Good point on saving the wings. Is there a certain size walleye that makes it worth saving them? I usually don't keep any walleye over 20 inches. Are wings still good on the "smaller" males that are 15-18 inches?
I first saw this method on an episode of like Canadian Angling or something like that in the 90s I think. They used it to make some bacon wrapped walleye fillets. I use this method most of the time now. Thanks for sharing.
I've been doing this for a while now. Can't remember where I saw it online, but it's out there somewhere. This zipper technique does work on other fish too, provided they have the pin bones along that "mud line" like walleye do.
When going down the back bone dont go so deep and u wont go through the bones, it is a little slower but with a few fish it doesnt matter. Nice u use the cheeks and tounge, now keep the angle wings, the 2 fins undrr the head.
Make sure you look at you state game and fish laws. In North Dakota they just made it so each one of those pieces count as a fillet so each fish would count as 2 fish if you zipper them.
We've been doing this for years, and I get my biggest kick out guys on RU-vid just filleting then and then saying it's boneless without taking the pin bones out, we call it the mud line
Yea I’m glad I figured it out. Works great. And you’re right it gets rid of that red meat on the mud line that isn’t tasty especially on the bigger ones
Do those pin bones cook out like crappie? It's been ages since I've had it and hope to start getting some now that I've gotten into ice fishing here in northern minne'snow'ta.
You can zipper a fish and still be legal. Just don't pull the zipper all the way to the tail. There's no pin bones there anyways. Keeps the filets together and you can leave a skin tag on them.
Just cut up at a sharper angle around the ribcage and theyre always bonless. I get no toine bone in the tail lateral line section. Idn what the issue people have with walleye but i get zero bone in any fillet without any of this zipper method dont matter if its a 15 or 20 incher.
Oh manwhere have you been hiding???? LOL I'm 67 and this has been around longer then me as my mom showed me this when I was 8 years old. Nothing new. Maybe you should get out more , Just saying.
