Champ188 Posted February 13, 2014 Posted February 13, 2014 I bury mine in ice overnight and clean em the next day. So much easier to do a near-perfect job of filleting when they are already dead and the meat is cold and firm.
Ham Posted February 13, 2014 Posted February 13, 2014 I ice mine down as well. Really bad karma filleting them out while they're flopping. I guess I'm tender hearted. I'm gonna knock em the head or something before I go to cutting. Every Saint has a past, every Sinner has a future. On Instagram @hamneedstofish
Feathers and Fins Posted February 13, 2014 Posted February 13, 2014 I bury mine in ice overnight and clean em the next day. So much easier to do a near-perfect job of filleting when they are already dead and the meat is cold and firm. Ok James I have to ask. Did you grow up in Florida? That is a classic way Floridians clean their fish, Makes it much easier and waste very little meat as many of the fish are actually more flaky because of the warm water. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Beaver-Lake-Arkansas-Fishing-Report/745541178798856
Champ188 Posted February 13, 2014 Posted February 13, 2014 F&F, didn't grow up there but spent four years in Pensacola in the late 1980s. I actually learned the tactic from my grandfather in Arkansas but you are right, lots of folks follow it in Florida. Works really good on triggerfish, red snaps and small grouper.
Justin Spencer Posted February 13, 2014 Posted February 13, 2014 I ice mine down as well. Really bad karma filleting them out while they're flopping. I guess I'm tender hearted. I'm gonna knock em the head or something before I go to cutting.I'm with you on the Karma thing. If I don't ice I try to brain stab. "The problem with a politician’s quote on Facebook is you don’t know whether or not they really said it." –Abraham Lincoln Tales of an Ozark Campground Proprietor Dead Drift Fly Shop
mjk86 Posted February 13, 2014 Posted February 13, 2014 Filleting fish at kimberling a few years back, the fish flopped and the knife went through the fish, and through my thumb almost out the other side. Wrapped my hand in the nasty fish/worm rag, and drove to the nearest ER (branson) the Kimberling city urgent care was closed....stuck in traffic on hwy 76 for an hour or so before finally getting several stitches and a tetanus shot. Ever since then I fill my livewell with ice, and they are long frozen before they ever see the knife.
Feathers and Fins Posted February 13, 2014 Posted February 13, 2014 Y'all know if you brain a fish well some of them there is jewelry to be found. Im not kidding https://www.facebook.com/pages/Beaver-Lake-Arkansas-Fishing-Report/745541178798856
Justin Spencer Posted February 13, 2014 Posted February 13, 2014 Y'all know if you brain a fish well some of them there is jewelry to be found. Im not kiddingOtolith? "The problem with a politician’s quote on Facebook is you don’t know whether or not they really said it." –Abraham Lincoln Tales of an Ozark Campground Proprietor Dead Drift Fly Shop
Quillback Posted February 13, 2014 Posted February 13, 2014 Otolith? A few years back I did some halibut fishing in Alaska, the guide insisted on getting those Otoliths out of the fish when he was cleaning them.
Feathers and Fins Posted February 14, 2014 Posted February 14, 2014 Ya figured you would get it Justin! I use to have a white seabass necklace of them. So much information packed in them. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Beaver-Lake-Arkansas-Fishing-Report/745541178798856
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