Filleting pike can be tricky because of the Y bones they have. In this video, Paul Powis demonstrates the two quickest and most effective ways to fillet pike.
I'm from cape cod . Love to try fresh pike and trout. I grew up eating stripe bass and cod along with bay scallop and clam. The occasional lobster was good
Yes. my man. two ways to do it. and if fillet enough fish you will get a fillet glove. it’s worth the protection. I got the Rapala one. I love my Rapala products. I have fished 62 years and love it. the Great outdoors. :-)
I use the second way now. Both ways worked well. No bones means kids and wife will eat fish. With bones, no fish. Pick the battle and accept some waste.
No the guts are still in and remain untouched, if you are skilled with the knife removing the guts is a waste of time to get the filet's. If you let's say want to grill the whole fish like with trout or want to have nice chunks of salmon (where you cut the fish through the middle) you remove the guts first.
Well done, thanks. A little different from the way I do it but I am always looking for a better way to skin a cat. Yes some waste, but it is a difficult fish, and one (in my opinion) that should be kept.
Try placing your filet with the rib bones removed inside up. Begin at the front and perpendicular to the filet cut down almost thru filet until you feel your knife not cutting bones anymore. Do this about every quarter inch with your knife at bout a 60 degree angle through the "Y" bone area.. Fry your fish and you tell me where the "y" bones went.
thanks for the video, my lake back home used to be awesome brook trout,brown trout & small mouth bass lake but thegood ol' MNR through in dirty ol' slime gators because they lacked any knowledge of what other species were in there,now i use the second method on this video it's great knowing that i can kill & eat the dirty ol' fish that destroyed our lake!
ok watching this obviously the 2nd way seems much more fillet meat is on the fillet but I am curious if and 8 know this would probably take a long time but for even maybe as much meat as possible, why not start filleting like normal I guess like the 1st way you showed but instead of removing that thick long piece with all the Bones why not get some pliers or tweezers pluck out the bones? maybe even something for the kids to do but end up completely boneless and tons more meat ?
+Pastor Peewee Have you ever tried to pluck bones from raw pike fillets? It is nearly impossible. Sure they pull out easily once cooked, but not when raw. It is a lot like trying to get the bone out of a turkey drumstick raw vs well cooked.
+BudderWarriors Good question, I have no experience with saltwater originating fish. I have filleted a lot of pike in the past though, I have never seen the bones come out easily with them? (PS. if my previous comment came across as sarcastic, it was not meant that way)
The first method is the one I have been using. With a little bit of work you can get closer to the y-bones than he did with the knife and waste virtually no meat. There is one other method I have seen that seems to get good results, but I haven't managed to get it right yet. The second method this guy used was just horrifying. More efficient? No way. Faster, yes, but efficiency is more than just speed. That was a BUNCH of meat he left behind in that fish. Has anyone seen any other methods that are worth looking at? I'm always on the lookout for a better, more effective one.
i would just take the guts out and maybe the head and throw the rest of the fish on the grill. eat around the y bones. though im more of a scavenger so i hate wasting delicious meat:)
a true fisherman never waste alot of meat and u can feel where the bones is with a knife and use it to guide u and take the head too slip it in half and cook it on a open fire or boil em its good mmmmmmm fish cheeks
lol learn how to eat Pike! Fry the entire Fillet. When its cooked take your fork and pull off the bottom 2 inches. ALl the Y bones will be sticking out. Pull them out and then you have Boneless Pike..0% wasted meat.
yes. I am eating pike right now. I am fished pikes for all of my life and I still do. I am filleting about 200 pikes for my personal use every year. or much much more if I sell them. I am sorry but that method really is too slow and complicated and there still is too much waste.
I am sorry Sir! But this is just awfull how you work with the knife! So much waste and a terrible knife flow! The filet looks like sh.. also! Please dont show videos like that if you cant handle a knife
