Filleting

[The Great Wallsendo]

Just filleted todays catch...LOL...4 lowly Macky, best to a 1lb I reckon...:red:

I thought I'd try doing it "properly"...stuck on the Best of Pink Floyd (couldn't play the Eagles - wouldn't have felt right somehow)

...anyway - it wasn't actually that hard, much to my surprise, as long as you have a geet geet sharp knife it seems pretty easy...took me ages like...I reckon I could prob get through the whole of Tubular Bells 1 and 2 with a box full of Cod and Ling

...mind I don't think I'm ready for the Boats catch just yet (although maybe Norman will let me try on a smally Cod one time )

 

[oldessox]

Mackerel are a doddle to fillet , but the first cod I tried didn't know where to start , but with the help of Mr Charltons video I can fillet a whole cod and still have 7 fingers left
Actually it's a brilliant video for anyone who wants to learn how to do it , it was a great help to me , I've filleted trout for years but they definitely aint cod .

Ray.

 

[mark]

mackeral are indeed a doddle. I lop there heads off at the gills, which also bleeds em and makes em keep longer and taste better, then gut them, then knife flat against the tail and whip it straight down the back bone, turn it over and repeat, 2 cuts - 2 fillets for the smoker!

 

[The Great Wallsendo]

Now I know Macky are a doddle - but I wanted to try the surgical approach to filletting...not the bait cutter style (as H Fearnley W calls it)

I reckon I'm ready for a small Cod

 

[gazzawill]

practace makes perfect tony mate keep it up

 

[phill_itofish]

mackeral are indeed a doddle. I lop there heads off at the gills, which also bleeds em and makes em keep longer and taste better, then gut them, then knife flat against the tail and whip it straight down the back bone, turn it over and repeat, 2 cuts - 2 fillets for the smoker!

and if you want to take it a step further chop out the ribs by running the knife straight down the back of them, then theres that row of bones down the middle of the fillets, run the knife down either side of them but not through the skin, then pull that row of bones out, walla boned fillets.

 

[Oblickta]

In good conditions ie kitchen I can make a good job but still struggle on a rolling boat

 

[mark]

maybe try this method??

YouTube - Bear Grylls eating a raw fish

 

[Oblickta]

I hope he has a license for that

 

[The Great Wallsendo]

maybe try this method??

YouTube - Bear Grylls eating a raw fish

He's a bit of a kn*b isn't he...I bet Ray Mears would kick his a*** in a fight and then skin him and eat him whilst imbibing native Indian Fire Water

 

[mark]

He's a bit of a kn*b isn't he...I bet Ray Mears would kick his a*** in a fight and then skin him and eat him whilst imbibing native Indian Fire Water

Gay Mears?? any man that wears such short shorts, as tight as his, tucks his shirt into them, wears socks with sandals and has perfectly clean hands and nails despite what he does needs to come out of the closet.

 

[The Great Wallsendo]

Gay Mears?? any man that wears such short shorts, as tight as his, tucks his shirt into them, wears socks with sandals and has perfectly clean hands and nails despite what he does needs to come out of the closet.

I'll bide my time for a witty response...can't really google things like "Gay Bears" at work...:red:

 

[Marc]

I'll bide my time for a witty response...can't really google things like "Gay Bears" at work...:red:

I should learn......

Honestly, Wallsendo, don't do it, I clicked the first link and shot back from the screen faster than a bullet.

Just hope Lisa doesn't check my history

 

[phill_itofish]

I should learn......

Honestly, Wallsendo, don't do it, I clicked the first link and shot back from the screen faster than a bullet.

Just hope Lisa doesn't check my history

lol why would you even type it in lmao

 

[Marc]

lol why would you even type it in lmao

It's a quite work day today, what more can I say.

Might be the only one to admit typing it, but bet you I wasn't the only one, ha ha.