Filet a Fish

Catching your own fish can be a huge success that you'll want to enjoy with your family. What better way than to bring it home for dinner. This article will show you how to filet a fish.

Steps

 * 1)  Catch your fish.
 * 2)  Just after your fish dies, "bleed it." What this means is to make an incision below the gills and leave it in a livewell so that the blood will not seep into the edible part of the fish.
 * 3)  Lay your fish down on a piece of newspaper or a cutting board.
 * 4)  Sharpen your knife that you will be using.
 * 5)  Make an incision about a quarter of an inch thick or to the fish's spine in the middle of the body.
 * 6)  Cut with your knife across the body all the way to the tail.
 * 7)  Repeat this step for the other side.
 * 8)  Lastly, rinse of your filets, put them into a zip lock(R) bag.

Tips

 * Make sure to use a sharp, clean knife.
 * Since you will be eating your filets, make sure to clean your hands and your working surfaces/areas.

Warnings

 * Don't take more fish than you need. Remember a big fish=2 big filets.

Things You'll Need

 * A sharp knife.
 * Precision!!!!!!