How to butcher a catfish

[huffranger]

My son did a great job on this trained by Uncle Marty.

 

[NDSportsman]

That's a lot of unnecessary work IMO. Why not just fillet them like other fish?

This is similar to how we skin bullheads but catfish can be filleted easier.

 

[Petras]

Nice work young man!

I have cleaned only a couple catfish and tried to fillet them like one would a walleye. It didn't work so well for me. The rib bones are still pretty darn thick on a catfish and to me that made it a pain in the bum to try to fillet like normal. I don't normally keep catfish, but every once in a while a couple make it into the livewell.

Again, good job on the video young man!

 

[NDSportsman]

Nice work young man!

I have cleaned only a couple catfish and tried to fillet them like one would a walleye. It didn't work so well for me. The rib bones are still pretty darn thick on a catfish and to me that made it a pain in the bum to try to fillet like normal. I don't normally keep catfish, but every once in a while a couple make it into the livewell.

Again, good job on the video young man!

On a catfish we fillet around the rib bones not thru them like a walleye. Like in this video starting at the 2 minute mark:

 

[fly2cast]

Just fillet like any other fish. So much easier. And use an electric knife. Why people don't use an electric knife is beyond me. I can fillet five walleye in about three minutes with an electric knife. Plus very little waste meat. They chop through the ribs with absolutely no problem.

 

[fireone]

Electric knife is tops. Menards sells a tapered sharpener that works great to touch up serrated blades.

 

[rslavik]

Good job young man. A shout out to the person who took the time to teach him. Very good thing you did and it kept him away from the video games for a while.

 

[CatDaddy]

Love the T-shirt: "Oh Snap!" haha

Guys - leave a comment on his video and give it a thumbs up! I imagine it's thrilling to see that others approve of what he's doing!

Whether you agree with his method or not, it's very cool to see a kid his age doing this. I fillet my catfish and may consider trying this method just to say I've done it.

Great job kid!

 

[JayKay]

Great Job Kylan!! You make it look easy. I may have to have you show me in person some time soon!!

 

[huffranger]

Thanks guys for the positive comments ! I’m proud if his hard work helping Uncle Marty with catfish.