re: Anybody vacuum seal fish fillets?

Use a chamber sealer and you won't get liquids into your machine. You can even seal soup if you want, as long as its cooled. The hard vacuum will cause a warm liquid to boil. They cost a little more but the bags are cheaper.

Tuna, hell yes. All others go in water/ziplock bags.

I always freeze my fish in water filled zip lock bags. The ice covering the fish keeps them fresh. The fish tastes fine up to 6 months.
I also rinse the fish after cleaning.

I have a FoodSaver that has worked fine. Just take out the drip tray and rinse and put up.

I grew up with ducks, fish, shrimp all being frozen in water ( half gallon Borden milk cartons filled with water and meat, frozen in the big chest freezer). Either vac sealers hadn’t been invented or dad was too cheap to buy one.

That said, I haven’t found an appreciable difference in the taste of fish frozen in water or vac sealed if eaten within a year of being frozen.

But to that point, I’ve never vac sealed shrimp. Always froze them in water/ zip lock bags

Likewise. I remember dad using milk cartons for freezing fish etc. I just prefer the vacuum sealer . Also saves space in freezer

I usually rinse my fish but then dry before vacuum sealing. Do not rinse tuna although I may wet dab them if they get dirty or rinse with a sea salt and water mixture.

Pat then dry before sealing or thin strip of paper towel in the bag if the fish is “wet” takes care of the issue.

ima but me a sealer....any recommendations? how long will stuff last in them in the freezer?

Lean white fish will last over a year. Deer is basically indefinite.

It also depends on your freezer setup. You want the temperature to be <0 and you don’t want a frost-free freezer. Frost-free freezers stay that way by constantly raising the temperature to melt the frost.