I’ve been cleaning crappie a long time. I need 2 knives. One electric for fileting and one for ribs. The general Hamilton beach or black and decker usually work ok for electric. The crappie I keep have to be 12”. I use mister twister piranha and a manual for ribs.

If you can learn to keep the top of the fish towards you while fileting, you will skin more fish. It’s awkward at first. Don’t change hands. Just flop the fish to the right and filet the other side.