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re: How do you filet your specs?

Posted on 6/18/15 at 9:00 am to
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
86327 posts
Posted on 6/18/15 at 9:00 am to
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Freshwater fish always have a mud taste
What?
Posted by Easternrio
Member since May 2014
3755 posts
Posted on 6/18/15 at 9:17 am to
Step 1 remove specs from freezer and throw in garbage can.

Step 2 release crappie filets in grease enjoy.
Posted by GreenTrout
Toledo Bend
Member since Jul 2013
1010 posts
Posted on 6/18/15 at 9:18 am to
I don't get how someone could get that taste from bass, bream, or sac-a-crappie. Big catfish? Sure...
Posted by Artie Rome
Hwy 1
Member since Jul 2014
8757 posts
Posted on 6/18/15 at 9:21 am to
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When growing up it was the norm to scale them and leave the skin on.


I don't have time for that.

Cut out the belly then filet. 14 seconds a fish.

If I fished in Vermilion Bay and caught 4 fish a trip I might consider slowing down.
Posted by PapaPogey
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
40459 posts
Posted on 6/18/15 at 9:25 am to
Start at anal fin and go straight down to backbone then cut parallel.Can do it without ever stopping the knife.

ETA: same way as video linked in first page
This post was edited on 6/18/15 at 9:29 am
Posted by Artie Rome
Hwy 1
Member since Jul 2014
8757 posts
Posted on 6/18/15 at 9:43 am to
quote:

Can do it without ever stopping the knife.


Many guys I know tape the trigger with electrical tape. I don't catch that many fish.
Posted by CootDisCootDat
St. Charles, The Community
Member since May 2014
1750 posts
Posted on 6/18/15 at 10:05 am to
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specs from freezer

There's your problem.

If I hit the trout really well, I'll fry a bunch that night and give the rest away. Fresh specs in the fryer are good, but not better than sacalait.

I knew the fresh vs. salt pissing match would start when I saw the title.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
86327 posts
Posted on 6/18/15 at 10:48 am to
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If I hit the trout really well, I'll fry a bunch that night and give the rest away. Fresh specs in the fryer are good, but not better than sacalait.
This
Posted by rduple2
Belle Chasse
Member since Oct 2009
261 posts
Posted on 6/18/15 at 11:02 am to
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Me too, but it sure looked like a lot of meat on that belly section.


I have successfully used this method, which saves all of that belly meat. I wouldn't do this if I had a limit of trout though. That belly meat is so good too.

Vincent Russo cleans a speckled trout.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
86327 posts
Posted on 6/18/15 at 11:10 am to
That dude is good. I really like the tip about the spine. I lose a lot of meat by following it with the blade. If I don't have a ton of fish to clean, I am going to start doing this on fish with a large spine.
Posted by Tbooux
Member since Oct 2011
1686 posts
Posted on 6/18/15 at 11:20 am to
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Vincent Russo cleans a speckled trout.


Cool, but holy crap that takes alot of time!!
Posted by Topwater Trout
Red Stick
Member since Oct 2010
69443 posts
Posted on 6/18/15 at 11:20 am to
Electric knife...no skin...if I do it perfect there is almost a silver film left
Posted by sonoma8
Member since Oct 2006
8068 posts
Posted on 6/18/15 at 11:22 am to
No joke. It would take 2 days to clean a limit
Posted by StrongBackWeakMind
Member since May 2014
22650 posts
Posted on 6/18/15 at 11:23 am to
Might try it just to frick with my fishing partner. He cleans 45 trout. I clean 5.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
86327 posts
Posted on 6/18/15 at 11:34 am to
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Might try it just to frick with my fishing partner. He cleans 45 trout. I clean 5.


Posted by dnm3305
Member since Feb 2009
15807 posts
Posted on 6/18/15 at 11:45 am to
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I don't get how someone could get that taste from bass, bream, or sac-a-crappie. Big catfish? Sure...


Bass moreso than sacalait and bream, and I only mean that in relation to how clean tasting and flaky specks are. Perhaps not a "mud" taste, but a slightly fishier taste. Very hard to explain. And it's not that I dont mind fishy taste, I'll gladly devour bass or anything else, even catfish, but it's not superior to the sweet and light taste of specks.
Posted by StrongBackWeakMind
Member since May 2014
22650 posts
Posted on 6/18/15 at 11:46 am to
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Very hard to explain.
I disagree. You're doing a great job.
Posted by PapaPogey
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
40459 posts
Posted on 6/18/15 at 11:51 am to
Try doing it like the video on the first page. It's super fast and easy and I can clean a limit of specks in under 10 minutes if I'm setup right.
This post was edited on 6/18/15 at 11:54 am
Posted by StrongBackWeakMind
Member since May 2014
22650 posts
Posted on 6/18/15 at 11:54 am to
That's how I normally do it, but I start behind the anal fin. Not sure what difference it makes.
Posted by NOFOX
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2014
10115 posts
Posted on 6/18/15 at 12:09 pm to
Looks like Todd Masson has been reading TD. He just posted this:

Fastest Way to Fillet Speckled Trout
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