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What brand of electric fillet knife does everyone use, the wife bought me a Rapala fillet knife for Christmas and it's a piece of junk. The trigger works half the time and I don't like the feel of it. I use to use the ones from Wal Mart and they would last about a year. Is there a better brand that I need to try? Thanks
my dad uses mr. twister brand. hes had it for pretty good while with no problems. think he got it at bass pro but not sure.
hope this helps.
I never catch enough fish to justify a newfangled electric knife.
I've always had good luck with the rapalas,maybe you just got a bad one.
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I like the Rapala that I have. Had it for 4 or 5 years. The button would stick every once and a while and it would stay running after you took your finger off of it. I took it apart and filed the edge of the plastic switch and it has been fine ever since. I won a set of the Rapala cordless knives before camp in Kansas. Used them there and they worked great. Thought I would leave them in the boat. But they would loose charge to quick and were then useless when I needed them. They are still sitting the shed. The set I use has 110 volt plug in, battery clamps and a ciggarette plug in. So they are handy no matter where you are.
I've been using the American Angler knife with the skinny "shark" blades for several years. I have filleted hundreds of two pounders with it, and thousands of 12 to 14 inch dinks without any problems.
My dad has a Mr Twistwer, its his second one in probably 15 years, so they last great!
We don't catch enough crappie on Table Rock to use an electric very often.
But I do own a Browning 12Vdc and a Mister Twister 110vac
The browning is under powered. Don't know if I got a bad one, but I'm gonna sell it on Ebay. I bought it, cuz i thought there'd be a time when I need to hook up to the car battery to clean fish. That hasn't happened. I always have 110v nearby.
The Mister Twister was handed down from my Grandfather. It has had thousands of bluegills cleaned with it. Still truckin'.
G.
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Theres no doubt about it, the man is the quickest around for sure!!;) I use a Rapala also however my brother-inlaw uses the Mister Twister, theres good ones and bad ones.
I use the STORM brand and after 30 years of doing it with just a plain ol fillet knife i very much enjoy using an electric fillet knife, I bought mine at ROGERS in Liberty last year for $15, I`ve used it to filet hundreds of crappie and several 3-4 lbs bass and worked flawlessly
Thanks guys for the input, I will try and fix the trigger on the Rapala and use it till it burns up and try another brand.
Jigging15 is rite on!The rapala cordless are junk!I have his same setup and it works great!
I have used regular household knives for years usually Hamilton Beach or Black & Decker with the slimline design. I get about two seasons out of them but they only cost about $20 and you can get them everywhere. If you haven't used electric before I will share a couple pointers I have picked up. Keep two knives on hand so you can switch back and forth to keep the triggers from getting too hot. The more you sqeeze and release the trigger the hotter they get and that's usually what kills a knife. Try to keep them dry. Make sure you have sharp blades with no nicks or burs.
When I was learning to use the electric knife my teacher made me clean the smallest dinks in the bunch. I really shredded up some gills and lil' crappie. He told me I should get a job with Mrs. Pauls making fish sticks! (I still can't figure out how to form it into a stick!)
Good luck. Once you get used to it you'll wonder why you waited so long.
I use the Rapalla Electric. I cut the cord off to about 6' and put alligator clips on it for power from a little 12v 7amp battery.That battery will power my Eagle fisheasy 320C finder and still fillet a batch of fish at the end of the day. My son shot a short film of the knife in use.YouTube - panfish cleaning ole giller
American Angler own three and they all work and work well
American Angler , own one corded and one cordless , both are great.
Agreed on the american angler. The old man has one of with a 12V plug and it is a very good knife. I also cant complain about my mister twister. For a cheapy I have had no problems with it, and I even bought replacement blades for it so I can use it for carving in the house as well.
I have 2 mister twisters. They work awsome. Dont get to use them as much as I would like!!!!
American Angler corded. Love it.
I am still using the Sunbeam electric 110v that I bought for the wife about 20 years ago. Seems like the ones made for the kitchen are really a more sturdy, long lived knife. I have to sharpen the blades every now and then but other than that it just keeps on keepin on. bob
I have a corded Rapalla, a rechargable Rapalla and a corded American Angler.
Both of the Rapalla units run too slow in my opinion. The blade speed just does not keep up compared to the American Angler unit.
Not that I ever have any fish to clean.:D