How to Fillet a Big Salmon and Prepare it for Smoked Salmon Recipe 

“Never put your hand in front of the knife”. Proceeds to do just that. Haha. Great video and an amazingly good eating fish!

I like this guy! I can truly sit down drink a beer with him and listen to his stories all day long! And eat the wonderful filet of fish that he produces!

Id love to have an ice cold beer with this guy. Great video sir.

Great job, simple efficient explanation, and demonstration. I hope this skill will never go out of style and will help preserve tradition. Thank you for sharing.

there's something about watching really skillful people do their thing

Very nice preparation tips! I just spent 60000$ for a boat and equipment and now it’s time to go chase that 28 pounder!

lol the dog licking the fish in the background

He always washed the fish- with clean water . I like it . Very clean.

Thank you for returning the waste to the river. One of the most important steps. Cheers

I love salmon. You really don't need to do a whole lot with it to get great flavor. Salmon sashimi, smoked or just baked with a fresh squeeze of lemon is amazing. In my opinion, there is no other fish that even comes close to be my favorite.

You're very experienced in what you do. Thank you for sharing your recipe.

Slick spider kill. Didn’t go unnoticed

Great he returns the precious leftovers to the river. Beautiful fish

thanks for putting up such informative videos. i grew up in the Pacific northwest and would fish the runs with my great grand father until he passed. being so young i missed out on a lot of this information and i feel like i missed out on a bit of my culture not picking up on these skills. i now live in the midwest and sometimes pick up large salmon from a local fish house who has to fly them overnight from the PNW. your videos on the smoking cures and techniques have helped me achieve some of the flavors of home. i really appreciate what you do here.

I think you did great on this video. There are lots of great tips. Thanks for making this

Thank you sir this has been one of the most informative videos I've seen on this topic.

Great video. I now have myself a piece of old conveyor belt thanks to this video. Thanks for the informative tips

You sir are an artist!!!! What a beautiful fish and great skill with a great blade!!!

Thank you for being sooo clean. You filet that salmon with great ease.

Herb Good has been filleting fish for quite some time. i always return my leftovers to my crab pots!

I'm going to try doing these strips this season. I've always smoked steaks but I like your idea with the finished ends.

Just amazing....watching you doing that fillets looks like it would be so easy ! Many thanks for share it

Why is this so satisfying to watch

Very nice description and well done job sir.

Thanks! We were given four salmon and I hadn't cleaned one in 30 years, so you really helped us out!

Its nice of you to share this with us, thank you! I think you would be very interested on learning the Ike jime technique from the japanese and also their way to clean and fillet the fish is very good :)

The dog is just licking the fish ugh I love it 😂

I live on B.C.coast and have fished for large Chinook\King salmon for many years. Like DirtRider whose comment below is germane to my experience, I cut fish pretty well. However, that said, this gentleman showed me several twists of the knife of which I was unaware. Thank goodness you don't have to be an old dog like me to learn an old trick. (There may be hope for some of you young dogs as well unless you know everything already) Thanks for an excellent video.

Thank you..that helps ur a great teacher my friend

Thank you keep all waters clean and share for all to enjoy tight lines and singing reels .

This gentleman does that work as it should be done ! Thanks sir , that work was done preety good

Another life lesson learned!!Thank you

4:50 he kills a spider lol and continues lol 😂

nice use of all the meat good job

i'm a meat cutter by trade and cut fish pretty well i think. That nice man knows what he's doing. Trust me. Nice work sir .

Really nice, good job. Clean and simple.

That was awesome thank you very much I fight a lot of fish in my time but I've never seen it done like that

All that filleting looks really good

Thank you for using the whole fish and thinking for the environment.

Very smooth and a very good way to use the whole fish nothing waste that’s important great job sir

The guy knows what he is doing. And he cares about the planet. Good guy.

awesome... you make it look so easy

you've been doing that you whole life!!...it shows.... thanks

i love the fact that the dog is licking the fish in the background

TJ’a k you for making this video. You truly are an artist!

Thank you for the good lesson!

Awesome work 👏 even the dog is helping pre clean one of the salmon. I’m cooking a filet portion soon.

I dont know much about this stuff, but man that looked like masterful work! Thank you for sharing.

1:45 The dog is licking the fish in the back😂

Excellent job Sir!!!

So fresh looking fish!

I don't know why, but it's so satisfying to watch. 😂

LOVE the fact that you have your Electric work-sharp knife sharpener close by! I've got one as well great thing it is indeed, easy to make sure your knife is sharp, so hard at times to filet with dull blade. Got mad last summer on dull knife did some looking around and was a good deal. Oh nice Video as well lol.

your a champ! Nice clean job you did, now I will have to check out how u smoke it!

Excellent work

Excellent work!!!

Thanks for fillet teaching Mr Salmon

well done sir. Making it look easy.

Wow, that was beautifully done. You cut down that fish in 2 minutes flat. Nicely done =D

Thank you sir, very educational and you explain things in easily understandable lay person's language.

love that you try to get all the meat you can!

The dog behind is having a good time with that head😂😂

this is the most satisfying video on RU-vid

Simple and informative

Outstanding!

Great video and some really impressive knife skills.

Fantastic video very interesting thanks

These types of videos make me SO HUNGRY!!! Why do I keep watching them!?! LOL

Looks like my knife of choice Forschner 402-10 breaker, Great video thank you.

VERY well done sir!!

Conveyor belt, I likey. Nice technique!

like a pro! thanks for the great content!

Great job

You can also scrape the backbone with a spoon if you're planning on grinding it down, the knife method looked good for smoking cause you get thin slices!

Thank you sir for this video.

I do the exact same thing with the meat left on the bone after filleting the meat off the bone. I make a Salmon Chowder with it that everyone really likes. Especially good on cold rainy days for dinner.

Thank you sir... Great video

Well done sir! Man do you make that look easy.

look at those slabs, those hunks of fish. wow!

That is a beautiful fish.

Nice job, enjoyed the video. Cheers

I am late to comment but very well done! Thank you for sharing this!

Thank you for showing how to cut a big salmon. That’s how I learned to fillet my salmon haha 😃🥰

That’s pure gold!!!!

Best part is that he knows what his business is. Perfect fillet cut👌

Excellent video! My father likes to use the head of the salmon for soup! Makes for a tasty broth! ☮️🖖🏽

A man who dosen't waste fish is a pro and this man is a pro.

Awesome! Thanks!

Very informative.

beautiful job

Thank You great video.

I was wondering how you curled your cuting board!? Haha. Finally saw it on the zoom-in...belting! Thanks, thats a great tip and I have access to miles of that stuff! Cheers

Great job .. Thanks ..

LOL the dog is tasting the salmon on the ground.

Nice job!

I like how he tossed the collars

Excellent video. The "Take Home" lesson for me was to clean the meat on the backbone for the smoker. I was pleasantly surprised how many shavings I got. The only thing I questioned was smoking the belly fat, which I generally throw away, because it is where the toxins concentrate. A fish that size is generally 2 to 3 years old.

Wow very fresh...

This gentleman is good because now I'm starving. :)

I work for a charter service in Seward AK. I have always found it to be easier to teach beginner with a fish head on so you have something to grab on to. you have some very nice fillets though, it is a big king and you didn't butcher it like most people who cut in a sawing motion. a better way to clean your fish flesh off is take the knife and slide it against the fish softly to take all the slime and gunk off. Spraying it with water cab ruin the flesh, because salmon meat is very delicate.