Hillbilly, my Dad always trimmed the all fins when cleaning fish, but I don't agree because of this. Fins are bones that stick out of the fish and when you trim them you leave the short pieces of bone in the flesh which makes it easier to get lost in the flesh. When you leave them whole at least you know where they're at. Even my kids learned at an early age to eat fish off the bone after showing them exactly where they were and how to eat around them.

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