fillet knifes

[dreamcatcher]

I am just the opposite, I prefer an electric knife for walleye, and a good sharp small knife for perch, and a 12 pack of budweiser is standard. Does anyone still scale perch? I found I like the taste better and don't lose much meat if I skin them out. Just wondered if ya'll are still scaling them, and if so is anyone using the old washing machine still?

[ebijack]

I switched to electric quite a few years ago. I can do it either way but prefer the electric. I'm now faster with the electric. I do finish detail cleaning with a good blade.

[walleye2go]

I was always the one that said I would never switch to electric but I can clean faster than ever. I switched a few years ago and love the electric knife. For many limits of perch though, I pay the cleaners. I prefer them with the skin on and the cleaners are to cheap for me to mess with it.

[LEfriend]

I am just the opposite, I prefer an electric knife for walleye, and a good sharp small knife for perch, and a 12 pack of budweiser is standard. Does anyone still scale perch? I found I like the taste better and don't lose much meat if I skin them out. Just wondered if ya'll are still scaling them, and if so is anyone using the old washing machine still?

With small ones if I have them commercially cleaned I leave the skins on, they cook better and I don't notice any taste difference. With bigger ones - maybe 10" and up - I skin them even if I have them commercially cleaned and scaled. I definitely think skinning makes big ones taste better, takes that strong taste away.

I don't scale anything I clean myself...skin them all, large or small.

[FishOn205]

i use electric all the time for walleye. perch gets dropped off at the cleaners just because for the price its not worth the frustration. when i clean my walleye i skin em then roll em over and take the silver rib skin out with the big bones in it then make two cuts in the tail end. one on each side of the zipper, take the zipper out and no more bones and then instead of tryin to fry up a big monster fillet i just cut each half in half and then your not fryin fish all night long(unless its a big party). works great for me havent had a bone in my walleye since i started doin it that way about 4 years ago. hope this helps.

[elrod00]

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