Thread: Which Electric Filet Knife...

Mr Twister, never been sorry.

I bought a Berkley last spring. It does okay on small crappie and bream, but anything else and it is awful. I'll probably get an american angler soon.

Ok, another twist to the question, I am relatively new to crappie fishing, and even newer to the filleting. I have not found a knife that seems to hold up well to cutting through the bones. Is an electric fillet knife the way to go? Don't you loose a lot of meat to the thickness of the blades?

The knives that are serrated seem to cut through bones better while filleting. The most important thing that will help keep more of the fish and make filleting a much easier job is to keep the blade sharp. All brands have worked well and some blades will interchange. I am trying to find a good blade sharpener that will do straight and serrated blades. Is there any 1st hand experience out there? Thanks for any details. I only use non-electric knives on large fish. Get a friend that uses an electric to show you the right way and you won't go back.

I have been using the AA for years. Could not find blades and bought a
MT. Tried the blades in the AA and they fit and work fine. Bought new blades for the MT
and it is ready if I ever need it. Any one know where to Get AA blades?
Joe

has anybody tried sharpening the blades???? if yes, how did ya do it?????

Yes I have sharpened the blades. I used a chainsaw file and
it did real good.

I have the green Mister Twister. It works well and has never let me down. This is the only knife I have ever used so I don't have anything to compare it against.

ditto on american angler!

I've used both Mr Twisters and Am Angler.
I burned up 2 Mr T's and went to the Am Angler. I thought the Mr T's did a better job, they just seemed to cut better. I'm still using the Am Angler but I am using the Mr T blades in it. The Am Angler blades just didn't seem to be as sharp as the Mt T's out of the box.