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How many of you guys have seen one of these? I've used one a little bit, and I've seen my dad use one on countless bream and crappie. If you're not going to fillet 'em, it's the only way to go. Way better than a knife or just scraping the scales off.
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I've had them , a piece of useless junk. IMO
needs a motor lol
if you are going to scale them the only to go is a pressure washer it will take the scales of quick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nimrod, I'm surprised. We used one all the time, before we switched to filleting...about 15 years ago. We finally wore one out, and we scoured the internet to find a new one. Of course we haven't used it in a while, since we fillet now...but if we ever go back to bream fishing, I'm sure we'll pull it out again.
Agrihawg, I think that if a person liked their fish scaled then I would definately try one. I would like to try to scale some and then fillet them leaving the skin on the fillet. I really like the taste of scaled crappie but just got into filleting with an electric knife.
My dad bought some years ago before we started fillet'n our catch. I perfer the pincher type skinners my self. You can still find those things on Ebay.Quote:
Originally Posted by AgriHawg
Here is what I use to skin fish if I'm not fillet'n them.
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I've got a set of those too. The work really well skinnin' cats.
I agree with Nimrod. Useless!!!
My dad has mentioned to me that they only worked well on bream, since they tended to be smaller. He said a slab crappie were too big for it.
We always used a spoon before the fileting days. Fancy looking contraption though.
I prefer my Crappie to be Scaled rather than filet'd, and I also want the skin left on it.....helps to seal in the flavor. Remember, the closer the bone the sweeter the meat ! ! ! Nothing beats a spoon and sharp knife for cleaning fish. The only filets eaten around my house are by the women and children! Compared to a scaled Crappie a filet just doesn't have any flavor, IMHO..... I also prefer my Catfish to be skint and left on the bone if small enough or cut into steaks.
Try scale'n Crappie then fillet with skin on.
I've tried it that way Nimrod but I still like that "bone-in" flavor! Don't get me wrong, I do like and eat lots of filets...but if I am cooking fish for myself I prefer them scaled and on the bone. Maybe it's because that's the way I ate fish growing up...
Townsend Fish Skinner, fish skinning tool
if you want a new townsend fish skinner janns netcraft has them. back in the early 60's i fished greers when it was hot for bass and a dentist had a home in higdon. i forget where he lived. i think little rock. he used a townsend to skin the bass he and his son caught. that was the first and only time i'd seen one used.
Been see'n em on Ebay too.
I've got a couple new ones. And from the sound of it, I'm the only one that wants one. :biggrin
Weve used them for a very long time. If you dont like the skin thats left from scaling bream, crappie, or smaller bass, the Townsands Fish Skinner is the way to go. They work good for us.
I fillet eveything. But there is the occasion I get hungry for bream the way Paw Pa did it. He cut the heads and tails off then pulled the fins out and used one of these contraptions to pull the hide off. We literally ate thousands of bream this way while I grew up.
I keep one in my arsenal too.
DP
hmmmmmmm!
Agrihawg, I've cleaned thousands of bream with one since I was a teenager. My brother-in-law got me started on them. Never used one on crappie though. Always scaled or filleted um. May try next time on a smaller crappie. You have to know how to cut and prepare the fish, before you start with the skinner though, or you won't have success with the tool. Good luck if you give it a try. Uncle Rodg
I've got one, but by the time you get the fish to where you can use it, you could have filleted it and gone on to the next fish!! Or I don't know how to properly use it!!!
How to prepare perch! - YouTube
This video shows one of these being used...The video isn't great...but they show one of these mounted on a table top with a crank atteched...the skinnin' starts about 3:30 minutes in.
I have one of these....it works ok but filleting is just as quick IMHO...