Skinning and Filleting Catfish

[@tpowell453]

I'm no weirdo, but I just want to say that you're a super nice guy and I enjoy watching your videos. Thanks for reminding me that not everything is bad in the world!

[@MarkKelly1307]

Mr Wallace is making three more for me & a couple buddies. I already have 4 and can say that these are high quality knives! good video!

[@christopherdavis9825]

Good job, I like learning different ways of doing things and this works for you and many many others, thanks for sharing

[@LifeinFarmland]

lol, the shark story gave me a good laugh. Thanks for sharing!

[@gd8610]

watched this after catching 4 and bringing 3 home. been years since I had tried it great resource. best common man, ie not super butched dude instruction I have watched on catfish prep. ya did have a fancy knife though! lol

[@nightprowlerch19]

I'm not a fisherman by any means but the place I'm moving to is big on Catfish. and my son wants one. so thank you for making a simple video for cleaning a catfish.

[@DaddyOsInk]

Holy Crap!!!! I always watched the older guys in the family run through a fish with an electric knife like it wasn't nothing and I never really LEARNED how to do it....watching your vid, it is just like the cutting the back strap out of a deer.... I can do THAT! Thanks!

[@lcarter8473]

I like the way you started your video out wherever you're at in the world well my wife and I are in Vietnam we have a home in Arkansas left 9 months ago to live in Vietnam to get away from the high inflation that was killing my retirement my wife is Vietnamese I was showing her what catfish looks like when we go back to live in Arkansas we have a home close to Jasper on the Buffalo River I told her we could raise a lot of catfish and tilapia I like your video I like the way you took your time and cut the catfish slowly so she would understand she likes eating a lot of fish and it would be an inexpensive way to eat while we're there in Arkansas , even played her the song a country boy will survive run a trout line, I told her we could do a lot of things to save money on eating if we do things like raise catfish and tilapia and our own pigs we have five acres out in the country there thanks for your video man

[@KaleidoscopeJunkie]

What do you do with the scraps? Feed them to black soldier fly larvae for the chickens?

[@hybridchaser1943]

Great technique, very little to none wasted. Thank you.

[@RasOntario]

Nice fish bud! We like to catch/eat walleye, whitefish, perch and pike around here-trout when we can get em! Folks here eat catfish as well but they are a different type than that, just small brown bullheads. I appreciate the fishing videos! Cheers

[@williamtopliff465]

you made that look easy. gonna try it that way next time I catch one.

[@DearHenryA]

Do you put the catfish on ice to kill them or bop them on the head? I noticed that this guy was still moving his gill plates. Also, do you put the carcass in with the critters to let the chickens get the rest of the meat off? Just curious. Thanks.

[@groov14]

Good size cat J.I measure mine in sandwiches lol,it had 6 sandwiches on it,3 per side.Decent size cat for sure.

[@teresadean1995]

WOW, glad you did a new video, thank you John. WOW I also love those knives. Did you use your homemade catfish bait..

[@juliacampbell5881]

Just had to comment on this. Your great at skinning the catfish but.... If you clean and gut the fish first you can use the carcass to make catfish stew. Simmered in water and some vegetable stock for a few hours will actually pull any meat on the spine off. Yum.. Julia

[@country6368]

I fillet mine like any other fish without skinning the fish just make sure knife is sharp but that way reminded me of my dad so thanks for the video bro

[@jamieshelton2892]

Enjoyed this! Thank you! I didn't know skinning pliers exist, any recommendations? I have a hard time skinning them.

[@iamdoroda]

When we had cats, we saved all the carcasses and pressure cooked everything down with some oats and garlic into free cat food.

[@MINERVARIOSmin_crafts]

Do you make broth with the head and bones of Catfish?

[@a.bevdfray8589]

John: I'm wondering if you plan to use the catfish carcass for animal feed and, if so, how you prepare it and for which animals.

[@chuckksa9851]

I love your videos man ! Your down to earth

[@communitysurthriveal5645]

Do you feed the fish remains to your animals?

[@mikescooling]

Nice, thanks for making this video, thumbs up

[@beaverrick9789]

Thats some good eats right there Jon.

[@FGBCflava]

Those filets look great. I think I've learned something.

[@DJKENNYG57]

Makin me hungry john, LOL. Great fillet job.

[@mikecha1957]

Good job enjoyed the show..

[@Folmer76]

Hey jnull0, I have a question for you. How do you cut up smaller channel cats? I tried filleting some yesterday with very little success. Curious if there is a special way you do it and also curious how you cook them. Up in North Dakota I dont do alot of catfishing but i would love to know how to cook up them small ones. Im not sure if youve made a video of this before and im sorry i havent watched it if you did but thanks for the videos man, love them and have a good and safe day. Take care.

[@PastorPeewee20]

great video nice and thorough

[@rickballard1627]

Nice job John

[@mike196425]

I love your channel, I'm like you just a regular guy and I like how you filleted this cat. Great video's

[@nunuvyerbizniz3433]

Why is your catfish so bloody looking? Did you bleed it after you caught it? Thanks.

[@BethGrantDeRoos]

May I ask how clean are rivers like the Ohio for fishing? I ask because the San Joaquin river that runs from Stockton down thru the central valley are so full of pesticides that people are told not to eat the cat fish they catch. Even more so since catfish are bottom feeders.

[@GaiasPupil]

Haha figured I was the only one who still skins catfish. Man I can't believe he's selling those antler skinners for 25$! Thats a steal! Ricky is alright man.

[@vanessaharris899]

Love the video, like fish also.

[@trappingkansas9919]

great video man, keep up the good work

[@MobyDave1583]

Thanks for the demo John

[@b.shannonshaw640]

Good video as always.

[@atfnwo]

Do you grow giant string beans?

[@terrymeyers679]

Great job dude!

[@BloodEagle1583]

We usually stick them in boiling water for a few seconds and the skin just rolls off. No struggling with a pair of slippery pliers.

[@WORMGITTER]

im gonna try that the next time i catch a mess. thanks!

[@SpiritBear12]

Ooh, nice tip. Does that work with just cat fish, or any kind of fish?

[@BloodEagle1583]

Just cats. Haven't tried it on an eel, but it might work on them, too.

[@danielmoreno8586]

you are awesome I learned so much from you and what part of Ohio cause I'm from upstate ny schoharie kinda close plz comment back

[@qualqui]

Cool and very professional job, even though you say you're just a dude trying to do his best, ....was that my imagination or while you were getting the fillets, the catfish's gill moved, like the fish was breathing! It can't be, its dead, could it be some nerve ending that still had "power", kinda like chicken legs from a recently dispatched chicken. Uprated, thanks for sharing and hoping ya get some relief from the heat! :)

[@msheadhunter]

Awesome video!!

[@mjackson780]

Was that fish still alive while you were filleting or do they just keep moving? It looked like it's gill was moving.

[@outlawdraven3235]

I'm pretty sure it's dead. Sometimes if you dont freeze em or skin em pretty close to the time you caught it,the muscles will still move. If you put frog legs in a plate (Detached from the body.) The will still move if you put some salt on em. Lol. Kinda freaky first time you see it.

[@mjackson780]

Thanks for the info Sky Draven. Yes, it was kinda freaky!

[@groundprepper4946]

Great vid man

[@kaylafontaine8149]

Professional angler dude 😂😂😂😂

[@thehilariousdarius8446]

I'm hooked on this stuff!! lol BTW I do clean nem all in under 5 minutes lol

[@itsbadlands]

And the rest goes in the compost or to the chickens I'm sure. I normally nail my cats to a tree and pull the skin off/down.It's easier to me.You can do it with eels also but I don't eat eel.It kinda gives you a third hand to hold it.Takes some getting used to but i learned to do it a long time ago.

[@michaelwhiteoldtimer7648]

when I was a kid my dad put a nail in a board and hooked the bottom jaw on it and then pulled the skin off ,but once again I missed the fish fry

[@nadia9723]

i do mine the same way . i used the heads and bones to make fish stock

[@whatsdougupto]

Was that fish still alive???

[@catherinehatt3848]

Um, yeah your not a cutter from the local fish-plant. Do what you can do, the fillets look great. I`ve worked in fishplants after school hours, most kids did where I grew up. We did everything that was asked of us except cut fish. You had to be trained and work yourself up the line. Catfish is one of my favorite fish to have. My husband would bring them home when he went deep sea fishing in the Atlantic. Enjoy each mouthful. Darn, now I`m hungry.

[@tomhuest1300]

That was a great video I like that

[@jwhite2847]

I don't know if you did it or if someone may have already mentioned it. But what we do with catfish is hang them by the head and then cut around the tail to let the blood drain out before we do anything else. I know some folks just cut the whole tail. When the blood drains out before you start cleaning it is supposed to make the fish taste better. I don't know. I just always do it. And I'm not talking about wasting meat, I'm talking about cutting them right above the tail and just let them drain out

[@Rebekahdavignon]

And the scraps go to the chickens - they'll love you for it.

[@Rebekahdavignon]

@MB 1982 Chickens are omnivores. They will eat almost anything - including each other.

[@chinanorthairguns]

Did I miss the link ?

[@2bonosc]

I went to the knife maker site ( mr wallace) and can't seem to message him or see his products. Probably my lack of computer skill.

[@Greenwashedhipppie]

If you hang them by their heads, and cut the last inch off of the tail fin, all most all the blood will drainout. It will taste much milder. I gave up catfish many years ago, but that the way I fixed them before I gave them up.

[@chrisdsantos9872]

cat fish curry.. West Indian style..:)

[@chrisdsantos9872]

good job...:)..we eat the skin and everything where I'm from..:)

[@Stinkerlicious]

That is one big catfish!

[@Everythingpropane9507]

Yeah You Fillet That Catfish. FILLET IT!!!

[@unclecobbles]

Hey Wayne :D

[@Everythingpropane9507]

Hey There

[@riverspinning5078]

good job man

[@grod0051]

while finishing fileting, the fish was still breathing. was he still alive?

[@midknight000090]

good video

[@wallaceknifeworkshomestead]

Fry that backbone!! Tail and all good eatin. Thanks Bro. :)

[@fredstanley5758]

That's what I'm talkin bout! 👍

[@WORMGITTER]

I leave a little meat on the bone cause the boney pieces taste better

[@TheJerrod2]

If you fry the tail it tastes so good its one of my favorite parts! :)

[@fattymoko]

9:00, that catfish be a breathin', Jnull.

[@crispy8329]

Technically it would be suffocating!

[@tylerharlow6221]

hay can u Dow another livestock up date

[@pinemeadowshobbyfarmafruga8319]

Jnull0 dude, you are definitely not an EXPERT. My daddy says an EXPERT is a compound Greek word. Ex meaning "formerly, or unknown", and Spurt "a drip under pressure". Therefore, You are not an UNKOWN DRIP UNDER PRESSURE. LOL

[@okokletsthrive]

Catfish seem to be hard work !

[@JrNz777]

nice

[@bingo45373]

we have all ways nailed the head to a bored and then skinned it

[@Arnd2it]

I used pliers for years, until a friend showed me that if you drop the fish in boiling water for about 30 seconds the skin peels right off with your fingers. Give it a try.

[@not_yo_daddy0245]

I don't know why someone would unlike your videos ... fuck those 8 people and anybody else that dislikes your vids they're awesome keep it up !!!

[@robfarris3171]

Hey jnull0, do you have a facebook page?

[@MissouriOldTimer]

when I clean fish my wife has a fit if I don't keep all of it, the only thing she throws away is the guts and the gills,, I fillet bigger fish like that one you have but the perch and like that, I just scale them..

[@tektoy8]

John, please get a Patreon site up, I want to support!

[@wesharden5345]

when I clean fish I usually have too many to take the time to fillet it like the way you do it so what I do is skip the cutting the back bone and just start filleting where I think there is no rib bones yeah it wastes some meat but to me it's not worth the time for a little extra meat doing it the way you do because I catch so many and it would take me so much time .besides I throw the fish guts in the lake so the other fish and turtles can eat the little meat I wasted

[@fritom444]

wow wish my wife would let me clean fish in the house.

[@BornRandy62]

there is more than one way to skin a cat :) if it ends up in the pan and then plate it was done right

[@jhimelick]

this is how you do it....big jokers, a bit different, but this is how you fillet a cat....I mean fish...I mean catfish. ;-)

[@vanessabland2987]

You do know Bull Sharks have been found living in american rivers?

[@boyhowdy5893]

So where is the link?

[@jnull0]

sorry here it is..............J kzbin.info/door/VSllHcixr-g3LL6SNbLb2A

[@js2743]

you can pour boiling water over a catfish and then just scrape it with a knife and leave the skin on.

[@ruzzellp]

catfish is good eatin'

[@jamesnichols4280]

you forgot to leave a link to your friend that makes knives

[@jnull0]

dang it, sorry here it the link...........J kzbin.info/door/VSllHcixr-g3LL6SNbLb2A

[@rstevewarmorycom]

Who skins catfish? The skin is the best part, it's like the fat layer in a salmon!

[@Lonewolf_1776]

Please tell me you're joking

[@docink6175]

LOL its just a shark, pull them backwards and they are helpless, not like a gator, they'll spin and gitCHA!

[@gregorythomas333]

I swear that catfish is still breathing @9:04 !

[@ibpn4284]

what does Hillary and catfish have in common? they're both bottom feeders.

[@msheadhunter]

Lolol

[@FGBCflava]

unnecessary!

[@DriveShaftDrew]

yup got all the meat without losing a finger

[@TheCarolbrummett]

This is not about fishing but about your chickens and your vegetable garden. Justin Rhodes lives in N.Carolina, Asheville. He has a method of raising chicken and having them help with the garden too. I thought you might like to check out his, You Tube channel. Here's the link. I hope you like it. abundantpermaculture.com/video-class-one

[@franceslynch3285]

its not dead ! no no no !

[@kaydewinter3588]

omg the fish is still alive

[@390bear]

I like your channel a lot . today was the first time I was disappointed with what you did it would of took no effort to hammer that cat on the head to make a quick kill.

[@thatotherdebra1834]

That bothered me too. I grew up fishing (and still love to) and my Dad was a hunter, so I have no problem with providing your own food and believe it is much healthier. However, we ALWAYS kill the fish before cleaning it to avoid making it suffer. I know it's "just a fish" (I hate that saying) but this seemed cruel. I really like Jnull's videos, have learned alot, and respect him greatly.. My husband and I have said many times we wish we knew him personally.. But this one bothered me

[@lechatbotte.]

The fish don't have the same nervous system we do. Their pain perception is different. Either way, he said it's how he DOES IT. Besides that animal is DEAD. SMH.

[@thatotherdebra1834]

+lechatboote I understand that, like I said, I fish. And I really admire John and he did a great job fileting the cat.. I just wish he had killed it first, the end.

[@lechatbotte.]

Looked dead to me. We have a 115 acre farm and raise everything. Cows, chickens,sheep etc. Like you we are very respectful of our food animals. Nothing and the mammals have a nervous system like ours are ever allowed to suffer. It's quick and humane. We are after all stewards of what we are blessed with. We do the same with fish. Don't hunt turtles if you didn't like the fish. Even after they have no head they will move for days. Creepy.

[@thatotherdebra1834]

+lechatboote Lol, snakes will creepily move too.. And I didn't mean to come across as hateful or judgmental. The way he did it was less messy than me, and probably less wasteful, because I cut the head off. I'm not squeamish about many things, it just bothered me seeing the gills move.. And I know J treats his animals well, and am glad to on hear you do the same :-)

[@rednikbro422]

Second

[@jeffnordengren3797]

No gloves? Lol. You always wear gloves.

[@TazSilvercat]

oh gods.. its still alive.. That kinda makes me sick.. I dont mind watching people skin and fillet dead fish.. but still alive that made my flesh crawl.

[@2gunzup07]

+Tazalyn Silvercat its not alive go hug a tree

[@TazSilvercat]

look toward the end when its gills are still flapping, Im all for meat I love meat, but skinning and filleting something while still alive squidges me out. so please bugger off.

[@2gunzup07]

Tazalyn Silvercat you dont eat lobster? You cook it while its alive.

[@TazSilvercat]

No I don't eat lobster, I am allergic first of all, but even if I wasnt I probably wouldnt. I have nothing against people killing for food, I just prefer stuff to have a quick death if possible.

[@TazSilvercat]

hell I have killed for food, Fresh chicken is amazing, as is wild boar, I just dont like seeing anything suffer