Filleting your fish

[craigie]

G'day Hutcho,

What date is your filleting course ? I'm about to book into one as well. Will also be booking into the Seafood B-B-Q course.

Cheers
Craigie.

[Hutcho]

I just PM'd you Craigie on details, beg of Feb. Good luck squire. Let me know how you go.

[Igus]

I'm another fish skinner. Particularly when you get a big feed of winter whiting. Its so much simpler, to knock a fillet of each side with the skin and scales intact, flip the fillet over and scoop out the rib bones with the tip of the knife, then skin the fillet from the tail end. You thin have two nice fillets and a good fish frame for your next crabbing episode.

[blaze]

Hi
I used to scale fish and somebody told me to skin, havent scaled a fish in 20 years. I also hate eating fishbones so I tend to waste a bit of flesh to get a boneless fillet
cheers
blaze

[craigie]

Hutcho,

I too am booked into the early Feb Filleting Class at 'Sam's'.
See ya on the night.

Plan on doing the cooking classes in the near future as well.

Cheers
Craigie.

[fishman9000]

Being a Chef by trade i have filleted many many fish flathead are the simpliest YOU NEED A SHARP KNIFE the bloke that says otherwise probaly has 9 fingers dull knifes cut more people and hack flesh and fingers.Cut the fillets off your fish then run your knife down the rib cage when it gets to the skin turn and run the knife along the skin the skin and bone come away in one hit the small amount of flesh in the rib cage is not worth the time or effort makes great crab bait though also learn how to use a steel this keeps your knifes in good nic if you have a restaurant that you frequent often ask the chef to show you it can save you money and they general don't mind showing good clients a thing or to.

[Hutcho]

Thanks for your tips Fishman 9000. There is another post floating around under General Chat about Sam's Filleting course. They showed us how to fillet and skin, bone etc a lizard there. Not as hard as I thought it may be. A sharp knife is def part of the artillery though.

Cheers
H

[bazzaman]

Heres a tip for scaling winter whiting not too sure on the summeries!! Get an onion bag from your local fruit shopt...Next time your out take it with you and when you have a feed of whiting thats when the onion bag comes into play!!....Place the whiting in the onion bag and have approx two to three metres of rope tied to it.....Place the bag out the back of the boat (tied to somewhere on the boat) Then slowly ( couple of knots i suppose) troll the bag of whiting behind the boat for a minute or two and then you have scaled whiting fillets!! mY GRANDFATHER showed me this trick and it saves alot of scaling if your catchin them by the hundreds when thyre on!!! Food for thought!! Try it next time!!

Cheers Shane