With all those crappies we caught someone told us we needed an electric fillet knife. He showed us how to fillet them.
But we still did it the old school way, cutting down the center of the spine. Then we skinned all of them. Oh what a job but they taste so good.
So does anybody just love their electric fillet knife?
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i have tried them a couple diffrent times and never seem to get as close of cut as i do with a reg blade. although when we were on the gulf we did a lot of the sea trout with the electric but we took the ribs off wth it and cooked it with them on then peeled them off. that seemed to work but for our trout the bones are to small.
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First question is whered ya catch the crappie? and second of all, yes i use one all the time, rappala, cordless rechargeble. I like id so far, used to have a different kind but went belly up and cant find it any more so I went to this one. I tried the short knives on it and not enough bend so I used the longer ones worked great, i like it especially if u have a lot of them to do. Ya always loose some meat with the electric but, makes up for it in time. U loose some all the time any how when you fillet anything verses whole fish but mmmmmmmm a good crappie filet not a lot better except a good eye
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I just started using one this year and think it is great! I figure it takes me about a third as long as using a filet knife especially when used on tough skin fish..
When I have a bunch of fish to take care of, after a while I get tired and less careful about waste with a regular knife. With the electric I get a lot more done with the same or less effort.
I just use a plain electric knife you might use on a turkey. It's not cordless so I do need a place to plug in but that hasn't been a big problem so far. Eventually I may get a cordless.
It's nice to have both options available.
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Worth it when cleaning alot of fish. Have used them on 200 lb Yellowfin, makes fast work out of them
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Hi, and welcome to the site!
I resisted going electric. I had tried my regular electric knife--think turkey--and decided that it wasn't much of an improvement over my regular fillet knives. But when I finally decided to try an electric FISH knife, wow, I became a believer. I agree with the above post, you can fillet them in 1/2 to 1/3 the time. It is a great investment. Also, I seem to have less cutting through the spine, than with a regular knife. Yes, where did you pick up the crappie? Boat or bank? Mike
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We were catching the crappie at Oxbow. Off the boat loading dock the first time. They were not near as big as the ones out by the dam. But here you could bank fish for em or off the dock.
Now the second time was out by the spillway (boat) of to the left. Where the rocks are. Every cast a crappie, so much fun with lite weight poles. Can't wait to go again.
We had a fish fry tonight, catfish and the Crappies, OMG were they good. I also made cheesy jalapeno hush puppies, and some slaw. What an awesome dinner
Well it sounds like an investment we should make. Thanks for all your responses.
Happy fish days ahead,
Robyn
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Last week the crappie were thick under the bridge and by the boat ramp at McCormick. My wife and her friend loaded the cooler between the two places. They like to fish under the trees and toss toward the boat dock at the ramp.
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