2014/02/02 19:16:41
Clint S
Ice was pretty good today got about 26 keeper perch and landed what I am pretty sure is my personal best perch .   A little over 12 inches and weighed 14 ounces.  
2014/02/02 20:36:12
twobob
Souper bowel chow.
2014/02/03 07:06:36
Clint S
Well the electric fillet knife STB  3 fish in.   It had served me well.   Bought from Wal Mart about 20 years ago or so.   Cut up alot of fish with it.   Finished with the Rapala, but  hate having to hone it every other fish or so and it doubles the time it takes to cut the up.   Getting a new one this week.
2014/02/03 08:02:42
fischnmachine
Try to get your hands on a cutco filet knife.  I always liked there knives and if I remember correctly if it lost its end you just sent it to them.  They would sharpen it and send it back.
2014/02/03 09:11:03
troutbum21
Cutco is ridiculously over priced.  If you like an electric filet knife fine but I prefer a carbon steel Dexter knife. 
2014/02/03 09:55:54
hot tuna
Clint, I'm glad the ice was nice to you.. In 2 days of fishing I got SKUNKED, a little twisted too..lol
The weather was great but the fishing was less then dub par for us.. We had a group of 6 on Lake George sat and only iced 2 lake trout, by the same guy..
Then yesterday we had a group of 5 on a lake that fishes very well in the open water for big gills and only caught 2 small mouth bass, by the same guy again...
Don't know what it was but it sure was tough out there..
Ah well, there is always next time, at least for a little while yet ..
 
Electric Filet knives:
I too have the cheap wally world american (go figure)  angler knife..
I love it and it still works great after many years of hard use.. I totally submerge the entire knife in water at times and it's still kicking..
Id buy another when this one finally craps out..
2014/02/03 20:17:23
Clint S
When filleting  20 to 30 fish nothing beats an electric for me.   I   have never used a higher end fillet knife and they may keep their edge better,   but in my experience I just need to hone my knife every fish or 2  due to  cutting through the ribs.   I can zip right through the fish with the electric and honestly the quality does not suffer one bit.   My Rapela's have treated me pretty well when electric is not an option.   May even be time for a new one as  my 10 inch one I got for my 13th birthday and the blade is noticeably smaller due to the 100's of time it has been sharpened.
HT that electric knife has been left out in the rain countless times and submerged a few to boot.  The motor is just wore out
2014/02/04 09:42:09
fischnmachine
Never used an electric or a dexter for that matter.  I was always fileting stripers, sea trout, or flounder off the delaware/chespeake bay.  Personally I like the extendable blade but certainly don't deny the cost, they are or at least were expensive.  I remember back in the day using a rapala with a spoon on the back.  My father and I would catch a few stocked trout and keep them.  That spoon came in handy when scraping the blood line out.
2014/02/04 09:55:32
dimebrite2
Clint I have a rapala fillet knife that does a good job. On the other hand I have a zwilling ja henckles(made in Germany) that my wife bought me for Christmas a few years back. Don't know the price tag but I know it wasn't cheap. And it does a magnificent job. For smaller fish I cut right through the bones with it. On salmon and steel I prefer to cut just to the lateral bone with it and then use the rapala to cut the bones...only to switch back to the zwilling for final trimming. Everyone definitely has their own way of doing it.
2014/02/04 10:47:07
hot tuna
I'm not really an arsenal guy but I know there are some real deal things and then just the run of the mill ones.. My friend hand forged his own and it's a real deal..
For cutting fish I will always use an electric cheap-o.. Stripers, trout or panfish it don't matter..
They are just super fast and do a good job.. Any final trimming I use a run of the mill manual knife but as clint said, those need to be run across the hone often as they sure don't hold an edge very long..

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