Anybody else cut the tail off first to bleed it out before filleting? I haven’t tried this yet but was told today it helps takes the gamey taste out.
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Catfish filleting question
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what is this "gamey" taste folks talk about?
My wife has issues
she likes fish if it don’t taste like fish
I just fillet starting right behind the ribs flip over and remove skin just like a bass but don’t hold knive hard on surface doing skin.if they big enough if not skin them look up shucking catfish on you tube it works.
Never heard of that. Never had fish that taste gamey. I just filet them the old fashioned way but with an electric knife
Cleaning catfish, boil some water and throw the cats in and the skin will just peel off and cut the meat away from the rib cage.
Cool. Never seen it done that way.
I skin them with skinning pliers then fillet. There isn’t much blood in the fillets, or at least it doesn’t seem so. my wife also likes unfishy tasting fish. I soak my catfish overnight in a brine made with kosher salt and a little sugar. Sometimes I add soy sauce. Most of ours we eat blackened so the spices help flavor as well. Though we also bake, fry, smoke, lemon pepper, put in gumbo.
Yep. My wife soaks raw fish in milk overnight to cut the fishy taste
