How to Clean a Striper - Easy Way to Fillet a Striped Bass 

Perfect video to demonstrate the importance of bleeding a fish immediately after catch

Isnt the "T" in fillet silent?

I used to never need striper before cooking it. I liked it. Then I tried bleeding it, and WOW what a difference! Tastes so much better, and it's a lot cleaner!!!

this guy is pretty far from a professional fish fileter

The collar is the best part of a striper! You should bleed them as soon as you land them, and then gut them when you clean it so you can get the bottom portion between the head and gut(collar). Nice rockfish though! Must have been a blast to fight.

Just did it!! Thanks so much for your help guys!! Dinner is gonna be delicious. 😊

thanks for explaining everything!

The weather looks wonderful!

Do people just watch videos to make rude comments? Jeezus if you don't like what you see or hear then move on to the next one. Or here's a thought...make your own video. And since y'all know soooo much why you watchin in the first place?

Good job Claudio!!😁

Caught my first striper right off castle island, so excited to clean and eat it

Good Video Guys...Looking forward to hooking up with couple VIPER spoons myself this year!

those are some really good tips tnakyou! 👍

Nice job!! If you bleed the fish when you catch it, then you would have little to no blood when filleting. Good job otherwise.

what about the bit under the pectoral fin? there's still a fair bit of meat under there!?

Nice fish! Congratulations!

Nice fish

Very helpful!

Good video. I could really "feel it"

If I bring fish home I like to bleed my catch as soon as possible so when you fillet at home it doesn't look like a murder scene. Plus it tastes better and last longer!

The best way to bleed a striped bass is to cut through the spine just forward of the tail fin while the fishes heart is still pumping. This technique eliminated more than 10 times as much blood as cutting the gills. Sounds crazy? Try it and you will be amazed.

Never knew about that "muscle taste". Thanks for the tip.

Feel it 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Do you ever use the back or just throw it away, also very nice catch!

Nice video! A bass that size I would bleed but nice fillets.

What a beautiful fish. I bleed and gut mine at the beach. Removing gills gets the blood out pretty quick.

You’re lucky because anything under 18 inches we have to throw back in the striper over here are way smaller it’s very rare that a stripe over here it’s 20 inches in Ca

I've never actually fished for striped bass but is this not a little big to be keeping? Also looks like you could have bled it. And get a good bit from the rib cage if you cut over it?

I want you to ship a bass just like that one to my house on ice.

Fish should have been bled soon after being caught

Very helpful video! But I want to pick on you. I've heard fillet pronounced both ways, thats cool. Why do you say it differently when you are talking about the knife than the meat? I'm just playing around with you but curious. Again, great video!

Nice fish can't keep em that big anymore 😢

So much fish wasted. I appreciate the help, but some other parts can be used and remove the pin bones after cooking

what about the belly meat and the cheaks? i feel a lot of that nice fish got wasted.

I usually don't post on these videos but could not help myself this time I am a professional fish cutter. for 30 years I worked from Fulton Fish market in NY , all over the Cape, Glouster, and New Bedford. This is not even close to the way to cut a Stripe Bass

When skinning the fillet, try making a small slit in the top of the skin, and put ur finger in it so u can hold the skin better

DO YOU USE THE OTHER PART FISH FOR BAIT?

I'm a bait fisherman here in Northeast Massachusetts and often get confused when looking into plugs, lures, spoons, etc. Can someone recommend me something that I can use to fish off the rocks? It would be nice to be able to grab my rod on occasion and not have to worry about buying bait.

i wanna slap him every time he calls it fillet (fill-et). It's fillet (fil-eh). -.-

Looks like he didn't bleed the fish prior?

"Fill It" LOL

Don’t forget the angel wings!

Having not caught any stripers before, I was wondering whether they had good cheeks for eating?

Fish needs to be bled. Love the filet process.

How many inches was that fish my guess is 32-34??

Great video as always!

Sweet video! What about the belly meat? Looks like a lot of waste

Blooming lilacs = good fishing.

jesus, looks like el chapo guzman was filleting that fish

Nice reupload

Y'all should gut and bake it whole. Taste good

Do you think cutting the bloodline out will make a difference on a filet that’s been saturated in blood? Asking for a friend.

Excellent video, thank you!

a lot of people are hung up on the word fillet and how it's pronounced. i'd like to comment about the fish itself and "what tastes good" and what doesn't. in the same way people from different locations say the word fillet differently, people from different locations also consider the whole fillet, blood meat included, delicious and some consider it the tasty parts. there is so much meat left on that fish after cutting your "fillet", the supposed only good tasting part of the fish. someone mentioned the cheeks...well so are the eyeballs and other parts that might make some here upchuck. but again, depends on what part of the world one is from and what you've grown up with. a lot of waste, but maybe they're not showing that after the fillets are cut, they use the head and the spine for stock and when that stock is boiled, you will find so much tasty meat. but looks/sounds to me that they discard the rest after the fillets.

Is it a fill-it or a fill-ay?

Here is a link to filleting a striped bass of similar size that was bled while the heart was still beating. It was placed in a live well with circulating water to keep the heart bleeding. Notice the lack of blood on the fillets. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wFPlKkGCoKM.html

You don’t bleed that type of fish first??

I just dont understand how you failed to bleed the fish before filleting?

Great video try bleeding the fish first

Do you not have to gut the striper to fillet it?

A little better on the bleeding makes for a better filet

should have bled it first, but nice work leaving the top fillet intact,I learned something there.

Didn’t bleed the fish, that’s why it’s all bloody..

If u clean them in running water is way better them fill its are full of blood rite meow ! Nice fish tho !

Phil-it

1/3-2/3 fish going to Garbage No way )))

Gotta get that cheek meat!

cutting the blood lines off,ON THE SKIN ,not board keeps the meat clean,good knife work but leave the skin on the board tossing it after the work.

I still don't understand why people get rid of the "fishy taste" in the dark muscle. Isn't this flavor the reason you catch and cook your own fish so it doesn't taste like the crap you get at a grocery store? My father always made sure to leave the fishy/gamey flavor to any fish because it made the fish taste more soulful. I follow in his footsteps. I guess it's just an acquired taste. Also I guess it is good info for people who don't desire the gamey flavor.

Sounds like a Canadian. Hope he’s here legally

I know,that’s what I was thinking , always bleed the fish so there is no blood on the fillets.

Boss I am confused as to your pronunciation of fillet. Is it fill-it or is it fill-ay? I know this is a French word so shouldn't it be fill-ay?

That is not fat. It is dorsal fin connective tissue. Ever try bleeding your catch? That was a bloody mess! There is a much better way to remove the dark meat but one would need a proper cutting board not a discarded hunk of painted plywood. Belly meat no good? Cutting a fish like that would put a cutting house out of business.

Dude didn't blood the fish after catching lol.

These guys need more lessons from an asian fish market... they are artists and waste nothing. These 2 guys get an A for effort but a W for wasteful. Also scale the fish first.

Always gill you’re a fish that way you have no blood on the meat

It's so funny how many people are correcting you about how to say the word " fillet" . But please forgive them, the morons I mean. Some say fill-ay some say fill-et, it's like tomay- toe, and some say toma-toe, it's where your from and who your from that causes how you say the word, both are right. What I find more hilarious is that you called him an expert at filleting, when obviously not, needs practice, quit using knife as a saw, being from cape you should've know to leave it in until filleting and finish in salt water, all fish even freshwater fish taste better having been stored and rinsed in salt water, never ever tap or irrigation water and always keep your surface clean, dirty surfaces taints fish. But a beautiful fish awesome catch

What is a fill-it?

The best meat is in the cheeks, I live on the Cali delta and catch and eat stripers all the time

why not bleed the fish so its not as bloody

Why make a video on how to do something you clearly don't know how to do properly? It reflects poorly on you and your company.

should mention that it is good to bleed out the fish as soon as you decide to keep it, or keep it alive on a stringer or in the lovewell, and bleed it when you leave.

Fill-it

Nice sized looks about 2 ft maybe 3 or 2 and a half use the rest of the meat for a stew like the organs and head meat or use it for sushi

Dude pick one ! One day it’s fill-lay next day you’re saying fill-it 🤦‍♂️

Why do American people never bleed fish when they filet them? The difference in taste is night and day.

You don't believe in bleeding out the fish ?! Before doing this step!

A fill-it lol tomato tamato I guess but still funny

If this man does this kind of work at a restaurant he will lose his job the next day.

Is it a Fill it or a Filet?

“Fill-it”

the humane thing to do is bleed the fish,it's simple cut the gill straps let the fish bleed out and you will a have fish that tastes great and the fish isn't suffering as you fillet,otherwise nice job

Naw

So many hateful trolls...

most people over look knife must be SHARP SHARP to make fileing easyer

No being rude just honest right is right and wrong is what they just did to that beautiful fish

There are savages out there that dont bleed the fish before processing

arent these fish full of mercury?

Was a bloody job that could have been avoided by removing the blood before fileting.

There is something wrong with fisherman and critiquing other people cleaning fish. Every video there are numerous people who apparently are professional fish mongers. Striped bass will be bloody that fresh if they haven't been bled or on ice for some time. I personally like to bleed fish and leave them on ice but a fresh off the beach fish is sure to bleed.