FixorFish wrote:
Question....if you are filleting (as in.. using a fillet knife)....why are you trying to cut rib bones ? Kinda defeating the purpose of the word "fillet" aren't you ?
And if you "fillet", and you still "need" to cut rib bones..... cleaver that thing, the "pretty part" is past.
No cleaver needed. Just slice the rib bones right off. Done. Boneless fillet. I can fillet a walleye or a snapper in about 45 seconds to a minute. The only one I do a little different is a northern pike. After I slice off the rib bones I zip out the Y bone section. Since there is a little meat left around the Y bones I pickle that piece. NO waste.