How to Fillet a Fish

Once you take the courageous leap to fillet your own fish you'll never look back. It' better for SO many reasons, Click play and find out.
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[@F2t0ny]

Anyone else here because you're broke and plan on trying to catch fish from the local river to avoid paying the ridiculous cost of meat?

[@mojon_1]

that’s my problem too and the big problem not that i’m broke no it’s the local river is without fish

[@ImBrockatron]

Well, id need to pay for a license to do that...

[@residentboejiden5796]

@@ImBrockatronsame. But i can and have caught enough in the past but im ready for the next step and not catch and release

[@residentboejiden5796]

Also, remember to vote trump and fix the prices

[@bryanlane7208]

If you live near the ocean get into spearfishing. It’s super fun and you get unlimited meat after the initial investment.

[@carlbrocks1671]

You just taught a man who has never fillet a fish in all his 62 years but I am going to give it a go asap. You made it look so easy. Thank you.

[@archiesinfield9333]

It’s not as easy as it looks hahaha

[@iliveonearth289]

Hope you did good

[@eduardobarrios514]

How was it?

[@Masowe.]

@@archiesinfield9333 have you tried it? i am starting to think its not for me before trying🤣

[@Masowe.]

@ICE 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@yourmomxddd9639]

”let your knife do the work” Gordon Ramsay: *very good, my child*

[@haggai32]

this guy has 2 accents

[@JMeier-xz6wx]

Ya Boi It‘s Australian for sure

[@harryglass4821]

hahahaha

[@Ruymand]

kind of feels like South African. probably wrong but my South African friends English sound like Australian Americans.

[@SenkaBandit]

Kinda sounds Irish

[@Ale-fd6uj]

Ruymand he’s not from SA, sounds half Irish half Aussie

[@iamjayla1284]

Went fishing today for the first time so I need this video!! Can’t get no fresher then this

[@itskajeric]

mackerel will never be the same again after watchng this video🥹

[@mono7468]

Me: *watching this at 3am* My parents in the other room hearing "Drag the knife down the spine..." from my room: •_•

[@observantmagic4156]

The guy in my basement who I kidnapped: 0_0

[@manipalanichamy8739]

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[@scottvill6523]

same

[@IBRAHIM_990_SUBSCRIBE]

I invite you to study Islam

[@mightyredfilly6717]

You make it look easy, though I'm sure it's more challenging than I expect it to be. :)

[@jkid8948]

Wonderfully instructed and helpful! I really appreciate that you took the time to make this video. Thanks!

[@BrianMusic12]

Never seen someone fillet a fish without gutting it or removing the head. Very interesting technique

[@corinthia6261]

I thought the same thing but I think the gut it at the market. Or maybe they don't idk I don't buy fish like that.

[@corinthia6261]

@Jamie Saunders Oh good thing they killed it then.

[@schminble]

this is how you fillet fish, how have you been doing it?

[@FIREDEATHDAN]

You only gut it if you eating it whole

[@GoshenPrepping]

Awesome Chef Mike! We just caught fish while we are camping and you make the filleting SO SIMPLE! Time to get to work filleting our fresh catch!

[@remio1377]

How did it go?

[@pumpkineater6975]

@@remio1377 I was there it went horribly

[@sonofagun5305]

@@pumpkineater6975i was there, they filleted 20 fish as good as a sushi master!!!!

[@BikerFan1989]

​@@sonofagun5305I was there, they filleted the fish to a satisfactory level. An average taste.

[@rupertmcnaughtdavis3649]

So easily explained, going to fillet my fish right now! Thanks from South Africa.

[@eliminatex]

hugh jackman?

[@user-pi9sd4wp6d]

AhG goku?

[@xuau208]

Huge Actman

[@maxwellsiameh430]

@@xuau208 😂😂😭😭

[@Ctallyonz]

Hugh Jannis

[@danamoradi6031]

Thanks a lot, I'm actually just a kid but I managed to get a piece of a much larger salmon using a technique similar to this, awesome video!

[@luccheddu8197]

Serial Killer with passion for cooking released this statement: "I give the head to my kids, they put their fingers into his mouth, they give him a name...."

[@jeji1222]

"let the knife do the work" gordon ramsay says this all the time in his masterclass lmaoo

[@Steve197201]

This video is not only a tutorial on how to fillet a fish, but also how to properly add background music to a video. It's not jarring and it doesn't overpower the speaker. Content creators, take note.

[@Meechl]

Excellent tutorial! Easy to follow and very satisfying filleting your own fish. I have subscribed to your channel. Thank you.

[@tomrizzo1554]

Ear smear doesn't matter very good video good photography and very informative and I just happened to watch it when I came home with 4 Spanish mackerel from my boat perfect timing

[@ckbs1]

Australian or American? Im picking up both

[@whengrapespop5728]

ckbs1 Australican 🇦🇺 🇺🇸

[@jahwni]

sounds like an aussie that's moved to the US

[@user-xe2eb1zj5i]

ckbs1 🇶🇦Qatari Or 🇦🇪Emirati They always debating tho🇦🇪👍🇶🇦👍🇦🇪👍🇶🇦👍🇦🇪👍🇶🇦

[@user-xe2eb1zj5i]

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[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa790]

I heard that the Australian accent is slowly becoming more and more American due to Hollywood.

[@siekierni]

Super clear and informative. Thank you so much for this tutorial.

[@MelanieSakowski]

When I began eating meat and fish again since being a 5-year veggie, I promised myself to not be in ignorance as to the whole experience of eating meat; from farm to table. This summer, a challenge for me is to catch, fillet, and prepare a fish in a full circle of respect and gratitude for the nourishment this life will give me. I'm time-framing it to my two weeks at the cottage this fri. Will report back, and now I have no excuse that I don't know how to fillet a fish. Namasthe :)

[@ChefMikeWard]

melanie sakowski Super excited for you Melanie, let me know how it goes. :)

[@MelanieSakowski]

I will!

[@MelanieSakowski]

Oi Mike, I did it, with a fresh caught red snapper! it was neat, and tasted so good BBQ'd in butter, salt and pepper, simple and yum :) Food tastes so good when from start to end you play as big a role as you can in the process, nah? Namaste

[@fishingpinky3165]

Thank you. Caught my first fish today and had no clue how to do this. Great short video.

[@Sillyman27]

How did it taste?

[@MarkTilley]

Nice, thanks for this been putting this off for the last 40 years

[@OlyimpicChamp3]

It looks fun. I'll be sure to try it out, thanks!

[@ChefMikeWard]

OlyimpicChamp3 Youre welcome, let me know how it goes. :)

[@eunyoungchae2621]

I ordered two of these based on the reviews. kzbin.infoUgkxqmKabisEv81ul5v7OhvVxxOpt2CJruI- Received them on time and they look good. I really like the handle on these knives as they feel good in my hand. I'm giving them 4 stars on look and feel, but have not had the chance to put them to the test yet. I mostly fish for catfish and can hopefully try them out in the next few days. If they hold an edge throughout a limit of catfish, they'll be worth another star.Update...I used the 9" strong and the 9" fillet on a mess of catfish. I did put a sharpening on these before I started. I want a razor edge to fillet fish but they weren't quite that sharp. The people who gave these knives crappy reviews and said they were sending them back was because they weren't razor sharp. So what, do they not have a knife sharpener?? Good grief! I mean you have to sharpen any knife from time to time.I personally like them and am pleased with them. If you're too lazy to sharpen a knife then hire someone to clean your fish lol.I've never bought a knife in my life that would shave hair right out of the box. Don't be afraid to purchase the knives. They're pretty nice in my opinion.

[@LorenzoBlade]

This last year i started cooking different dishes, and so far my girlfriend fell in love with what am cooking so much that she told me if i cook she will wash everything every day :P I tried to filit a fish today and it came to me really easy. Some people are born with talents am wandering if i had a great talent at cooking and i never knew because i never tried

[@67Spectre]

Very nice knife work! I really like the v-cut to get rid of those annoying bones.

[@rainthunder7547]

Thank you! Now to try it on a whole pacific rockfish soon.

[@marciastarot7839]

This video is so simple and great thankyou so much!!!

[@bd3825]

Beautiful fish. I was just about to put basa on my shopping list, but Meckerel looks so delish.

[@avlertavermont7094]

You saved me!) I adore such a simple but effective approach. Will try it now

[@mrspoonz9656]

I love to give my kids dead fish heads! Fun for the whole family!

[@kdm3455]

😂

[@iceyplayz3388]

Lmao

[@memedesima7953]

God ... Owwww

[@gutsglory3625]

You are just a p*ssy

[@BenjaminHME]

That was intensely pleasant to watch. I'm going to buy a fish!

[@badregase1943]

Loved this video. Could not for the life of me deal with your accent. As an Australian I heard every every single time your accent slipped from US to Aus. Freaked me out.

[@spagfishing4731]

Great job, thanks for the instructional video

[@Ramonerdna]

thank you so much....first time trying and i did a decent job. You were right, once i sharpened the knife it did most of the work

[@BobbyGeee]

Wonderful ! You make it look quite easy!

[@UFOENGINE]

is the fish ok?

[@TheHardscoperrr]

Yes, hes alive and swimming in the ocean with his family.

[@viceroy2214]

UFOENGINE He dead.

[@robotbjorn4952]

No. No he's not.

[@fuadhakim94yearsago86]

Yes the fish want some spa and have a surgery

[@aaronsun1659]

Yea. We miss him. But thank lord, he didnt feel any pain going through all this.

[@delilahjones6496]

I recently tried a recipe for whole branzino and it tastes so good, but the bones are an issue. Now I know how to get rid of them thanks to you. Appreciate it!

[@oldmother123]

You made this look so easy! Going to try it

[@mujeebgsm]

Superb.I did fillet first time in my life.Enjoyed. Sure I will do it myself .It wasn't hard as I thought all the years 😂.It's easy.

[@mayragatica2124]

Thank you very simple instructions

[@168grhp]

This method worked best for me. Thanks for sharing.

[@Angelicwings1]

I have a question. With the bones and head do you make a stock of just that or do you freeze and save up until you have enough? Do you use the whole head to make the stock?

[@bangtanchefs4849]

Thanks, mike! This helped a lot.

[@aubreegallucci8343]

This was incredibly helpful!

[@Juggernaut_Overdrive]

Great Video, cant wait to try this!

[@gideonpaulalcaide]

OMG I love this chef!

[@xawnzayn204]

make sure to clean your knife in every cut, that's what Gordon Ramsay taught me LOL

[@iceyplayz3388]

It doesn’t matter when you fillet a fish because there’s not much juice or anything. Actually, it doesn’t really matter unless you use the same knife for different foods. Then it matters.

[@sanjilovestocook]

@@iceyplayz3388 true

[@Saunteringvaguely.downwards]

19 Georgia girl. Moving to MO to do some fishing near my brother. My mother laid a fishing rod on my bed for my birthday because I love salmon and always enjoyed the idea of catching my own from start to finish. I was expecting it to be a bit more gore-intensive. I plan on catching all sorts of fish while I’m there and taking them to my brother for the holidays. Wish me luck :) I think I’m looking forward to filleting them more than I am catching them now

[@saarza9991]

Good luck girl 😇 I'm 19 too and I always catch fish with my mom. It's fun to fish with family Sending love from India

[@lukepfister7973]

I enjoyed this video. Thank you sir.

[@fellipedemoraes3748]

Thank you for showing!

[@lobsterfool6002]

Thank you for this video, subscribed and a thumbs up.

[@simarudnick5400]

Great job 💚

[@gvncd]

not only have i learnt how to fillet a fish, but i have also discovered a beautiful song (your intro). thank you very much chef!

[@poamlevi8615]

What ever it is I love your style this is how it is to be

[@naomiacelajado9291]

Thank youu!! I really need this because my school need us students to video ourselves cutting a fish with different technique but choose one🤧

[@shadowsnipez552]

You are explaining so clear all of the other you tubers were too fast lol 😂

[@osamabahnasy7616]

Very easy and helpful and lovely video

[@jucasoofficial.....6193]

Very helpful &professional sir......

[@lifeofalfishaalfazshaikh8941]

Lovely......way of explaining....u made it so easy..india

[@yejuvendrashisodiya]

Your video was helpful thanks.

[@danielbecker4118]

This helped me a lot… thanks!

[@k.padhikari9917]

So nice cutting style , thank you

[@bilaldude3610]

One tip for filleting the fish is, when you go over the backbone with the knife, move your knife downwards to get the meat on the other side This minimizes meat wastage

[@fidelthomas7762]

Excellent video👍

[@ishertananton9081]

amazing videos thank you

[@satadrubanerjee4862]

Beautiful!!! 😍😍😍

[@chucknorizz]

thank you, great video

[@ademajc]

about to try it now

[@damianzhang8979]

Really helpful video!

[@sunilverma111]

Very good video. I learned.

[@marhzkao]

I really do like that knife. Would you mind sharing what model is that? Thanks a lot!

[@frogfoot198]

It appears to be a Wusthof utility knife.

[@garrettcowdell2177]

closest thing I could find was a Zwilling Diplome Fillet Knife

[@hcnevils]

It's a Zwilling J.A. Henckels...not the best but it is a good knife

[@knownbutunknown]

@@hcnevils I'm currently looking at knives. I'm pretty close to getting a set of classic wusthof knife

[@kcflick6132]

Is that dwarf fortres music in the background lol

[@vanessasanchez7002]

Love it super simple.

[@ZimXander]

Thanks, Hugh Jackman!

[@emilyvilcabanahuaman8231]

Gracias 😊 increíble increíble 😻

[@Sakuyushi]

No BS, straight to point!

[@tabithabrock6406]

Thank you so much ❤

[@ZanMartel]

This guy is amazing 😂

[@srinivasaraoyp3640]

Found it very interesting. I shall try this.

[@Eliel7230]

I would like to suggest using a moist towel to wipe off the knife periodically as you go about processing a fish. It will help in keeping debris from the cuts.

[@Abam_Gabz]

Nice cutting tutorial & yet tips, though. Thanks a bunch 😊

[@tugbaguler5604]

Thank you. 🙏

[@fatimafernandes6911]

Thanks Mike 👍

[@aj.adventures2177]

Thanks this was helpful

[@charlotteli9902]

many thanks my guy

[@codyburgess6414]

I was wondering what you did with Scales this time? Maybe made some Scales head soup?

[@obiwanfisher537]

Now I feel like going fishing. And yes, sharp knife makes kitchen work safer, easier and more fun, but your knife is really, really sharp.

[@prajolshrestha837]

One word "Art"

[@Punk_Philosopher]

Thanks Chef Mike

[@covadismeilleur1986]

Great video

[@fishinworld3734]

Amazing ❤️❤️❤️

[@remio1377]

Thank you. Can you suggest the knife or knives that could be used.

[@timmcfarland2736]

Great job thanks

[@Codm_Saiyan]

It is very enjoyable 😊 not boring

[@XxRoseBudsAJPWxX]

That looks like a very tasty fillet.

[@nicksanderson2363]

"cut behind his year?" LOL you mean fin

[@ChefMikeWard]

Nick Sanderson It's not an ear? ;)

[@mtmcdougall7097]

Chef Mike Ward no, it's not.

[@naterhys]

Humour seems to be lost on some people.

[@Sencess]

@@naterhys haha yes

[@elpina9657]

GRACIAS AMIGO

[@Levi-qm5cg]

Nice classical guitar music!