monster of ho !!!

[offdahook]

i eat meat i eat rice.. i miss my homelan sometam

[wildmanoutdoors]

Looks great! 

[Band]

HW Fishbake!  Offdahook is providing the fish.  Will this Saturday work for everyone?

[DoubleJ]

I'm going to try my first river fishing for salmon this weekend.  No boat motor so I'm off to the store for corkies and yarn after work tomorrow.

[offdahook]

aint gona lie da smoker be on overtime woop woop

[Fowlweather25]

Thats awesome!!!!!

[bowhunterwa87]

Gotta love dat smelly jelly

[Bullkllr]

Couple questions after reading these posts:

Cut the two fins off that are by the vent, makes things a tad easier. I don't gut.

There is only one fin by the vent. The ventral fin.
The pair ahead are the pelvic fins, but are well in front of the vent. Those?
Front pair are pectoral fins, FWIW.

Spend tons of time trying to work the fillet knife under the rib bones so I did not have to pick bones. Now I cut right through them, then pullout the pliers.
So much easier.

You're talking about actually pulling out each rib with pliers ? Never tried it. Doesn't sound easier than a sharp filet or boning knife. I have pulled out the pin bones- which run cross wise through the filet- commonly done for a "fancy" presentation and a true boneless filet. Sure you're not talking about those?

[fish vacuum]

I've never seen a fish filleted without gutting it first.  What's the thought behind that?

What's the point of gutting it first? You get two fillets from a fish either way.

[Band]

I've never seen a fish filleted without gutting it first.  What's the thought behind that?

What's the point of gutting it first? You get two fillets from a fish either way.

Haven't had a chance to try the non-gutting method of filleting yet but I'm wondering how difficult it is to get a straight cut along the belly.

[206]

I never used to gut first, until I discovered if done correctly the meat stays cleaner.  The two finds cmoney talks about are above the vent.  I cut those off also after gutting, and before the fillet.  Look for the needle (bone) and start there to remove.  They need to come of sometime and found this is the best time to remove.  Don't understand the second fillet being the hack job.  That is usually my best side.  It's all practice with knife angle and pressure.

ODH's smoked fish color looks great.  Musta basted with something toward the end.  I think I see some rib bones that haven't been removed.     surprised comming from a guy like this.

[HunterStrait]

Keep filling out that punch card!

[Band]

Don't understand the second fillet being the hack job.  That is usually my best side.

The second side is best for me as well.

By the way, I usually leave the pins bones in and pick them out while eating the fish, but I smoked a batch last weekend and found that light pressure with the blade of a sharp knife in the right direction (after smoking) makes those pins bones come out very quickly and easily.

[h20hunter]

I prefer to pull those pin bones after smoking as well.

[206]

rib bones, not pin bones.  You can spot them where there is white.  I could be wrong. AGAIN