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.