fish skinner

[joejv4]

My great uncle used to have one, it was pretty cool. I can see it cutting down time when you aren't filleting them, but I run the knife between the skin and fillet meat faster than I would ever be able to clamp on to the skin and crank the handle.

[DRPEPPER]

I didn't know they were still available. Thanks for the site. When I was a boy in the sixties, I helped my grandfather skin thousands of redears with one. I bought one about twenty years ago and still have it and use it occasionally when I get the urge to cook fish "like they used to". I cut the head and tail off, remove the fins then clamp the skin similar to how you described. You are left with a chunk of fish that still has the bones. But they are quite tasty that way.
DP

[ReelFun]

Never used a electric knife. I guess I'm stuck in the old ways. Still do them boneless skinless and like them that way the best.