Quote Originally Posted by cjsfishn View Post
any opinions on electric vs the old standard rapala appreciated. worried about bones w/ the electric.
This is going to be good! Kind of like asking which is better, Evinrude or Mercury.

My two cents worth... I have both. Electric is fine, but for Walleye, I can do a faster and better job with a good ole sharp Rapalla - and a stone to hit it couple of licks every few fish - than I can with my electric. I start with the electric but seem to always go back to the filet knife. Key is quality flexible blade (not cheapo) with good steel that holds the edge and keeping a sharp edge. With that I get a cleaner smooth fillet and can zip through them.

Now if I am doing a hundred little perch, that is different. You can't beat the electric to slab the slides off, and then take the rib bones out with your regular knife. And probably most guys do Walleye that way too. Just not me.