04-28-2009, 04:43 PM
[cool][#0000ff]It is always fun to show an old timer how I fillet fish with the electric knife. No matter how quickly and smoothly I do it, they have some criticism of it and claim they can do it faster and better with their rusty old Kabar...or whatever. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There have been a lot of times I have watched folks at the cleaning stations at Willard Bay, struggling to pry decent fillets from wipers or catfish. And, I often finish my filleting and then just reach over and start helping them...unless they smack me.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]On one occasion there was a very elderly Asian gentleman who apparently knew how to catch wipers, since he had a limit. But, he struggled to first scale and then fillet his first wiper while I did all of mine and a few catfish too. And, with the short bladed pocket knife (dull) he pretty well mangled that one fish. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I reached over and got one of his, while raising my eyebrows for permission. He got the idea and nodded. He had been politely avoiding staring at me while I filleted my fish. Showing off a little, I zipped off the fillets, skinned them and cut out the rib cages very quickly and then handed him the fillets and the rib cages. He got a big
on his face and commented "That's pretty damn fast". I did his other fish and answered his questions about what kind of knife I had and where to get one. Never saw him there again but I'll bet he now uses an electric.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You know, I'll bet if you spent more time with that GOB (good ol' boy) he would probably let you in on the secrets of where to catch those big blue flathead cats in Utah Lake...and how to fillet them too.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There have been a lot of times I have watched folks at the cleaning stations at Willard Bay, struggling to pry decent fillets from wipers or catfish. And, I often finish my filleting and then just reach over and start helping them...unless they smack me.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]On one occasion there was a very elderly Asian gentleman who apparently knew how to catch wipers, since he had a limit. But, he struggled to first scale and then fillet his first wiper while I did all of mine and a few catfish too. And, with the short bladed pocket knife (dull) he pretty well mangled that one fish. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I reached over and got one of his, while raising my eyebrows for permission. He got the idea and nodded. He had been politely avoiding staring at me while I filleted my fish. Showing off a little, I zipped off the fillets, skinned them and cut out the rib cages very quickly and then handed him the fillets and the rib cages. He got a big
on his face and commented "That's pretty damn fast". I did his other fish and answered his questions about what kind of knife I had and where to get one. Never saw him there again but I'll bet he now uses an electric.[/#0000ff][#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]You know, I'll bet if you spent more time with that GOB (good ol' boy) he would probably let you in on the secrets of where to catch those big blue flathead cats in Utah Lake...and how to fillet them too.[/#0000ff]
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