Fishing Forum

As many of us know TubeDude is writting a book. If you have followed the board closely you have read parts of it. If you ask questions he is very good to share other parts with you. Everything is well written and easy to follow until it is time to do it. Living in Utah I have had the chance to meet and learn firsthand from Pat.

Watching TubeDude filet a catfish is much more informative then reading and looking at pictures. I put that knowledge to work last night fileting some perch. First cut great. Turn the knife and down the side I went. Still looking like a pro. Hit the tail flipped the filet over and back down nothing but meat. No mess, no fuss, no cleaning fish. Beautifull nice little perch filets. Everything good exept for the bones are still in. No problem there are instructions on the board. Cleaned up my hands and down to the computer I went. Read the great advice and looked at the pictures thought no problem. Murdered those poor filets trying to get those stupid bones out. Decided to make more of them into bait then originally planned.

Pat your writting and pics are great but a how to video would pass along so much more.
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Maybe we can get him to do a Fillet class for us, that are a little challenged with the knife. A fiend of mine odes everything like a catfish and just uses a pair of pliers and pulls the skins off and says it works well.

Majja
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See if he had the video he wouldn't need the pliers anymore as you filet the skin off at the same time. Your left with two filets and everything else still attached together to go in the trash. Head, tail, skin, insides still attached all together and easy to chuck.
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[cool][#0000ff]Mothers sometimes advise their daughters to never let a prospective husband "see everything" before marriage. That is known as "keeping some mystery". What it means is BUY THE BOOK.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Seriously, I know what you are saying. But, I also have to propose that no matter how many videos you watch, or how many pictures and narrative you go through, there is a lot of "hands on" learning. Some things you just have to practice until you get them down "PAT". (Joke. Get it?)[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I totally agree with the seminar idea. That is even better than video. Back in the late 70's in Utah, that is what I used to do to help all of the Utah Troutaholics understand how good other species were and how to prepare them. In response to a lot of requests, I began handing out photocopied pages of my recipes. That led to the writing of me (out of print) book on Fetchin' and Fixin' the Fishes of Utah. Aimed at helping people catch and prepare the warm water species.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, let's get some on the ice or water sessions going. We can get together after catching and I will demo the processes, and point out some of the little things to avoid...or to be sure that you do. I'm guessing that the problem with the final removal of rib cages was that you did not have a small sharp knife. I mean SHARP. With the right knife and the right wrist action, you can whip though a stack of those fillets in no time...and not just "make little ones out of big ones".[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]For those who live within striking distance of Salt Lake, let me know when you are going fishing and what you "expect" to catch. I will give you my phone number and directions to my house. You can show up with your fish and I will wave my magic blade over them for you. LIMIT...20 perch. Last year some guy showed up with a whole cooler full of perch that were still frozen rock solid from being on the ice. No can do that.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I'm sure we will have some get togethers on the water this coming year, and I always bring my "tools". The only secret, if there is one, is having good knives and a lot of practice. I can not possibly estimate how many fish of how many species I have filleted over the years. I had better be good at turning out good fillets by now. But, I assure you that my first attempts on some fish probably didn't look any better than yours.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]My aim, after finishing my tubing book, is to make some CD's with a combo of written dialog and pics to go along with them. I will be doing step by step on almost all the species in Utah. I will also be tucking in some good "EZ" recipes too.[/#0000ff]
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TD, any copies of that out of print book around?
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I still have my copy. Mine came hot off the press and was even signed by the Author himself.[cool]
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TubeDude or TubeDad as I call him, taught me the same skills. I passed those skills on to my son and he is a Deckhand on a good Sporty.

Most of the coast was amazed with his faster way of filleting that they hadn't seen before.

When he was asked how he learned to fillet so fast, his simple reply was "The skill was handed down from my Grandpa". Go figure.[cool]
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[cool][#0000ff]I think I have two or three of the ten that were sold (LOL).[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]It sold out and is out of print now. I have scanned several of the chapters into PDF files that I can send over by email to anyone who can get large files without choking their provider.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The disclaimer I make to all who read it is that it was "severely edited" by a non-angler before it went to publication. I did not have a chance to see the "butchered" editing job before print, so there are many places where my "style" and "unique" phraseologies were sacrificed to some pedantic editor's elitist chopping process. (WHEW!)[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I do plan to do a major rewrite on that book, adding lots more good fishing information and adding grundles of new recipes. And, like my tubing book (to come), I will be doing a CD version that I can peddle for less money and still make the information available to "the masses".[/#0000ff]
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I'm sorry but since I sliced off two knuckles and cut another finger gutting a deer I'm not allowed to play with sharp objects.[unsure] I knew we should have followed you and TubeBabe home from the lake. Next time we head that way we will have to let you know.

Hope to come visit this spring when Out4aFloat tries to set up his new fishfinder on his tube. I have already told him a trip to your house will save us hours of reinventing the wheel. Between the setups I've seen and your pics on the board last week his ice setup worked pretty good Tuesday.
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[cool][#0000ff]Sure, feel free to bring your tube by whenever you are ready to get it set up for sonar. After rigging a whole bunch of them, I can usually git 'er done pretty quick and easy. I remember how many different things I worked through before I finally came up with my current system. Wish I would have had somebody's garage to visit.[/#0000ff]
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I'm happy to have a pdf file copy, but really wanted it as a unique something I could hang on to, and pass along to my son. I'll drop a line with the email that will take big files, and keep my fingers crossed that the dvd and/or rewrite come out soon []!
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