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Lou Decruss > wrote:

> A few weeks ago I told my 78 yr. old neighbor I'd never cleaned a
> fish. He said he'd be glad to teach me but we had no fish. He fishes
> almost daily but he broke his leg and just got out of the nursing
> home. Saturday he came over and said he had 9 crappies from the night
> before and would be willing to teach me. The first two weren't too
> good but by the time I was done I had it down pretty good. He gave me
> all the fillets to take home. I blackened them and made po-boy
> sandwiches that were awesome. I guess some fish are a bit different
> to filet but I'm no longer intimidated to try to learn more. Fish
> that's fresh out of the water is so much better than store bought
> stuff. What a treat. Louise loves to fish but it's something we've
> never done together. I don't mind it as long as there's a cooler of
> beer and friends around. When I came home with the fish she asked if
> I now know how to do it. Her immediate response was "lets go get
> licenses." I see lots of fresh fish in the near future.
>
> Am I the only one who never cleaned a fish before?
>
> Lou

No. <g>

I've scaled and gutted a fresh fish for frying whole, but I've still
never fillet'ed one, even tho' someone sent me a cool video.

It's just that I've not been fishing in years...

I may fix that this fall when the weather cools down.

Glad you learned! The video shows fillet techniques for 3 different
types of fish.
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