05-31-2005, 03:27 AM
Hey TD,
I should have known you'd have this stuff kind of handy. I want to get with you some time for the live version of a big cat fillet demo.
While reading your info, I realized why I was having some difficulties. I am one of the ones you refered to when you mentioned all the cutting and nailing down. I also have been fighting with myself because of an acrylic cutting board that is kind of slick when fish slime or blood is on it. I tried using a large "C" clamp that "kind of worked", but, with the board being too small and slick it didn't help that much. Well to make it even more embarassing, I didn't cut the fillets off at the tail - after the cut along the back bone, I just flipped it like I would with most any other fish and tried to cut the skin off - it has never worked well, and as you would imagine, the results have been an inspiration to perfect my catch and release techniques.
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I should have known you'd have this stuff kind of handy. I want to get with you some time for the live version of a big cat fillet demo.
While reading your info, I realized why I was having some difficulties. I am one of the ones you refered to when you mentioned all the cutting and nailing down. I also have been fighting with myself because of an acrylic cutting board that is kind of slick when fish slime or blood is on it. I tried using a large "C" clamp that "kind of worked", but, with the board being too small and slick it didn't help that much. Well to make it even more embarassing, I didn't cut the fillets off at the tail - after the cut along the back bone, I just flipped it like I would with most any other fish and tried to cut the skin off - it has never worked well, and as you would imagine, the results have been an inspiration to perfect my catch and release techniques.
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