Caught a 10" crappie and 14' catfish today. Took them both home to filet. I think the first thing that popped up in my mind while fileting, maybe i should get an ACTUAL filet knife. Not some $5 knockoff i found on a shelf at Bass Pro Shop. Fileting the catfish was hard, by hand at least. No doubt if i were using an electric knife it would go smoother. Naturally i messed up the catfish, then i couldn't figure out if i could cut the filet from the skin of the fish. So that was kind of a mess.

The crappie turned out much better, and probably the best out of everything i have attempted to filet. Still not perfect to my standards as i felt each side of the fish and realized i could still pick meat off that.

Couple of images: WARNING! SECOND ONE IS GORY!

That's not the knife i use to filet with. I use that to gut the fish


This one is gory.
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...5/Junk/004.jpg

Finished product from both sides.