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[icefishingman]

Does anyone know how cemetary point north is doing for crappie and perch?
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[pookiebar]

That area is fishing really well for dinks of both species. You have to catch lotsa little ones before you get the big ones.
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[Jazzperch1]

dinkfest on that lake. gets old quick[frown]
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[RockyRaab]

Maybe, but those bite-size fillets are sure delish. It takes only a few minutes to fillet 25 dinks, and that's just right for two people.
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[Jazzperch1]

[quote RockyRaab]. It takes only a few minutes to fillet 25 dinks, and that's just right for two people.[/quote] id like to see you fillet 25 dinks in a few minutes [crazy]. dinks are harder to fillet than jumbos. and yes im guilty of indulding in the dinkfest there a few times but after the 3rd i say echo all day. i can get 10 jumbos that are worth more in meat than 50 dinks. great for kids though!! plus when you set the hook on a perch and cant feel it then theres a problem. i never said they werent good to eat, of course they are good to eat.
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[isda]

I took home 55 perch saturday all within 5-9" and it took me 3 hrs to fillet all of them. It was my first time with perch. (not that much different than other species) I would like to see how you get it done in only a few minutes!!
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[TubeDude]

[#0000FF][cool]Filleting 50 perch should take no more than about a half hour...with a good electric fillet knife and working in "batch mode".

Here is a link to a [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=184171;#184171"]PICTORIAL POST[/url] I put up several years ago...showing mostly smaller perch.

With an electric fillet knife you not only go faster but harvest more useable meat too.
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[icefishingman]

It isn't that hard to do that
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[isda]

Thanks Tube Dude!!!

That way seems much faster than what i was doing! i was essentially cutitng around the ribs as the filet was still on the fish, then cutting down the backbone, one at a time. I will use this the next time i have a mess of perch or other fish.
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[RockyRaab]

I use a regular fillet knife. Down behind the gills, turn and cut almost to tail, flip fillet meat side up and slide knife against skin. It's one continuous knife move. Takes five to six seconds a side, dink or trophy. You trim the rib bones off the fillets later.
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[TubeDude]

[#0000FF][cool]I used to work on both party boats and commercial fishing boats as a younger man in California. I always maintained a rack of 10-12 knives for different filleting, trimming and other cutting chores. Got pretty good at swinging a "regular" blade...and still handle one at least semi okay. But for smaller fish, like perch, gills and white bass I find that I do better with the electric. Faster and cleaner cuts...with more meat on the fillet.

Let me know the next time you are coming through town with a load of fish and you can stop by for a quick show and tell. Always better than trying to follow written instructions...or even a video sometimes. Oh yeah...I work by the job and not by the hour. I'm cheap and well worth it.
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[icefishingman]

For crappie i know you fish north side of cematary point in the dark, but would you use swedish pimples, if so, what color and what size?
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