Tuesday Cod fishing

[beamie]

Joe,

Do you normally gill and gut all your fish before fileting? Lot of extra work there. We usually just bleed and ice/slurry to firm them up before fileting.

[macojoe]

yea, thats a left over from the commercial days, always gilled them back then. But they get packed real good in ice after as I normally don't clean fish the same day as I am always to tired

[bigshrimpin]

Originally Posted by beamie

Joe,

Do you normally gill and gut all your fish before fileting? Lot of extra work there. We usually just bleed and ice/slurry to firm them up before fileting.

I do . . . I don't want any cod terd paste near my fillets.

[Raider Ronnie]

Originally Posted by beamie

Joe,

Do you normally gill and gut all your fish before fileting? Lot of extra work there. We usually just bleed and ice/slurry to firm them up before fileting.

Bleeding make all the difference in the world !
My trips, every cod/pollock/haddock ect... goes straight into the livewell with their throats slit (Nice having a huge livewell)
After some time in the the livewell they get filleted, bagged & iced.
Fillets get skinned later due to regulations.