For Butches, Meat Cutters, or Fish Mongers

I've been a professional fishing guide up here for 5+ years. Filleting fish and prepping shorelunches everyday for 5 months of the season have taught me the value of a sharp knife. My fillet knife remains one of my most used tools, right after my 8" needlenose pliers and of course my dynamite. . . . just kidding of course:D
 
Benchmade Boy, what were you kidding about, the fillet knife or the needle nose pliers?
 
Well, my attempt at light humor failed . . .I was kidding about the dynamite part, as in my top guiding tools are fillet knife, pliers and well, dynamite. . . .:rolleyes:
 
BenchmadeBoy, apparently mine did too!

...but, although I've never used dynamite, I have used a .30-30 to stun little 8 inch brook trout in a pond. They float up and are disoriented long enough to grab them. From pond to frying pan in about 2 minutes!

You can also use a two liter soda bottle 1/3 filled with gravel or sand, about two cups of water, and a couple of thumb sized pieces of dry ice! It blows up good!
 
Well, it appears we both need work :D It's a good thing we're not a comedy duo! Interesting method. I doubt very much however my guests would consider it sporting. Many rely on nothing but rod, reel and their wits . . .plus gps/depthfinder, scented lures, fully equipped bass boats, trolling motors, drift socks, Gore-Tex raingear, hired help (me), lucky rabbits feet, prayer, Jim Bean . . . . . . . .:p . . .

To keep this post relevant however, my fillet knife gets a workout every season. It's a rubber handled Rapala. Nothing fancy, but I like it very much. I steel it before cutting and touch it up with my Sharpmaker every once in a while.
 
I don't think "Fish & Game" would find it sporting either. Sounds like your clients really lean toward the "primitive" style of fishing!!!!

Also, to keep it relevant, I watched a kid who was skinning deer for a living, use a fillet knife, once. More holes in the hide than you can imagine. ...but I guess if you used a skinning knife to fillet fish, you'd probably have just a big a mess.
 
Wow, skinning with a fillet knife?? Although, when we were processing moose back at camp (during hunting season), I did use my fillet knife for trimming cuts of meat. Just generally getting rid of fat, shot meat, etc. Worked real good for that.
 
Yup, a fillet knife would make a dandy trim knife! In fact, the six inch curved, flexible boner (stop laughing!) I used to use in our family meat cutting establishment was just a little stiffer than a fillet knife!
 
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