How To Fillet A Trout Fish

Then trim out rib bones.

How to fillet a trout fish. The knife should run along the skin but not cut through it. Hold the knife at an angle to the skin while gripping the tail firmly then cut the meat free of the skin. 2020-06-30 The first fillet cut is along the backbone.

We show you how to fillet a trout. Put the trout on its side and its belly pointing away from you. Start a small cut on the top side of the backbone at the opening where you removed the head.

2017-03-30 Skin the trout. Cut the trout diagonally behind the head. Slide the knife toward the tail parallel to the backbone.

Subscribe to this channel. Insert your knife into the meat about a half inch 127 cm away from the tail. 2008-06-12 Cut the fish you will need a sharp fillet knife.

Insert your blade in the groove and cut down the length of the fish and above the backbone. Keep the knife blade down so you dont miss out on meat along the stomach and stop cutting right before you get. If you dont have one find the sharpest knife you have.

Jordan Knigge of Addicted fishing goes over his method for filleting trout. Then dont cut the skin at the tail but flip the fillet over and skin the fillet. Insert your filleting knife into this groove and run the knife down the length of the fish staying just above the backbone.