07-08-2021, 01:50 PM
Okay to start off I admit I never keep more than 10 -15 fish at a time (in fact I hardly ever keep any fish), my family simply don't like fish, except for me... But I've found that once T.D. taught me how to fillet and I quit worrying about getting every morsel of meat, I can hand fillet them almost as fast as I can clean up my electric knife after... So I, 9 times out of 10, just use my hand fillet knife and power through them. But it didn't use to be that way. I was two hours on a couple fish, but good instruction can definitely help cut your timeline... I know Pat uses the electric most of the time, but his techniques apply to the hand knife as well and that's what I do and it works great. I do have a stiffer blade so I can cut through the bones without much difficulty (except on heavy boned fish) anyway if you have a chance to see Pat at the cleaning station go watch him do a few, but don't blink or he will be done... Good luck... Jeff
When things get stressful think I'll go fish'en and worry about it tomorrow!