The Only NORTHERN PIKE FILLET Tutorial You'll Ever Need!

Here in Finland we call the piece with the Y-bones a mother-in-law's piece😁

I think pike is one of the best eating fish. I’ve always just ate around the bones. I can’t wait to try this!

Hey man, I have been catching pike in Europe since 30 years, and like you, I really like to eat them. Here is something I treid out 4 years ago , and it worked amazingly well: On a hot summer fishing trip I didn't bring a cooler and caught a 5 pound pike in the morning with around 22C°. Immediately I tooke the scales off and took both sides of filets out. I left the rib-bomes in. I salted the 2 fielts, maybe about double the amount you would use on a pork roast, and left the filets in a bag without cooling. Guess what...these two filets with the skin on, came out so good. This exquisite pike taste was preserved by the salt, I loved it. I tried this because I just didnt have ice and a cooler and really wanted to eat this fish. It's sort of an outdoor bushcraft fishing hack. Take care.

At last somebody that really knows how to filet fish. Most YouTube videos they make a mess of it and waste so much of the fish. Thank you for teaching your methods and explaining it so well.

You Win!! ⭐️ You’re the only person I’ve ever seen do a tutorial of cleaning a pike and do it the same way as I do. I watch the people leave the bones in and pick around them once it’s cooked. Some people, quite a lot really use the 5 piece method and some just don’t eat them at all. Cooking it bones in and picking them out as you go makes for a poor eating experience, 5 piece method is wasteful and in my opinion it’s a bit of a hack job. Not eating them is no fun. My dad would sit at the table, take his time and using the same method as you he would slice out the bones trying not to miss the slightest bit of meat. I learned that same technique from an early age. I have thought many times about doing a demo video but never had a pike on hand when I’d see a video of someone struggling to eat a pike and make me think about doing it. You did a great job showing people the best way to debone a pike. I hope all the fishermen that cross paths with pike see your video so they can stop struggling and enjoy some pike. Great job.

Your details and walkthroughs are second to none, thanks for providing this content!

Fished and ate pick for 65 years, but this is the best info ever on the whole cleaning process. Thanks.

I agree with everything you said about the bones being an issue and the wonderful table fare that fresh pike can be. I am very stingy, and so I do not even try to remove the y-bones - before cooking the fish. I take the filet off one side, remove the skin and then cut each filet into three pieces. I make sure the tail piece has no y-bones. Then I prepare the fish - fried, breaded, grilled, baked - whatever. Then if you take a fork and remove 1/8 to 1/4 inch of the edge of filet. That usually comes off cleanly and leaves all the tips of the y-bones exposed. I eat the part I took off, pick out the y-bones which come out without issue, leaving me with ZERO loss of meat, and no bones. Try it, it works great, and the filleting is much faster than trying to remove the y-bones before cooking.

Nicely done!! I've been Filleting Pike for 30+ years Love catching Pike over walleye any day!!

Nicely done ! I’ve been using the first technique you showed for 40 years It always works well & I agree, Pike are great to eat! Here in Northwestern Ontario both Pike & Walleye are very common & when prepared properly most people cannot tell the difference between them. Thanks for sharing!

Pike is my favorite fish to eat. Your video is the best I've seen on cleaning this delicious fish.

I like to watch these videos so I can pretend I catch enough pike to worry about my filleting technique

I ordered two of these based on the reviews. youtube.com/post/UgkxqmKabisEv81ul5v7OhvVxxOpt2CJr… Received them on time and they look good. I really like the handle on these knives as they feel good in my hand. I'm giving them 4 stars on look and feel, but have not had the chance to put them to the test yet. I mostly fish for catfish and can hopefully try them out in the next few days. If they hold an edge throughout a limit of catfish, they'll be worth another star.Update...I used the 9" strong and the 9" fillet on a mess of catfish. I did put a sharpening on these before I started. I want a razor edge to fillet fish but they weren't quite that sharp. The people who gave these knives crappy reviews and said they were sending them back was because they weren't razor sharp. So what, do they not have a knife sharpener?? Good grief! I mean you have to sharpen any knife from time to time.I personally like them and am pleased with them. If you're too lazy to sharpen a knife then hire someone to clean your fish lol.I've never bought a knife in my life that would shave hair right out of the box. Don't be afraid to purchase the knives. They're pretty nice in my opinion.

I love my early season Pike... and after watching your skills, I believe I'll enjoy my Pike all that much more! Thank you for sharing🎣

Best fish cleaning video I ever seen ,never knew how to clean northerners.Good jog,thank you.

Thank you. Caught our first Yukon River pike today. I need to catch more to improve my filleting skills… but this did prove exceptionally helpful!

Sir, you've restored my faith in pike. Thank you for making this video. All the best, Cheer 🍻!

Awesome demo 👍 Most people shy away from eating pike because of those Y bones, Pike is one of the best eating fresh water fish, The meat is firm and clean.

I am an enrolled member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa. I used to fish for a living. we Red Lakers can fillet northerns and walleyes so fast the don't even bleed

Get a piece of corrugated cardboard, put the slimmy fish on it, and it sticks like velcro without drastic cleaning