How to Fillet a Northern

[Swimbait2009]

Can someone post directions on filleting a northern?

Thanks!

[Ebiz]

http://www.hotspotoutdoors.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/2084281/Y_Bones#Post2084281

[gregg52]

google it

a bunch of u tube vidoes come up

a couple are very good

look for a gal from a canidian resort

she does it the best i think

[Jarrod32]

gregg52...is that the one where they cut the 'backstrap' off first?

[blackdog1101]

gregg52...is that the one where they cut the 'backstrap' off first?

That's the method I use, cut off the "backstrap", then you can see the tops of the Y bones. Cut on the outside of the Y bones so they stay on the carcass. Fillet like normal otherwise.

[gregg52]

ya i guess thats one way but not the way i do it itink you waste alot of meat

there should be like 4-5 other ones

like mn fishing pros one of those has a video

then there was 2 from canidian resorts that i liked and really explained it well

you can do it a few different ways

if you can find the lady i like the way she does it the best but its the same as jason bosers from mn pros

[FishLocker]

This video of fillet of Northern keeps the most meat without the Y bones. He is a guide up on Winnie. If the Northern is large enough, you can run your knife on the inside of the Y and get 2 nice fish sticks for the kids too,

I use this method when I want to smoke them too, only I leave both sides attached to each other at the tail and hang over the smokers skewers back to back. When you cut down the backbone with the electric knife, stop just short of severing from the tail, flip and repeat, then sever the tail bone only. Then continue without separating them.

[BobT]

I like to extract the Y bones so I can leave a complete fillet in tact. With a little practice it gets relatively easy to do and very little meat is lost.