YOU'VE BEEN CLEANING WALLEYE WRONG!!! Maximize your BONELESS FILLETS and catch with minimal waste!

You do an excellent job. I'm 70 so I have been cleaning them for a long time. Before we had electric knives, I would just cut the fillet off the rib cage and never open up the abdominal cavity. With the electric I clean them pretty much the same way as you, except I peel the rib cage out with the electric knife. A little twist of the wrist and the rib bones peel right out without wasting meat. The only thing I use the hand knife for is the cheeks and the Y bone zipper cuts. One difference is, I remove the belly lining. Once used to the electric it doesn't take very long to clean Walleyes and very little meat is wasted.

That’s impressive!! I’ve been cleaning fish for over 50 years and never seen it done this way!!!very good job!!!

Not going to lie... you went over it four times and it wasn't until the fourth time that I really got the Y bit. Really nice job explaining everything. I'm not bad at cleaning walleye but I feel like this made me a little better. Thanks for the master class in cleaning walleye. Everyone has a different take but you're really good at explaining.

As someone who's watched a ton of fish cleaning videos and is a beginner at cleaning walleye, this video is among the top. Thanks for the great explanation!

Thanks for that thorough explanation… it’s great to see what to do AND what not to do. I understand so much better now.

Great job. At the very end you mentioned that last piece of meat under the chin. Keep the 2 pectoral fins intact and cut that piece off. Save them in a freezer bag until you get 20-25 and google WALLEYE WINGS. You batter them up and deep fry, and you hold the 2 pec fins in your hands, put the rest in your mouth and pull on the pec fins and all that meat comes right off in your mouth.

Cheeks are the best part , glad you showed the procedure !!

Cleaned my first walleye today. Treated like a trout. Boy, I butchered it. Literally. The second row of bones threw my fillets into a mess of digging out bones. Wish I knew this before! Thanks!

Awesome. I'm getting pretty good at cleaning fish, but learned a few new things from your video. Cheers

I am impressed. thank you!!!! now I just have to figure out how to Catch then in Colorado. As a Wisconsin native... it was a lot easier back in the midwest to catch them. I really appreciate the video!

Everybody has slight differences cleaning fish, I don't waste meat and I've cleaned for decades. Your method is good and systematic, these comments by others are ridiculous. If you guys wanna see some fish hacking stop at a cleaning station on Lake Erie. You'll see some pros and some absolute amateurs. I ice mine and clean them at home

I can only imagine how good those would taste! Clean job my friend.

Never knew that last step to get the row of bones. 71 years old and still learning. Great video and great job Brother. Thank you.

WOW, Great job explaining the techniques of doing it professionally. Thank you

Great Video and best tutorial I've seen to date for cleaning walleyes . Liked and Subscribed. Thanks!

This was absolutely the most awesome fish 🐠 cleaning video ever! This guy is totally professional, and that part with the center set of bones 🦴 being removed was completely awesomeness! This is absolutely a brilliant teaching tool and wonderful learning experience. Thanks a billion!

I watched like 10 videos on how to do this for the first 3 i caught last night. Then this morning i see yours and it makes much more sense and know more for next time. My fillets were more like fish sticks from the prior videos. Im going to buy one of those electric knives now. Setup an amazon link to it so you can get residual income from it. Gained a sub from me. Thanks.

Used to catch these fish in Sweden, they called them gos. In Britain we call them zander, but they are only found in the Norfolk Broads, so I have only fished for them in Sweden. The biggest I caught was 3 kg, but the wife's uncle told me he had one of 10kg ! There is no fight in these fish, you just pull tjhem straight in the boat. However they are the best fish I have ever eaten. My mother in law would clean the fish and cut it into steaks, but leave the skin on. She boiled a big pan with water, salt and pepper with lots of dill. When the water was boiling, she put in the gos steaks and immediately take the pot off the heat, and leave the pot to cool overnight. the next morning the water had turned to jelly and we are the cold cooked fish with the dill jelly , new potatoes and salad from the garden. The best fish I have ever tasted !!

Thanks so much for the advice and demonstration. me and my family will be sure to try this method this ice fishing season. keep up the good work

You sir are a good teacher!!