Thread: Filleted my pinky

3 hours in 42 feet of Maori Beach
Skinned the Gurnard,taking the first fillet of the last brim,oops

Bernard the Gurnard and ALL his mates! Pic of the finger?

two words.................filleting glove

Well done

That will be me in the morning.....baiting and untangling kids lines and rods

Nice haul there @madjon. Speaking of filleting, what are the best knives to use @vietnamcan etc.
Filetted our snapper and co tonight and our knives are shit.


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Comm guys tend to use victory knives.

Hey @Danny sharp ones are best !!
With respect to gurnard I reckon just leave the skin on!!
It makes for easy filleting and with no scales on the skin it crisps up good & its really tasty
Did you load up on them today @VC, or to many kids tangles ??
There heaps out there at the moment !!

Originally Posted by Chur Bay

Comm guys tend to use victory knives.

Thats what i use, from local commercial fishing supplier

Originally Posted by Danny

Nice haul there @madjon. Speaking of filleting, what are the best knives to use @vietnamcan etc.
Filetted our snapper and co tonight and our knives are shit.


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I use this one and it is fantastic. VICTORY Fish Filleting Knife Stainless 22cm | Trade Me. I have used hundreds of filleting knives and filleted thousands of fish (maybe a slight exaggeration but it is lots) and this is the best I've come across.

Originally Posted by kukuwai

Hey @Danny sharp ones are best !!
With respect to gurnard I reckon just leave the skin on!!
It makes for easy filleting and with no scales on the skin it crisps up good & its really tasty
Did you load up on them today @VC, or to many kids tangles ??
There heaps out there at the moment !!

Did we ever! kids were catching the buggers 2 at a time... we threw back anything under about 35cm and still landed 36!

As for knives yes a sharp one is best, for smaller fish like gurnard a commercial "trimming knife" which is actually the same knife as many butchers boning knife is good but for everything else I like a flexible 10-12" blade with a bull nose end on it.

Originally Posted by kukuwai

Hey @Danny sharp ones are best !!
With respect to gurnard I reckon just leave the skin on!!
It makes for easy filleting and with no scales on the skin it crisps up good & its really tasty
Did you load up on them today @VC, or to many kids tangles ??
There heaps out there at the moment !!

Cheers, today i got limits of snapper, John Dory, cod and kahawai. Skippy or albies were everywhere which I figured was late in the piece.
I'll look at Victory knives again. I've recently moved house and I've lost a heap of gear. Blunt knives suck.


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Originally Posted by Chur Bay

Comm guys tend to use victory knives.

Chur ow Bay.

I've got a long Rapala stainless filleting knife which is good and a svord carbon steel which is good also. I tend to peel the gurnard and cook them hole cause the centre bones are a pain!

Originally Posted by matto1234

I've got a long Rapala stainless filleting knife which is good and a svord carbon steel which is good also. I tend to peel the gurnard and cook them hole cause the centre bones are a pain!

Have a look here matto they are no more difficult to remove than any other fish.

http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.n...ecovery-16997/

I recommend some Lima beans and a nice chianti