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Fileting Bass - Cut the Skin Off the Filet

Third Filet Step - Cut Off Skin
Cut between the meat and the skin of the fish
Ronnie Garrison
6. Follow the backbone to the tail, stopping the cut without cutting thru the skin at the tail. Let that skin hold the filet to the carcus and flip it flat. Cut between the skin and the meat.
  1. Tools Needed To Filet Fish
  2. Slit the Belly To Guide Your Cut
  3. Cut Along the Backbone from Head to Tail
  4. Fileting Bass - Cut the Skin Off the Filet
  5. Filet Bass - Cut Out the Ribs

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