How To Fillet a Fish with an Alaskan Fisherman

Jeremy Woodrow of the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (and lifelong fisherman), is in the MUNCHIES Test Kitchen to show us how to properly clean and fillet a fish. He cuts up several salmon steaks and fillets from one big sockeye salmon, removing pinbones while keeping the flesh of the fish intact.
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[@Alex-bf7mc]

No idea why i watched this but it was really interesting thank you

[@Potato-wz4ke]

me either

[@ryantidwell9335]

dude same

[@vash347]

There's something really gratifying about being able to fillet fish... When you get good and you see how nice the cuts come out you feel proud! Because trust me, you will butcher plenty and end up with a lot of spoon meat!

[@J0NJONSON]

Isn’t that the KZbin motto?

[@football75able]

Props to anyone who actually goes out and fillets a fish

[@camiloordonez4906]

There could be fishmongers watching the video

[@RubyJamez]

I do it is way cheaper and you can make a soup with bones, head and belly and than you basically go zero waste on that fish.

[@RobinLundqvist]

Burby Lee my family is very traditional swedish and we fished pretty often. dad and granddad taught me everything I need to know about fish hehe.

[@RobinLundqvist]

shlomo kikebherger people become less independent as they move into cities. call it useless if you want but it’s a privilege imo.

[@jaymartinez2197]

@shlomo kikebherger look at u all useful talking senseless crap pn the internet! Youre a real contribution to society! Thanks for always letting other know theyre useless what would the world do without your services

[@halfstrike721]

Damn I was trying to see him filet this fish but now I wanna start a salmon fertilized garden

[@melvincollins8104]

He left so much behind, now imaging all the fish he wasted in his lifetime. Idiot probably throws away the skin and deep fries fresh fish.

[@tedtraeger3344]

@@melvincollins8104 wait what

[@LOLletsallfreakout]

@Melvin Collins not sure you realise how much of a huge douchewad you sound like. the fact that he even mentioned fertilising your garden with it means that he’s encouraging people not to throw away or waste any of the fish. he also said that when grilling he keeps the skin on. stop commenting on videos you don’t watch, you moron.

[@jaydowd2351]

@@LOLletsallfreakout end of the day he would make a shit fish monger

[@granadosb63]

*_vanessa_* we need more people in this world like you🥺

[@polak.7144]

I actually expected to see an old bearded man skinning a salmon with a hunter knife in front of a frozen lake

[@AB-xi9im]

Red Dead Redemption 2

[@paulayasuy434]

johnny sins fillets salmon on his free time

[@obnxis]

Well as someone leaving for the Russian River tomorrow night... that's usually what actually happens, beards, cussing, a filet knife, a running river and it happens about 8 min faster, LOL

[@MikeTrieu]

That salmon steak being held together with the skin idea is brilliant! Perfectly even thickness with minimal effort.

[@motsach5397]

But the skin will not be seared and I think seared salmon skin is extremely good on salmon steak.

[@MikeTrieu]

@@motsach5397 The nice thing about this technique is that you can always fold the steak back again to expose the skin and finish the skin on a smoking hot skillet to crisp it up without adding too much additional heat to the meat. Best of both worlds.

[@motsach5397]

@@MikeTrieu have you tried doing it yet? I believe that you cannot fold it that easily since it will break the fish when it's even slightly cooked. I havent tried doing it, just my speculation.

[@MikeTrieu]

@@motsach5397 You fold it while it's raw, cook it, and then unfold it with the skin side now down. You just have to use a spatula to guide it back.

[@motsach5397]

@@MikeTrieu I'm convinced you have never done this before lol

[@eertikrux666]

Me: I don’t need to know how Me 1 second later: maybe I do, just in case

[@billypilgrim1]

This guy has the same timbre of voice as Jeff Goldblum

[@spoonballs]

YOU have the same timbre of voice as Jeff Goldblum more like it

[@benilak]

*as Jeff Goldblum

[@plataoplomo9018]

Speak English

[@billypilgrim1]

@@plataoplomo9018 I am?

[@billypilgrim1]

@@benilak Thanks Ben, I was pretty dosed up when I wrote it

[@Fillkarre]

The spoon meat got my appetite really going, looks amazing.

[@shaqtalksstocks]

Filleツ when he said salmon burgers i lost it! can you imagine

[@rizzathegreat]

I'm definitely not going to do that but it was fun to watch 😊

[@brothersalt5827]

Rizza The Great lmao basically everyone who visits a mychannel 😂

[@rizzathegreat]

@dark lord It's not that it's hard. I just can't finish that much fish.

[@rizzathegreat]

@dark lord I don't have a family, so buying large quantities ends up being a waste.

[@tysonseafoot7834]

Rizza The Great cut The filets into a size that you like then vacuum seal and freeze it.

[@tysonseafoot7834]

Rizza The Great that’s what I do when I catch one. Or just invite all your friends and family for dinner lol

[@RodrigoTambara]

I will never fillet a salmon in my life, but there's something oddly pleasing in seeing someone good in his craft explain it so well. Great video

[@jostanvallis3564]

4:56 holy, that’s way more satisfying that those slime or ASMR videos

[@Avetarx]

Next time: How To Fillet an Alaskan Fisherman with a Brown Bear.

[@ilyaelric9539]

Kodiak Bear *

[@worldofwatii7366]

Avetarx with maple syrup seasoning

[@cashyman1941]

@@ilyaelric9539 Kodiak Brown Bears only exist on the Kodiak Island. There are other brown bears in Alaska

[@James-wd9ib]

I knew I wasn't alone when I saw the confusing subject-object sentence construction.

[@MickyM07]

Takes me back to when I worked at Tesco and they put me on the fish counter, I hated the idea of it at first but once I was filleting whole salmons it was actually quite fun and technical 🙌🏼

[@RudieObias]

Did Vice fly this man from Alaska down to Brooklyn just to shoot this video?!

[@dumdumdumbest834]

Best question asked for this video

[@brohymn2620]

he said he was from some public office in alaska. maybe its a government promotion thing

[@MrYouarethecancer]

@@brohymn2620 it's not a public office lmao he's a marketer.

[@BetheWainaina]

Am assuming the communication director might not be based out of Alaska if his job is to promote the products to Chefs and all that, probably based in their primary market

[@Majorvino]

he doesn't have a beard.. so I think he just know an Alaskan Fisherman.

[@Shahroz9658]

I work as a part time driver for a seafood company in sydney, we deal Alaskan salmon. The 60+ year old pacific islander guy that works there and i see every day, he fillets a whole salmon in less than a minute or so. Makes me appreciate his skill a lot more.

[@beccadee0935]

He was genuinely happy and passionate about filleting this fish. I want to learn how to fillet a fish, good voice, very informative, thank you. Nice watch!

[@Bingus_Bangus]

This MAN kinda sound like Chef Goldblum lol

[@egorrukin6426]

What a beautiful fish!

[@67johnfrag]

This is perfect, I'm actually going to be fishing in Alaska very soon. I will definitely be using these techniques, thank you!!

[@prestonooi8317]

I cant be the only one who read "how to fillet an alaskan fisherman"

[@xp3r670]

Nah i did dw

[@arun4705]

me too wtf

[@r.s.marcus3043]

That was fantastic to watch. I don't break down salmon as much as you, but I'm not a novice. I use a flex knife to skin a side, but your solid blade did a much better job. Thanks

[@b.c.c.7088]

Thanks, very well explained. The Idea to "butterfly" the Steak to achieve the same Thickness is a total Winner for me and to Spoon the Fishbones for minimal Waste is awesome. I salute to you Mr. Woodrow

[@official_surge]

I don't know why but this feels satisfying

[@lsimon4127]

8:45 just changed my life 😱 great vid 👏🏻

[@dreadwing01]

Grest video, I spent three years processing sport fish in Valdez Alaska as one of my jobs growing up. The owner taught me just as you shown great blade work.

[@bushmanj85]

Wow....the first video i have ever seen on KZbin fillet a salon right. Leave it to us Alaskans to show everyone. I have seen so many salmon fillet videos on KZbin that are just complete butcher jobs. Finally a video the exact way I was raised to fillet a fish

[@Cre8ive07]

Exactly!

[@theuniquebean]

This was SO informative! I’ve been wanting to start buying my fish whole but was nervous on how exactly to break it down.

[@carpediem5232]

Defiantly use a more flexible knife with a finer tip than that in the video, it is much easier at first.

[@AllTheArtsy]

You'll save so much buying fish whole!

[@nickyang1143]

Start with a bigger fish, unfortunately bigger is easier and you will stuff up a few times before you get it right. Choose something cheaper, a large snapper is good practice

[@ghalibbakhtiar1300]

If you still can't break it down try bringing up the fish's childhood trauma or pass judgement on its looks

[@pooperdrop]

I could listen to this guy all day - awesome how-to video

[@andrewhamilton7864]

Munchies, you the real MVP.

[@joshmore7175]

This is amazing. The skill and insight here is great

[@adembayraktar3860]

Now I really want some salmon. You're clearly skilled and very knowledgeable about your fish filleting. Thanks for sharing.

[@pandadorable82]

i love him he explained how to use every part of the salmon :')

[@Tobias.d]

Yo this video was super insightful! Props to the host!

[@jdxsea]

Great technique!

[@UssyMustyYS]

This video relaxes me

[@leemartin2978]

What a great tip at the end, I’d have spent the rest of my life messing about with a piece of fish of differing thickness trying to get an equal cooking time. Nice job and very professional

[@bighardflip]

This is a weird Johnny Sins scene...

[@classyjohn1923]

LOL beat me to the comment!

[@NewVenari]

Whole salmon was on sale today. I bought one, and now you've shown me how to deal with it. Thanks!

[@RobRuiz805]

This guy is the Alton Brown of fish!! Great camera presence and easy to follow with interesting facts thrown in!

[@fardincardin1478]

no

[@poppajay4968]

Watching this because some older lady got mad at me for not knowing how to fillet a salmon for her. I fill in at the fish department sometimes at work while the guy that runs the section is on his break. (I was hired on as a cashier/stocker and have only been cutting fish a couple days a week for a few months) The guy that runs our seafood department is a former sushi chef and he tried to show me how to do it. You guys make it look so easy!

[@AZ-gs6hj]

Needed this. Salmon season has just started where I am at and so far caught one.

[@bai2111]

Love these videos

[@azaroarazenka]

I have no idea who this man is but his attitude and skill invested into his trade is absolutely phenomenal. Would want him to be my cool uncle. 11/10

[@ImHankMardookis]

That salmon looks so good!!

[@bliickyyy_]

This man looks like he’s always on the verge of laughing 😂

[@brentmillsop6355]

Great technique, and info Method presents the end results well! Looks Great!

[@Sonny1065LV]

Watching this in the back of an Uber on the way to Pike Place to get some salmon! Maybe I'll opt to fillet it myself, great video.

[@Unflushablepiss]

most excellent video my dude, thank you!

[@RayStewart11]

Thank you for this!

[@danandco.452]

Great breakdown - thank you! I love filleting fish, not that we have alot of sockeye Salmon over here, will try this on a trout

[@Bigjam22]

Very good video. You did a great good explaining

[@MrAwsomeshot]

that butterfly fold over technique at the end is brillant

[@rusu8721]

I'm proud of you Jeremy! good job processing that salmon!

[@Titaniumnerve]

What a fantastic video! Thank you so much for sharing :)

[@J.5.M.]

Learned a lot, thanks

[@mattikallio4812]

Very Nice! Well-presented!

[@lennoxbeharry5004]

you are an inspiration to young fishermen well done

[@TheHenchmen69]

Great vid, that thumb hole idea is going to save me a fortune lol

[@rm4250]

I love the way the knife just glides across the red

[@zubzero304050]

I've never thrown away a fish head or tail there both great for stew and soup and the head has bits of meat you can cut off and use in other dishes the only thing my family ever recycles are the guts

[@feynmansnudge9621]

That was a Masterclass in Salmon filleting !

[@belindakho]

That was a super helpful video!

[@devanharripersad5730]

This was soo cool thanks man

[@calrndown]

Awesome ! Thanks !

[@eliasmarius]

I really like this man. Great guy

[@cisco00079]

Good stuff man!

[@TigesTheWinemaker]

Mad skills - so cool to see

[@eldormido8a]

Yumm! Thanks for the video!🙌🏽

[@droogii1142]

Great video!

[@ArtAndPrevailing]

great video!!

[@SUSHIANDDESSERTS]

Very good explained video :)

[@marionmatthias5608]

“Y’alls”- this beautiful beautiful guy

[@Chinchilla_in_the_Villa]

Very informative!

[@ULTIMATEGODZ1996]

I like the way you say it and do it from an average point of view , although you’ve done it many times instead of doing it and that’s it you explain it to the point we’re I could do it 🤙🏻😎 I probs can’t still but I feel I can now , nice video

[@Cre8ive07]

I knew how to fillet but the part about spooning was an eye opener. I always wondered how to use that meat. Thank you.

[@Yehi_0r]

or you can just cut all the thing in 3 part , oignon carrots celery and hop to the pan , sauté , pour water Salt, bouquet garni. 1h Filter it and you got a delicious soup full of collagen and Omega 3 ^_^ the good for the skin and for the heart :)

[@Cre8ive07]

@@Yehi_0r Usually by the time it's filleting time after fishing, I'm just trying to process and get it canned, vacuum sealed...so never really any time or space to use the carcass for things. It just really never crossed my mind to boil it or spoon it.

[@nomeaknat]

@@Cre8ive07 All the bones are pretty good boiled. I do that as I am cutting up my salmon for a tasty treat.

[@swisski]

If you are interested, check out how to butcher a whole tuna by Bon Appetit on You Tube. Its 20 minutes long but its a thing of beauty. At 18:00 the japanese guy shows what de does with the spoon meat and the bones of the fish. Highly recommended!

[@JayLeePoe]

salmon skin cooks about the same speed as regular cut bacon in a raised cooking pan in the oven

[@Jason1067]

I use a pretty similar technique with walleye. I’ll start behind that pectoral fun cut done to the spine and follow it down to the tail but instead of cutting the fillet off at the tail I just flip it over with my knife leaving it attached to the fish and then proceed with the same skinning technique used in this video except I’m holding on the the head and gills as I skin the fillet flip the fish over and repeat!

[@sofiacookiemonster9786]

that last salmon steak « hack » just blew my mind

[@wipeoutdogg]

I’m going on a lake trip tmrw and going fishing for the first time, this video seemed relevant

[@Mishka_101]

Still one of My fav videos ❤️😅

[@BBQandBottles]

Growing vegetables in Alaska year round? Salmon really is a miracle fertilizer!

[@amandavolker6613]

BBQ and Bottles yep! Alaska has one of the most world records for growing big vegetables since during the summer we have sun 24/7

[@nrsolja1022]

Damn Steve Wilkos knows how to handle a fish

[@igotsomecuddylastnight7116]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@iamjaysaul1169]

read this comment, literally right before buddy appeared on screen. LOL thanks for the laugh Fred

[@modiggady]

You a fool😂😂😂

[@dirkdiggler4843]

Idiot

[@dangerriff8304]

I love how he spare that little bit of the belly! True master!

[@sankalppatil2994]

I have no idea why I watch these but I do 😂

[@LichlordKazam]

Videos like this makes me miss sharp knives. I've been working with damaged/blunt knives for years now.

[@justaskme7563]

Where is Matty Matheson ? I want to see him making cooking videos again. The energy and passions he is pouring is just IMMENSE. 😊

[@kell2883]

Thank you! This was very informative! I’ll have to show this off to my girlfriend!

[@DJPacoRamirez]

Thank you

[@tonyflamingolindsay4984]

props to you tasty, you picked a great guy. im from alaska and this was spot on

[@jerryyang1299]

Spooning the excess meat is brilliant!!

[@prussiangamer]

Man I graduated from High school and I'm still learning stuff

[@jamesken6182]

You never stop learning!:)

[@sayakgupta3068]

Something about the fish is extremely satisfying

[@solelygripped]

Solid video

[@akev9075]

Im a commercial fisherwoman in Alaska, and I approve of his technique👏🏼👏🏼👌🏼👌🏼

[@sb76117]

Good dude and good vid!

[@thalibrafraudster7795]

He knows so much

[@juice610]

Good one reccomendations

[@sergeykopylov652]

Nice fish! In my place we have only frozen fish... Local river fish not frozen at summer time, yes.

[@papijohzay7160]

6:08 this man is slick af

[@lmbnj721]

Increadible, awesome, i love’it