How to Fillet a fish (you guys would know best)

[dogfish246]

So here is my latest video because a bunch of my friends know I fish a lot, and they have been out a lot lately. Prob is they keep asking me to fillet their fish. So I made a how to video to give them as step by step of the process...

Let me know what you think and if you have any tips or a different technique!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GPYfqWgJfY

[NoLimit]

The link is to an Olive Garden Commercial?

[dogfish246]

The link is to an Olive Garden Commercial?

Really? It just takes me to the video???? I can see if I can repost the link... Weird!

[HDMarc]

Looks like a guy filleting a blackfish to me

[Gerry Zagorski]

No Olive Garden Commercials for me.... Might be something in your computer. Companies data mine and watch your particular habits on your computer and where you go and what you've looked at recently and serve up ads to you. As an example, if I've been looking at something on Amazon, I might see that item I've been looking as an ad on other sites I visit. If you've been looking at Italian foods or recipes you might see an Olive Garden ad. Point is your ads are going to vary from what I see based on what we've been looking at our computers.

Great detailed video on Filleting the fish by the way..... Me personally, every time I clean a fish it turns into fish sticks... Kinda like every once and a while my wife has a lapse of judgement and asks me to throw in a load of wash in and everything is shrunk.. She no longer asks me and none of my crew asks me to clean fish either, which is fine by me :rolleyes:

[rumster]

I appreciate the effort, but you should never cut towards your hand unless you want to go to the hospital. Instead make the first cut in back of the head hold the fishes head with your left hand and cut away from your body with your right hand going from the head to the tail. Obviously which hand does what depends upon if your righty or lefty. The way I mentioned is for a righty, just switch hands if your lefty. Good Luck

[MrAC1980]

Nice video and not trying to steal your thunder but also look at my video of how to do similar with an electric knife that never needs sharpening. :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TReAaGmZYQI&feature=c4-overview&list=UU1QFw5LNqIqJ0xu2bbMEFWA

[dogfish246]

I appreciate the effort, but you should never cut towards your hand unless you want to go to the hospital. Instead make the first cut in back of the head hold the fishes head with your left hand and cut away from your body with your right hand going from the head to the tail. Obviously which hand does what depends upon if your righty or lefty. The way I mentioned is for a righty, just switch hands if your lefty. Good Luck

Yea, my friends are giving me grief about that too lol... I didnt even realize how bad it looks until watching the video myself. Your way sounds a lot safer, but my hand was never in any danger because I was in complete control of the knife. But def better if you cut away from your hand!

[dogfish246]

Nice video and not trying to steal your thunder but also look at my video of how to do similar with an electric knife that never needs sharpening. :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TReAaGmZYQI&feature=c4-overview&list=UU1QFw5LNqIqJ0xu2bbMEFWA

I like the electric fillet knife! I also like your skinning strategy! Cool!

[MrAC1980]

Keep an eye out at ShopRite or WalMart because they often go on sale for cheap like 10bucks. No need for those 100dollar expensive ones that does the same thing. Yes I've burnt up two or three over the years but so what, for 10bucks go buy another one, haha. I've done everything except fluke with it and it works great!

[xperks22]

Great video, well done ! Will subscribe to your youtube channel return the favor. Looking forward to some more videos.

[fishguy]

I had to stop watching b/c I was cringing at your technique. Any second I thought you were going to cut your finger off. Sorry but that is a terrible way to filet. NEVER cut toward your hand. Go on a party boat with an experienced mate if you want to learn how to filet a tog.
I still got the willies...

[RnK]

I had to stop watching b/c I was cringing at your technique. Any second I thought you were going to cut your finger off. Sorry but that is a terrible way to filet. NEVER cut toward your hand. Go on a party boat with an experienced mate if you want to learn how to filet a tog.
I still got the willies...


EXACTLY - you know at some point it is going to happen!

[codbuster]

Electric knife.. the only way to go!!! A little difficult with small ling and porgies but for c-bass,tog etc, the only way to do lots quickly and a much nicer presentation of the fillet!!

[Irish Jigger]

Dexter Russell 2333-9 with a glove and away from the hand.

[Pennsy Guy]

I had to stop watching b/c I was cringing at your technique. Any second I thought you were going to cut your finger off. Sorry but that is a terrible way to filet. NEVER cut toward your hand. Go on a party boat with an experienced mate if you want to learn how to filet a tog.
I still got the willies...
I thought you came close a couple of times and grimaced...watch the mates on a head boat...I learned 90%-no, 99% about cleaning fish from them!!! And a couple of years ago, a second technique for loining tuna...Personally, I don't like a super sharp knife for skinning as I cut through the skin with a sharpy...any meat left next to skin is my dinner with wasabi & ginger that night...of course, only if there's one in the box...
Probably don't have the knife flat on the board while skinning-nice tip...thanks..