How to Fillet a Whole Fish - others

Method

• Remove the scales.
• I have a mackerel in the picture so I don't really need to, but I listed the step here.
• Make an incision into the gills to make it easier to remove them.
• Slit open the belly.
• Remove the gills and the guts.
• Clean out the insides.
• Make an incision with your knife along the line connecting the caudal fin and the ventral fin.
• Make an incision on the other side as you did in Step 6.
• Cut off the head.
• Cut into the flesh from the belly side and slice.
• Pierce through to the back side until right before the tail fin.
• Cut into the flesh from the back side and slice.
• Insert the knife where you pierced through in Step 10, and slice toward the head to remove the flesh.
• Slice through to the tail.
• You have two pieces now.
• Cut into the flesh from the back side and slice.
• Pierce through to the belly side near the tail fin.
• Cut into the flesh from the belly side and slice.
• Insert the knife where you pierced through in Step 16, then slice toward the head and remove the flesh.
• Slice through to the tail.
• You now have three pieces.