A new twist on filleting a salmon

I like my method better.   

It's basically the same, but there are a few cold Sierra Nevadas involved.   

He also lost the collars. Good meat there, too.
I liked his technique of shaving the excess meat off the carcass.

This guy is cutting towards his fingers almost every cut, with what I can only assume is a super-sharp knife... He does a great job, makes me nervous as hell watching it, I would lose a finger or two cutting in the direction he does..

Excellent video, no meat to waste, thanks for sharing

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I liked his technique of shaving the excess meat off the carcass.

+1 Crabbing season is coming up and it would save a ton of space compared to freezing an entire carcass.

He did a very good job. Not the way I do it though. I'm pretty sloppy......on purpose. I leave quite a bit of meat on the backbone because I love to hang the backbone in the smoker. It's thin enough to where I can smoke it nice and dry. I'll leave up to 1/4" of meat on both sides. It is by far my favorite smoked salmon. Zero waste that way also.

NotaSeal

So here's my review on using this method. Now that I've caught a few salmon since first posting this I can say I love this method. I've done 4 salmon up to 25#s with it and it works great. You can really get close to the bones by angling it from the inside of the cavity. Also your hand holding the knife keeps the rib section from flopping in the way. As for cutting towards your hand. It's been fine for me. You have great control. I didn't feel like my hand was in danger any time. The knife follows the bones better too. When your cutting through the rib bones, they are closer to the base of the blade, so you have more power with control. I'm sold!! Give it a try.

I'll have to try that once I get a smoker.

For now, this years fish carcasses are transformed into next years tomatoes and veggies.

Our boy Howard Mckim in Ketchikan has used this technique forever.

this is the knife he uses...Another big stiffy.

Our boy Howard Mckim in Ketchikan has used this technique forever.

this is the knife he uses...Another big stuffy.

What brand is this knife ?, I can't read it from the picture,

Thanks,
Tim

Dexter-Russell

i got to get one of those knifes. cool vid thanks for sharing

Watching it again, his biggest mistake is using a farmed salmon.