Cleaning Fish Articles & Videos

• How to Store Fish

  The day's fishing trip has been a success, and you are preparing to head home with your catch. The time between catching the fish and storage is critical. Your fresh catch should be properly stored so that it retains the maximum freshness a… read more

• How to Care for Fishing Gloves

  Fishing gloves are important for several reasons. They protect the hands from injury when handling fishing hooks and fishing knives, shield the hands from odor when handling fish and bait and provide UV protection. To maximize the performan… read more

• How to Clean Northern Pike Fillet

  Sometimes called jackfish in Canada, northern pike are carnivorous fish with white, mildly flavored flesh. Pike have a wide distribution and are found in fresh and brackish waters in North America, Russia and Europe. The biggest challenge w… read more

• Tools for Cleaning Fish

  Catching the fish is only the first step toward your fish dinner. Your next step is to clean the fish. Cleaning the fish involves a number of tools that work to help gut, skin, scale and debone it. You can improvise on some of the tools, or… read more

• How to Clean a Northern Pike

  Though Northern pike are delicious, many people do not eat them because they have a reputation for being hard to clean. This reputation stems from the fact that Northerns have Y-bones, located halfway between the centerline and top of the f… read more

• How to Take the Y Bone Out of a Northern Pike

  Some people believe Northern pike are difficult to clean because they have Y-bones that must be removed from each fillet. These Y-bones, which are actually L-shaped, are located between the centerline and the top of the fillet. Despite the… read more

• How to Clean Fish & Remove Blood

  Unless you plan on releasing your catches back into the water while fishing, you'll need to know how to clean a fish. Removing the blood is only one part of this process and ensures that you won't have blood and fish entrails on your hands… read more

• How to Clean Silver Bass Fish

  Take a look in your grocer's fish case and you may not notice many bass fish. Most fish in this family, including the silver bass, are best served quickly and soon after a catch. When you catch one of these fish, you'll find that it's easy… read more

• How to Clean Carp for Eating

  Carp is one of the more popular types of fish, but this wasn't always the case. The fish was once known as garbage fish because it was small and many fishermen threw it away or used it as bait. Modern day carp has a light and delicious flav… read more

• Using a Fish Smoker

  Smoking is a popular and ancient method of preparing your catch of the day. Smoking predates refrigeration since smoked fish will keep without spoiling. Oily fish such as salmon and mullet are great for smoking, but any type of fish can be… read more

• How to Clean Fresh Fish

  Cleaning fish is the first step in preparing them for the dinner table or for filling your freezer. This isn't for the squeamish, but it is necessary. While a flexible fillet knife is preferable for filleting, many anglers like to use a rig… read more

• How to Remove Fish Scales

  If you plan to leave the skin on a fish when you cook it, the fish will need to be scaled. Of course, this isn't necessary if you plan to skin the fish and make fillets out of it. Scaling a fish is not difficult and does not take a lot of s… read more

• How to Clean Trout

  If you've never done it, cleaning a trout can seem like a daunting task. It isn't as hard as it might seem, however--you only need a sharp knife and some newspaper. Once you clean one, the rest will seem easy and you will soon be savoring t… read more

• How to Remove the Smell of Wild Salmon

  Although wild salmon seldom smells as fishy as most other fish, if left to linger for even a short time in a garbage bin, refrigerator or kitchen, the smell can grow to be stomach turning. While it is often instinctual to begin spraying the… read more

• How to Fillet a Largemouth Bass

  The prize for any freshwater fisherman to catch, is a largemouth bass. For some anglers, it may take years to finally land the fish, if they ever do. Nothing tastes better than a fresh caught bass, cooked to perfection. Of course, you can c… read more

• How to Clean a Bass

  A fresh bass is a mouth-watering dish best prepared after a recent catch. But cooking skills aren't the only thing you need to show off your catch. You need to thoroughly clean the bass with care before reaping the rewards. Take as much car… read more

• How to Scale a Fish

  Now that you've got that stringer full of fish, you're probably wondering what to do with them. Cleaning a fish may seem like a daunting task, but it's actually not that hard to do. You can always fillet the fish, but that takes a little mo… read more

• How to Clean Fishing Equipment

  Fishing equipment takes a lot of abuse. Between the salt, dirt and grime, your equipment must be cleaned if you want it to continue operating properly. This means everything--including the rod, reel and tackle. Replacing these items can be… read more