How To Skin A Catfish

Fingers or tweezers or pliers if you prefer and a sharp knife.

How to skin a catfish. My catfishs skin would not stand up to this sort of abuse so i used the tried and true slow method of skin removal. Its dangerous to have a moving work space. Place a 3 foot long 2x6 board on a level waist high surface. This is where the flexible knife blade comes in handy.

When making this cut you hold the blade at a very slight angle from the flat surface you are cutting on and push down on the blade. After ensuring that your catfish is not alive cut a slit in the skin behind its gills. Demonstrates how to skin and fillet a blue. This video shows how to fillet a catfish with instructions and demonstration.

The method i use will not only simplify your fish cleaning process but will. Flip the fillet over using the blades of your knife so the skin is laying on the flat surface. Slice open the skin down the center of. Start your cut at the base of the head and pull your knife.

Just work your way from the head back and the top down. Using a knife score the skin all the way around the head just in front of the cats gill. Keep your knife as close to the skin as possible. I was catfishing and saw a guy giving away his fish because he said they were t.

In this video i will show you how to fillet a catfish the easiest way possible. Cut along the fishs spine from its head to its tail. Start at the tail and use your knife to cut the skin from the fillet. Remove all the organs making.

Use your filet knife to cut just. Slice down the length of the catfish. Jacques demonstrates how to skin and fillet a blue channel catfish cajun style which was caught on topcat premium homemade catfish dough bait. Skinning the fish 1.

The sharper your knife the easier this will be.