New To Catch and Eat, Essential Tools?

I'm relatively new to catch and eat (pretty new to catch too ) and was wondering if people had their favorite or recommended tools for the job.

Anybody have recommendations for knives or other essential tools? I'm mostly looking at cats and rockfish.

Thanks!

Dexter makes some good, commercial grade stuff that is affordable for a sport user.  Everyone has their personal ideals on knives.  Some like a stiff blade while others like a thin, flimsy blade.  Best is to find something that suits your needs, handling style and work from there.  Possibly start with a 9" semi-"flimsy" blade and work from there.  A descent sharpener is as handy as the knife is.  I picked up a Rapala kit (knife & stone) that works well for my kayak fillet-n-release.  Your knife choices will also change a bit based on species/bone structure.  I have a longer blade (bread knife style) non-serrated blade that I use for larger bodied fish such as hali/grouper/amberjack/mahi.

I like a softer steel knife for rockfish filleting as they are easier to sharpen, though you'll need to sharpen them more often.

A lot of deckhands use Dexter knives. i picked up a large curved dexter blade last year and it works nicely for larger fish or for cutting off sand dab heads.
I also have a cheap fillet knife for normal filleting/cleaning.

so that would be my starting point: a fillet knife of about 8-10", a larger heavier blade for steaking, and a sharpening stone.

Thanks guys, this looks like a great starting point. Seems like a lot of people like Dexter blades, I'll check them out (I'd never heard of them before).

To be specific, Dexter-Russell.  Here's a link: 
http://www.dexter-russell.com/Universal_Prod_Display_2.asp?Line=T&Type=10