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How do you clean specks?

Posted on 7/8/18 at 5:13 pm
Posted by TulaneUVA
Member since Jun 2005
25881 posts
Posted on 7/8/18 at 5:13 pm
Do you cut the meat near the rib cage? I was checking out this video and didnt realize until now that this may be controversial. Seems like this is kinda like “breast the duck vs plucking whole bird” issue some people get up in arms about.

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Posted by LSUlefty
Youngsville, LA
Member since Dec 2007
26441 posts
Posted on 7/8/18 at 5:54 pm to
I use a blade and cut through. I've seen that video and people complaining about wasted meat.
Posted by lsuson
Metairie
Member since Oct 2013
12129 posts
Posted on 7/8/18 at 6:00 pm to
I cut from the butt to the pectoral fin and that cuts the rib cage out. Then filet normally
Posted by WilsonPickett
St Amant, LA
Member since Oct 2009
1647 posts
Posted on 7/8/18 at 6:03 pm to
I pretty much do it just like the video. Never new it was controversial?
Posted by LSUlefty
Youngsville, LA
Member since Dec 2007
26441 posts
Posted on 7/8/18 at 6:08 pm to
People in the comments complaining about wasted meat.
Posted by Fishhead
Elmendorf, TX
Member since Jan 2008
12170 posts
Posted on 7/8/18 at 8:10 pm to
Wasted ribs and guts? Roe?
Posted by Uncle JackD
Member since Nov 2007
58627 posts
Posted on 7/8/18 at 8:39 pm to
quote:

How do you clean specks?
Just like the guy in video. The wasted meat thing is a myth. We’ve taken same size specs, cleaned them both ways side by side, and gotten the same size filets.
Posted by rilesrick
Member since Mar 2015
6704 posts
Posted on 7/8/18 at 8:48 pm to
You will lose meat doing that method on trout under 16 unless expert. I clean hundreds of trout less than 16 and if you go real flat you can avoid bladder on first cut, pull it out then flip and finish. Rinse then repeat.
Posted by ct4lsu
BR
Member since Jan 2008
1019 posts
Posted on 7/8/18 at 8:52 pm to
I cut the angle behind the head, slice the belly and pull out the air bladder. Only takes a second. If you still have to clean the rib cage after, what does it matter to go a little more and clean the entire rib cage?
I do think you lose meat!
Posted by LSUengr
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
2327 posts
Posted on 7/8/18 at 9:58 pm to
That is the only way I have ever cleaned a trout.
Posted by speckledawg
Somewhere Salty
Member since Nov 2016
3915 posts
Posted on 7/8/18 at 10:17 pm to
I usually do it that way as well. I have done both ways a few times for comparison and have seen very little if any wasted meat & it's much faster for me. You can still save the roe that way, FYI.
Posted by TigerFan4040
Member since Sep 2013
4386 posts
Posted on 7/9/18 at 7:51 am to
quote:

this is kinda like “breast the duck vs plucking whole bird”


Haha no.
Posted by TulaneUVA
Member since Jun 2005
25881 posts
Posted on 7/9/18 at 9:25 am to
Informative post.
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