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Best fillet knife
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brriner
Senior Member
I like Dexter Russell knives for inshore and offshore species. For inshore, I like the 8 or 9 inch blade.
Steyr
Senior Member
Sheepshead and Drum are animals to fillet.
My favorite is electric. Mr Twister with 9 inch blade.
Now u walking the dawg !
My favorite is electric. Mr Twister with 9 inch blade.
Now u walking the dawg !
Original Rapala with wooden handle. I've tried all kinds of fillet knives, and you just can't beat the original.
Snookpimpin
Senior Member
Forschner Fillet Knives are the best hands down for every application
ThatredneckguyJamie
Senior Member
+1 for the Mr Twister piranha...the blue and white one not the green one. Makes short work of a redfish and laughs in the face of a Trout
Quackmasterofgeorgia
Senior Member
x2. Also a bubba blade is good but in hindsight I should have saved the money and got a rapala.
urack8ball
Member
The Mr. Twisters are good, but don't overlook a black & decker electric carving knife. I went through a few Mr. Twisters before I happened to "borrow" the one from the kitchen. Blades seemed to hold up better...
Rabun
Senior Member
I've got an old browning fillet knife that has three or four inches of serrations on blade (toward the handle end). It sharpens easily, stays sharp and the serrations make it easy to cut through rib cages, bone, etc. I use this one for the larger tougher fish like reds and sheepies. For everything else (pompano, whiting, trout, flounder, etc.) I use my rapalas.
An electric Mr. Twister is hard to beat, but I always have two regular knives handy. They are both Victorinox.
https://www.smkw.com/victorinox-cutlery-6-flexible-curved-boning-knife
https://www.smkw.com/victorinox-cutlery-5-skinning-knife
https://www.smkw.com/victorinox-cutlery-6-flexible-curved-boning-knife
https://www.smkw.com/victorinox-cutlery-5-skinning-knife
fishman01
Member
Mr. Twister Saltwater electric knife and a Rapala are all I use for all species. Sometimes I use both on a single fish. For trout, I'll use the Rapala to get the fillets off, then the electric knife to remove the skin.
trippcasey
Senior Member
I dont like electric knives, even for sheepshead. I have a rapala and a bubba blade that are my favorite. They both cut trout like butter and hold an edge well. They also do well on sheepshead, which are about the biggest pain in the rear to fillet. Reds? No problem. Flounder? Ive never seen anyone try to fillet a flounder with an electric knife. I prefer the manual way. But to each their own.
mdgreco191
Senior Member
Not a fan of the electric either. I have a few el cheapo fillet knives that I sharpen before use and they work just fine.
fishman01
Member
What does everyone use to sharpen your knives with?
mdgreco191
Senior Member
Depends on the money you want to spend. I carry a cheap bass pro one in my tackle box. At home though I have a nicer one, about $40 that works really well. I will sharpen the fillet knives on the nice one before a trip and then use the cheap one to sharpen between every few fish.
Big7
The Oracle
Me too..
Used them all my life.
Freshwater
Saltwater inshore, offshore doesn't matter.
Good boning knife during hunting season too...
doomtrpr_z71
Senior Member
Mr twister piranhas for an electric and a buck Clearwater for a manual knife would be my choices.
bnz
Senior Member
Victorinox... inexpensive and good blades. Look at the ratings of their fillet knives on Amazon. Like them better than my dexters. My old rapalas have turned into bait knives.
Dr. Strangelove
Senior Member
X 2 on the Dexter Russell
Original Rapala with the wooden handle I've had for 35+ years for freshwater trout and the like.
Original Rapala with the wooden handle I've had for 35+ years for freshwater trout and the like.
