Best fillet Knife

Deerhunter12454

Senior Member
What's the best fillet knife? Something that keeps an edge, and isn't a piece of junk
 

notnksnemor

The Great and Powerful Oz
I've used Mundial for the last 30 years.
 

T-Boy

Senior Member
For large fish like King Mackerel I use a Cutco 9 inch Carver straight blade. It holds a good edge and stays sharp. I buy them on ebay.
 

Dr. Strangelove

Senior Member
I like my Dexter Russel purchased at a bait shop on Hatteras about 25yrs ago. Any restaurant supply place should have them for $10 or roundabouts. You can spend a lot more money if you like, but it's always done fine by me. It's stamped P94818 on the blade and is 8" long.
 

Heathern

BANNED
Mora all the way!! Can't beat the price for Sandvick steel.

Indeed. One would be hard-pressed to find a better value in a knife than Mora. I fell in love with Mora's for general purpose fixed blades, and later found a good deal on one of their fillet knives.

One of these (you can shop around for a better price. The ventilated sheath was a big selling point for me:

https://www.amazon.com/Morakniv-Fishing-Comfort-Stainless-6-1-Inch/dp/B00EAL1HI4/ref=sr_1_1/140-0508566-6056331?ie=UTF8&qid=1519427568&sr=8-1&keywords=mora+fillet+knife
 

swamp hunter

Senior Member
It's all in the Steel.
High Carbon sharpens easy , but it stains and dulls fast.
Harder Steel holds an edge better but it's harder to sharpen.
I use Dexters. Been Blue Water Big fish and Reds , Trout , Snook forever.
Cobia and Tuna should be Steaked out.
A 20 inch heavy backbone blade Breaking Knife is best for that.
Flex blades to work around the rib cage for Bass ect. 12 to 16 inches.
Dexter is good and sharpens real nice.
 

bassboy1

Senior Member
What's your go-to fillet knife and why? Looking to get a nice knife that is used mostly to clean inshore fish.

8" narrow fillet Dexter Russell.

If you search best fillet knife on just about any fishing forum, about 50% of the responses will be Dexter, the other 50% will be a mix of all other brands. Most all commercial fish kitchens are going to be running Dexter's as well. They're a reliable, good quality, easy to clean knife that sharpens well, and doesn't cost much.

For inshore slot sized fish, the 8" is a comfortable size. Big enough to handle 30+" fish without being outgunned, but not ungainly when cleaning a 6" lion fish or a 9" stocker mountain trout. Good all around size.
 
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