Perch ice fishing and filleting Video 1/27/25

[BearLakeFishGuy]

I do mine very similar, but I also use a regular fillet knife to debone after I'm done slabbing them (like MWScott72) and it does save a lot of meat. I used two different Mister Twister's and both wore out, but I was literally doing thousands of perch per month on Lake Michigan while in grad school. I then spent a bit more money an American Angler PRO model and have yet to replace it after nearly 30 years. I also switch to the "narrow" blades for the small fish, like perch, since it is more nimble and again, it saves some meat. On the larger fish (big cutthroat, salmon, steelhead, and even halibut) the PRO model excels. It has a larger motor and doesn't overheat hot when going through the large fish. It also comes with battery clips, a cigarette lighter adaptor or just the 120V which is what I use 95% of the time.