That's the only way I've ever known to fillet fish? I do every fish I catch just like that, except for small mountain trout, flounder, flathead catfish, and gar.
Whiting are delicious, one of my favorite saltwater fish for frying.
Yep. Most of the saltwater fish we catch are bigger drum and redfish which also require a different technique, along with bigger catfish. For the bigger stuff, we stay outside the ribs when removing the fillet from the backbone.
Gar are a whole different deal.
Love whiting! And they are super easy to fillet. (they just don't freeze well) Slot reds are fairly easy as well. A big sheepshead can be a chore, but the ones I just don't like filleting (ironically the ones I fillet the most) are those darn speckled trout. The skin is just too thin and it can be a headache to take the fillet off the skin without cutting through it.
ever try to fillet a mess of trout with no ice?
It is hard to fillet a sea trout that was not iced first.
ever try to fillet a mess of trout with no ice?
It is hard to fillet a sea trout that was not iced first.
the first step in filleting any fish is to get them ice cold