09-21-2020, 06:18 PM
(09-21-2020, 05:02 PM)Mildog Wrote: I have been using electric knives to fillet since I took my moms carving knife out of the kitchen for a test spin over 40 years ago. There were not a lot of options back then. Now, as mentioned above there are lots of good ones. Both battery and plug in models. I have used most all of them. You can also buy inverters to plug in to cigarette lighter (harbor freight has some for under 10 bucks, so you can use your plug in model in boat or by vehicle or anywhere you have an adapter to plug it into. ( you can buy those adapters to put on portable batteries as well.)
One of my favorites is still the Green and Yellow Mr. Twister Electric fillet knife. Not too spendy and I have had them last for years, I have burned through only a few of them over 30 years, since I got the first one from the Store where I worked, but many thousands of fillets over many seasons before they give out. I use them on Bottom fish from the ocean, Stripers and all of the fish in Powell down to small panfish. The newer Mr. Twister ones have a sharpened chisel tip that is great for starting the cut on heavy scaled fish like stripers and works great for popping out cheek meat on walleye. Once you get good at it even small panfish are no problem and you can make short work of a big pile of fish.
I have a video from a while back a buddy and I made, I can't get it to load to post it here. In a nutshell the clip is 54 seconds long and 3 walleye were filleted in that time. We often have one person fillet and skin with an electric and the other take ribs off with a regular fillet knife, it is easy to take the ribs off with electric as well.
I can go through a batch of 40 perch in under 15 minutes no problem. Once you get the hang of it is a great way to go for panfish and other fish. About the only time I use a standard fillet knife anymore is for Kokes, they are so easy and quick no need for the electric although it works fine for that too.
Try it you will like it once you get good with it, It only takes a little practice.
Mildog out
(09-21-2020, 04:52 PM)TubeDudePat, I saw your comments on the Mr. Twister Electrics. You must have gotten into a bad batch or something. I have had the opposite luck. I have burned up a few American Anglers, and a Rapala ( it did fillet a lots of tough stripers before it died.) both plug in and battery models. I actually used to sell the American Anglers and had free samples of the various types, they were inconsistent, some were good others not so good. I had one last several years, we used it on my buddies houseboat on lake Powell and filleted more than I could ever count of Stripers, Walleye, SMB crappie and more before it Crappied out LOL. In 30 years I have only replaced 2 Mr Twisters. I had spells of using other knives but come back to the Mr Twister. I have one I am still using after many seasons and a second still in the package unopened. I got a great deal so I grabbed 2, one to show and one to stow. As mentioned the second one is still unopened until its needed.Lots of good info here that\s what is great about this site. Great people willing to pass along their experiences.Tight lines,Mildog Out Wrote: All of the Mister Twisters I destroyed were earlier models. I'm sure they have improved since then. On the other hand, It took me over 20 years to finally kill the first American Angler I got. Used it for light salt water and heavy fresh water. It lasted for another five years after I bought a replacement...thinking it would probably die soon. I have 3 American Anglers now...one over 10 years old and two others that are a young 5 years old. One of them is 110 and the other a 12 volt. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the cutting power of the 12 volt was almost equal to the 110 volt.
That video you tried to post is over 6 mb. Too large for our "new and improved" website. If there is anyway you can post it elsewhere...like Utube...and provide a link, I am sure other members would like to see it.