleting a fish old school where you follow the skeleton of the fish wastes very little meat .
I know when you have a pile of fish to clean its tempting to hack and whack at them .
But to be sure if you would spend about twice the time and use a regular really sharp fillet knife ,you will get much more meat off the fish .
I can fillet about any size fish with a good sharp knife and it isn't terribly difficult to do .
I often hear a ten inch crappie does not have enough meat on it to keep it .
Some even say you cant fillet bluegill under 8 inches .
neither statement is true or factual ,the meat amount is proportionate to the fish size .
this knife in the photo cost a whopping 2.97 and is NOT made in the USA
But it is a great little knife to clean fish with .
This is just a post to hopefully encourage folks to get the most out of their kept ketches.
Practice a little old school filleting next chance you get
once you understand the skeletal features of the fish you can burn thru a pile pretty quickly .
And yes i know i could have done better on this little bluegill ,but the pile was large and after a few beers , I was a bit surgically challenged
KABOOM is for sure the word btw
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Each to there own if done correctly an electric will do as good of a job as a regular knife, some are just not that good at it. I have not cleaned a fish with a regular knife going on 30 years, except Northern Pike.
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I've used both, and can do pretty good with an electric knife after a few to get back in the swing of it, but even tho I can do pretty good with the electric. I still prefer the old school knife. I hate seeing any meat still left on the bones, and I can't seem to get that close with the electric knife. But have watched a lot of videos where some people can
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I don't disagree with you, but for me, I can't feel the bones with the electric, so I do a better job with a regular filet knife. I've watched a lot of videos of guys that can use an electric knife just as good as a regular one. When they pick the fish up. All you can is bonesSent from my SM-S260DL using Crappie.com Fishing mobile app
I have both old school knife and electric knife. If I have only a few fish to clean,I old school it. If I have alot of fish to clean,I break out the electric rapala. Both are very efficient for the job.
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The last video i saw of someone using an electric knife was a VERY experienced angler and it was pretty flat out horrible to see big beautiful crappie turned into crappie chunks , hence the reason I posted this thread
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