Can't say if they were carrying or not. I'm teaching myself to use the electric knife and not go through the ribs. No bellies though. Today the overall time was faster cuz I didn't have to remove the ribcage from the fillet. A lot of those were 11 and a little so they were good to practice on. I did notice lots of dark colors though. I hope the pattern doesn't change for a while. I'm kinda enjoying the low stress, one on one with the 2lb rig. It's therapeutic. And cheap.