How do you fillet/cook the catch?

[Jimmyz123]

Originally Posted by StinkyMatt

I am NO expert on filleting a fish.

I do know a couple of things.

1 Have a SHARP knife, sharpen frequently, less waste this way.

2 The technique used by a deckie who has to clean a hundred fish in an hour on a moving boat maybe slighly different than yours at home.

3 On YT, never waste the belly flap meat, this is the fattest part of the fish and best for Hamachi.

4 Use a soup spoon to scrape the rib area of the filled fish and you'll get A LOT of meat to make fish balls, fish burger patties, soup, etc.

5 Hali seems to be one of the easiest fish to fillet without waste. If you leave any meat on a hali skeleton, you did it WRONG. Watch some friends or videos.

Matt

I was filleting some Halibut a couple weeks ago and my buddy told me not to forget the cheek meat. That was the first I heard of that for halibut. So I cut out the cheek meat. Personally I didn't care for it but others may like it.