Fileting Blugill - Bluegill - Big Bluegill2024-03-29T11:23:18Zhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/forum/topics/fileting-blugill?commentId=2036984%3AComment%3A314793&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI love the image, Jeff.tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2012-10-25:2036984:Comment:3222272012-10-25T15:34:35.636ZDavid, aka, "McScruff"http://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/david553
<p>I love the image, Jeff.</p>
<p>I love the image, Jeff.</p> Six of one, 'half a dozen of…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2012-10-25:2036984:Comment:3221422012-10-25T15:30:15.785ZDavid, aka, "McScruff"http://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/david553
<p>Six of one, 'half a dozen of the other."</p>
<p>Six of one, 'half a dozen of the other."</p> A.K.A. Skeletal remains....tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2012-10-25:2036984:Comment:3223092012-10-25T15:28:40.487ZJeffrey D. Abneyhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/JeffreyDavidAbney
<p>A.K.A. Skeletal remains....</p>
<p>A.K.A. Skeletal remains....</p> Well, Dick, I prefer fileted…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2012-10-25:2036984:Comment:3221412012-10-25T15:26:52.997ZDavid, aka, "McScruff"http://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/david553
<p>Well, Dick, I prefer fileted fish. In Minnesota, we dipped crappie filets in a bit of salt. A swig of beer and "...mmmmmm, boy!" That was a good way to spend a winters evening.</p>
<p>Even so, my humble opinion is that most sunfish are a bother to filet. Perhaps I lack patience for the job. I'm always eager to get done with cleaning fish.</p>
<p>Maybe I'm a poor angler and just miss all the big fish, the ones worth fileting. Whatever the reason, I just give in and do 'em 'Southern Style'. I…</p>
<p>Well, Dick, I prefer fileted fish. In Minnesota, we dipped crappie filets in a bit of salt. A swig of beer and "...mmmmmm, boy!" That was a good way to spend a winters evening.</p>
<p>Even so, my humble opinion is that most sunfish are a bother to filet. Perhaps I lack patience for the job. I'm always eager to get done with cleaning fish.</p>
<p>Maybe I'm a poor angler and just miss all the big fish, the ones worth fileting. Whatever the reason, I just give in and do 'em 'Southern Style'. I think of it as an expedient.</p>
<p>At the table, I just eat around the bones of such fish. It only needs a fork and a deft touch. I'm like the cat in the old cartoons; when I'm done there is just the intact head and bones.</p>
<p></p> Rick you can fillet your fish…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2012-10-25:2036984:Comment:3223062012-10-25T15:18:12.234Zdick tabberthttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/dicktabbert
<p>Rick you can fillet your fish and have your tail on and eat it too.</p>
<p>Rick you can fillet your fish and have your tail on and eat it too.</p> Yep, North or South it is ver…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2012-10-25:2036984:Comment:3223052012-10-25T15:01:47.660ZRick Kinghttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/RickKing
<p>Yep, North or South it is very good that way and I love the North, however I like to visit the South. I fillet most of mine because that is the way my wife likes them. I prefer to do it the way you do. I just love to eat a chrispy tail..plus I think they taste great that way.</p>
<p>Yep, North or South it is very good that way and I love the North, however I like to visit the South. I fillet most of mine because that is the way my wife likes them. I prefer to do it the way you do. I just love to eat a chrispy tail..plus I think they taste great that way.</p> You know some of the old dye…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2012-10-25:2036984:Comment:3222202012-10-25T14:08:00.687Zdick tabberthttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/dicktabbert
<p>You know some of the old dye hard southern gentleman prefer fish prepped like that and if you talk about filleting a fish they don't want anything to do with it. They say if you fry a fish with the bones in them they taste better. Me I've tried both ways and can't tell a difference. So for what ever the reason they like to fight the bones I don't know maybe it's just the change of there old way of doing it and like some of us we have a hard time tolerating change.</p>
<p>You know some of the old dye hard southern gentleman prefer fish prepped like that and if you talk about filleting a fish they don't want anything to do with it. They say if you fry a fish with the bones in them they taste better. Me I've tried both ways and can't tell a difference. So for what ever the reason they like to fight the bones I don't know maybe it's just the change of there old way of doing it and like some of us we have a hard time tolerating change.</p> I'm not sure if the two are d…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2012-10-25:2036984:Comment:3223902012-10-25T13:53:56.804ZDavid, aka, "McScruff"http://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/david553
<p>I'm not sure if the two are different, in actual fact. I've seen lots of so-called "improved" ways to prepare a bluegill for eating. I'm sure you have, too. But once you analyze them, you're either filleting them or doing it in the manner I'm calling 'Southern Style' here.</p>
<p>I use the term because a) I love the South and, b) I've seen it called that in publications and around the web.</p>
<p>So what is it? It really just boils down to...</p>
<p>- Scale 'em</p>
<p>- Cut off the head and…</p>
<p>I'm not sure if the two are different, in actual fact. I've seen lots of so-called "improved" ways to prepare a bluegill for eating. I'm sure you have, too. But once you analyze them, you're either filleting them or doing it in the manner I'm calling 'Southern Style' here.</p>
<p>I use the term because a) I love the South and, b) I've seen it called that in publications and around the web.</p>
<p>So what is it? It really just boils down to...</p>
<p>- Scale 'em</p>
<p>- Cut off the head and remove the guts</p>
<p>- Rinse 'em clean and pat them dry.</p>
<p>- Roll 'em in milk, then seasoned meal</p>
<p>- Fry 'em up in hot oil!</p>
<p>And, as they say, there you go.</p> Easily filleting 75 fish per…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2012-10-23:2036984:Comment:3213732012-10-23T23:26:19.125ZBill "Musky" Modicahttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/MuskyMod
<p>Easily filleting 75 fish per hour or more would be worth a few views...we're all waiting for the remedy!</p>
<p>Easily filleting 75 fish per hour or more would be worth a few views...we're all waiting for the remedy!</p> I'm always open for better wa…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2012-10-23:2036984:Comment:3214192012-10-23T21:30:24.141Zdick tabberthttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/dicktabbert
<p>I'm always open for better ways to do things. To this date I think Musky Mod has the best fillet procedure out. He put out a short video showing how its done. I'm sure there is other ways to achieve the goal but its worth watching over and over to see if you can pick up some pointers.</p>
<p>I'm always open for better ways to do things. To this date I think Musky Mod has the best fillet procedure out. He put out a short video showing how its done. I'm sure there is other ways to achieve the goal but its worth watching over and over to see if you can pick up some pointers.</p>