Angler's Knives

[OldTimer]

I have half a dozen different fillet knifes, and at least that again in hunting knives or lockblades- but here’s my three favorite knives for fish:

   

Rapala rechargeable fillet knife – it’s great when you have a lot of fish to clean. It comes with 2 batteries so you never run outta juice as long as you keep them charged. I use it for taking off the fillets, but then use the manual knife below to remove the ribs and skin as I actually find the electric a bit too fast for those operations.

Old style wooden handle stainless Rapala fillet knife, this one’s cleaned many hundreds of fish and is still going in spite of a lot of the blade being ground away.

Lee Valley Peasant knife – great for steaking or just removing the head and tail - for fish you want whole and not filleted. High carbon steel blade sharpens easy and then holds the edge well. They discolour naturally unlike stainless blades. I use this knife a lot in the kitchen too for the heavy work because of its’ big chunky handle and thick blade.

Cheers,

OldTimer