Thanks for posting this. Yes, the large fillets cook a lot better when cut into chunks or pieces.

I was watching this at work and was like wtf, is there a cat in here haha. Great Vid great fillet job.

Thanks! I hope it will help those learning to fillet. Nothing beats a nice boneless piece of fish!

Yes, that was my cat Zeus. Indoor only, I had to lock him in the bathroom just to keep him out of the way, and he wasn't too impressed, because he knew fish were being filleted. Usually he's on the chair next to me patting my arm with his paw letting me know he's ready for a piece of fish.

@gewglesux Yes, taking the fillet off works for everything we have in Lake Temagami, Smallmouth Bass, Lake Trout, Whitefish, Pike, and Walleye. Any similar body fish will work with this method as well. The big difference is where the bones are perpendicular into the fillet from the fish body (the ones I showed how to remove). Some are located slightly higher than others from species to species.

Nice Job Mike! Thanks for sharing! You are making me hungry! Stay Safe! Bill Goudy

What a Production!! Thanks for this video! That piece looked good enough to eat through the Monitor! Very detailed! Does this method also work for other"body similar fish"? Welldone!

@gewglesux Deboning as shown is for fish like bass, trout, and walleye and can be done with a minimal amount of meat taken out, leaving a bone free fillet. Fish with a Y-Bone structure in their sides like pike and whitefish either require a large strip taken out, or a slightly modified approach. I will try and get a video done on that when the right fish comes along. :) The thickness of the bones also varies from species to species, and I find trout are finer and harder to feel.

In our area there are many people that call walleye 'pickerel'. Growing up hearing it all my life has made for a hard adjustment to call them 'walleye' all the time.

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I hear that! I grew up in Huntsville, and never heard them called walleye. Then I found out there's a whole unrelated family of fish called pickerel (scientific genus Esox), so I trained myself to start calling our "pickerel" walleye to avoid confusion. It's the same deal as our red-breasted robin (no relation to the European robin) and the Eurasian elk (moose): settlers with no deep knowledge of zoology naming things after things they already knew.

He's persistent. He hates to miss a fish being cleaned, and is always at the table by the time I get the newspaper down and knife out. :)

Great! now will you come and clean mine? :)

Nice video. Sounded like a cat in the background wanted a piece of the action.

you only have to do this 18" or bigger fish

I laugh my ass off at that cat!!

why are you calling that a pickerel that a walleye

Nice video but learn how to pronounce fillet.