Interesting fish cleaning method

[Fatal_Bert]

I stumbled across this video and thought I'd give this method a try on some bluegill. It worked perfectly and I wish I'd seen this years ago. Can't wait to see how it works on some shoal bass

I know it's the southern thing to batter up and fry fish but that just ruins em in my opinion. I prefer them smoked with some hickory chips and just enjoy the flavor of fresh fish instead of all that lard and batter.

 

[bsmith104]

Looks good! What's with the helmets in the video? did they ride out on snowmobiles and just feel the need to include them in the pics?

 

[BangBang]

Cool!

 

[Fatal_Bert]

Looks good! What's with the helmets in the video? did they ride out on snowmobiles and just feel the need to include them in the pics?

I have no clue about the helmets. One thing I will add is that peeling the skin of a bream works tens times easy if they're fresh, preferably still twitching a little. If you try this after they've been dead a while sitting on ice the skin has a tendency to stick to the meat. If they're fresh it peels right off.

 

[24on48hunting]

We used to do that with catfish. Pretty cool.

 

[the_great_white]

I know it's the southern thing to batter up and fry fish but that just ruins em in my opinion. I prefer them smoked with some hickory chips and just enjoy the flavor of fresh fish instead of all that lard and batter.

don't make me get my torch and pitchfork!

 

[the_great_white]

thanks for the vid by the way....gonna have to give it a shot!

 

[hikingthehills]

Thats pretty cool, I'm sure I've cleaned thousand of fish in my life but never done it like that. I'll be trying it here soon.

 

[SAR 6114]

Great post.........thanks

 

[Fatal_Bert]

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don't make me get my torch and pitchfork!

My general rule for fish is if it comes out the freezer it gets fried if it's fresh it gets grilled or smoked.