Filets (2004 post)

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Filets (2004 post)

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Question: Is there any trick to properley fileting a Perch without tearing it to pieces? Unfortunatley I'm eacting more chowder (or is that Chowda) than fish... Please Help!

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Personally I only keep the ones that are big enough to fillet like a walleye.
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Legend, where do you fish perch?

Do you visit Long Point Bay? If so, I'd be happy to meet up with you, catch a few fish and give you a hands on filleting demonstration. They're easy, but a limit of 50 can sometimes become timely to do.
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I fish long point bay for Perch near EC-10
I really like the area for it's great wildlife and good folks. I used to fish Simcoe which is not without it's charm, but there aren't many places in Simcoe where you could catch the variety you can get down at Long Point.

Sure I'd love to hook up sometime.

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Hey Legend

Welcome to the board....It's realy hard to describe how to filet a fish on the web...but I sure Markus will give you a great lesson....he filets any thing and every thing....Hey Marus how was that Drum to eat :wink: I use a electric knife to clean all my fish ...from crappie to Salmon , it sure cuts cleaning time down :D


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Big-O, at the risk of being ridiculed....I do eat sheephead!

People always cringe when they hear that, but do you know anyone who has tried it? They have a white boneless fillet. It is a bland, but a shake of lemon herb spice and they taste fine.
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Marcus

I was talking to a Lad a few years ago , and he also told me they are a mild tasting fish...and they are great to can!!!


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Sheepshead/drum


funny thing about eating em...
i find if you freeze them they end up tasing oily..
but fresh they are fine.....
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Markus wrote:Big-O, at the risk of being ridiculed....I do eat sheephead!
This made me laugh! Yum!

Anyone else eat these creatures??
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aside from crap, clean em like a walleye
cut your fillet and cut out the "Y" bone
I personally don't dick around and cut out the area (ya can feel where the bone is)
2/3 down , right in the middle, cut the strip right out
there are different ways but why mess around
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