Burwell Thursday
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You need to get your self an electric knife I can do at least 100 an hour. As long as someone is taking the ribs out.
Good fishing guys. Hey @meridian just wondering if you use an electric filleting knife? Why I ask is because I can fillet 80 perch in an 1 1/2 hours (that's taking the ribs out myself) and not have a bone left in them using the electric. I started using them years ago and never looked back, incredible difference. I bucked the notion for years before I gave in and tried one. After I kicked myself for being so stubborn about staying with my trusted hand filleting knife. For walleye I use the bigger Mr. Twister Piranha that makes even 10 pounders child's play.
Just trying to save you time and once you get the knack it will produce the best fillets with the least waste. @Way She Goes just beat me to the punch before I could click, but then again I'm older.
A couple of photos showing electric filleting results.
Walleye
Perch
Just trying to save you time and once you get the knack it will produce the best fillets with the least waste. @Way She Goes just beat me to the punch before I could click, but then again I'm older.
A couple of photos showing electric filleting results.
Walleye
Perch
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saltybigstick
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Cut down to back bone behind the gill turn and run to the tail along back bone I cut them threw and hold them with punchers to run the blade under the skin like 30 seconds per fish I always work with the back to me 2 guys 1 with the electric and one with sharp knife taking out ribs less then a hr to do 100
I agree with the electric knives
They make cleaning fish easier !
We were out Thursday as well , 3 of us (2 rookies)
Caught well over 150 but kept only 90
I cleaned all 90 myself in 1 hour
They make cleaning fish easier !
We were out Thursday as well , 3 of us (2 rookies)
Caught well over 150 but kept only 90
I cleaned all 90 myself in 1 hour
packrat
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awww there you go showing off againGood fishing guys. Hey @meridian just wondering if you use an electric filleting knife? Why I ask is because I can fillet 80 perch in an 1 1/2 hours (that's taking the ribs out myself) and not have a bone left in them using the electric. I started using them years ago and never looked back, incredible difference. I bucked the notion for years before I gave in and tried one. After I kicked myself for being so stubborn about staying with my trusted hand filleting knife. For walleye I use the bigger Mr. Twister Piranha that makes even 10 pounders child's play.
Just trying to save you time and once you get the knack it will produce the best fillets with the least waste. @Way She Goes just beat me to the punch before I could click, but then again I'm older.
A couple of photos showing electric filleting results.
Walleye
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Perch
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Well boys and girls the old silver barn was up last year but this year all but one end of it has slid down toward the lake and the visible end you can see when your on your way in from Hastings. Between Sandhills and Burwell
Oh great, now we'll never know where that stupid silver barn is!
I have had a number of them and here's my observations:
- The Rapala cordless was pretty decent but the batteries didn't last very long. This was an older model, maybe the new ones are better.
- The 120V Rapala is a good knife and runs quite fast. I have beat mine up bad for about 5 years and it's still going strong
- I have a 120V Berkley which is also decent but runs much slower than the Rapala. It isn't as good for hogging the fillets off big fish but it is actually nicer for skinning, ribbing, & doing smaller fish like perch.
I had a Rapala 110 volt plug-in that burnt out not lasting the season. I now have a Rapala Deluxe cordless which is just OK for smaller perch but like all cordless does not have the power for big fish and overheats easily when doing large batches of perch. I use a 110 volt Mr. Twister Saltwater Piranha with a 9 inch blade for pickerel, salmon and trout and use the smaller blade when doing large batches of perch. It is a brute that has the power to make child's play of the big guys so I highly recommend it for big fish.
If doing lots of fish each year the best by far for perch or smaller pickerel is the #1 rated American Angler Pro (definitely my next knife) but also carries the highest price tag. My second choice would be the heavy duty Rapala which has 2x the torque of the regular model. Both are 110 volt and built to last. I would not buy another cordless model because they lack power in my opinion and precisely why they heat up when heavily worked.
American Angler 32350 Pro Electric Fillet Knife
Rapala Heavy Duty Electric Fillet Knife
fishing girl pink
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Yup we got one so fast.
fishing girl pink
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Nice job.Good fishing guys. Hey @meridian just wondering if you use an electric filleting knife? Why I ask is because I can fillet 80 perch in an 1 1/2 hours (that's taking the ribs out myself) and not have a bone left in them using the electric. I started using them years ago and never looked back, incredible difference. I bucked the notion for years before I gave in and tried one. After I kicked myself for being so stubborn about staying with my trusted hand filleting knife. For walleye I use the bigger Mr. Twister Piranha that makes even 10 pounders child's play.
Just trying to save you time and once you get the knack it will produce the best fillets with the least waste. @Way She Goes just beat me to the punch before I could click, but then again I'm older.
A couple of photos showing electric filleting results.
Walleye
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Perch
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If Monty reads this, could you send some prices for these two knives.....