Skinzit fish skinner?

[leech~~]

Just seen this today for the first time. Any one have or tried these? Looks like their about a $159 bones though!

[LightningBG]

very interesting

This and a Panhandler filleting contraption and a guy would be all techno set up. (and maybe get made fun of, but whatever)

[delcecchi]

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Townsend fish skinner works almost like a can opener. By simply turning the crank, you cause a knife on the underside of the skinner to separate the skin from the fillet. The skin comes off paper thin with the scales still on. Completely eliminates flying scales. Easy and fast to use. Rust resistant. Made in USA.

Save a hundred bucks, but you have to crank it yourself.

I always found the skinning to be easy if you left skin attached to carcass.

[LightningBG]

I always found the skinning to be easy if you left skin attached to carcass.

That's how we've always done it, leave it attached right down by the tail, flip the fillet over and hold onto the main part of the body.

[delcecchi]

And if I was the first guy in the video, cutting the fillets off the carcass I would have an electric knife.

Do people really keep perch that size?

[leech~~]

I love pan fish but hate cleaning them and this thing on the video looked just what the doc ordered!

[delcecchi]

I love pan fish but hate cleaning them and this thing on the video looked just what the doc ordered!

All the thing on the video does is skin the fillets. You still have to remove them from the fish.

[leech~~]

All the thing on the video does is skin the fillets. You still have to remove them from the fish.

Del it looks like is taking out the bones patch as well?

[delcecchi]

It didn't look like it was in the "contest" video, but this one shows it. takes two passes. The music is really annoying btw. No audio except some cheesy music so turn down the volume

[Cyclone177]

Hi Del and guys! I am new to the site and am affiliated with Skinzit as my father in law invented the Skinzit. Sorry about the music in the video, we are fisherman not musicmen, lol! Anyway, the Skinzit does rollout the rib bones and take off the skin very quickly and easily. Here is a video we filmed this last weekend in Devils Lake.

http://youtu.be/OqdRcjtWiMQ

We probably cleaned 1000 fish last weekend in the public fish cleaning shack and at Woodlands. As guys would bring in their fish we would offer to clean them and show them the skinzit. We were filming a Wild Dakota show with Ted Takasaki and some of the footage of people when the see it roll the rib out of a 24-25 inch walleye is awesome!

Anyway, I would love to answer any other questions you might have!

Thanks!

[delcecchi]

Nice to hear from you. Even you have to admit the music was annoying.

It is a cool update of the classic thing I showed. If I caught large numbers of perch or sunfish it would be a consideration.

[leech~~]

This one shows how to clean the unit. Looks pretty easy. Cyclone177, post back when they go on sale!

[Alagnak]

To me this looks like a solution to a problem that doesn't exist but some guys like gadgets. I can think of one fishing buddy that probably ordered one already. I've never found any species of fish that were difficult to skin with a simple semi flexible knife. I certainly don't need to cart around more chit in the truck or on the ice. If I'm skinning a bunch I'll actually use a knife that isn't kept as sharp for the skinning knife so you don't cut through skin, and maybe use a fork to hold the end when starting the fillet. Then grab the fillet with non knife hand, Do more pulling on the skin and less movement with your knife and it works even better.

[reddog]

I'm pretty sure the developers of this product have cleaned about a bajillion fish with the Townsend also.)

Can't wait to try one.

[Cyclone177]

Leech,

They are onsale at www.fishskinner.com for $149.95. They have been an extremely hot seller for the holidays as well as having a couple of TV shows-Midwest Outdoors and Wild Dakota start running. The response has been awesome, but there are always going to be skeptics, it's all good! The unit is really nice for guys that maybe aren't the best with a knife, like myself. My father in law does all the knife work in two cuts, then I can run the Skinzit pretty darn quickly now. It is a tool that has a bit of a learning curve, but most people pick it up in a couple or three filet's. There is absolutely no wasted meat and it is fast to use and very easy to clean. They put a super high end motor and trigger in the unit, it is built to last.

Two brothers from Okoboji Iowa invented it, their parents owned White Oak Baitshop back in the 70's, and they grew up cleaning fish every day for customers. I cannot even begin to imagine all the fish they have cleaned in their lives, literally millions.

It is a super well built and engineered tool designed to save meat and make fish cleaning way easier!

Happy Holidays!

[Dogzlife000]

Wait!...What??...No HSO discount??

I'm always stuck cleaning the fish because everyone else is slow or incompetent (or they certainly act like it), but 150 clammers is tough to swallow!

[Coldwater Crappie Guy]

It looks like it leave a fair amount of silver skin on the backside? I think that make the fish taste terrible. Is that true that it leaves it on there?

[otterman91105]

Yea when watching the video its much easier to take the filet off with a electric filet knife. I have one of these and they work great can clean fish in half the time. Just takes some time to learn how to use it.

[Esox_Magnum]

I know the owners of this. Great guys and neat product. May not be for everyone but there is a market and seems a big market for them.