Electric fillet knife

[Iambjm]

I am thinking about purchasing one and I am curious if anyone else has tried them and do they like/dislike them.

Barb

[Shane683]

I've had the green and yellow Mister Twister for several years now and have been very satisfied with it. Just touch the blades up once in a while and your good to go

[BobT]

Never tried one myself but anyone I know that has seems to really like them. I guess I haven't found anyone that can fillet a fish faster with one than I can with my knives so I'll stick with the old fashioned way. Besides, I don't mind doing it.

Bob

[Todd_J]

I have one and rarely use it. I am pretty quick with the knife and with the electric knife I feel I loose too much of the fillet; perhaps I'm doing something wrong???

Not to jack the post, but how do you fillet using an electric knife? Is it a different method than when using a regular knife?

[jerkbait]

I agree with Todd, I have one also and rarely use it, seems i lose more meat. Works great though for a big batch of gills or perch.

[mojoputter]

I've been using my Rapala cordless for the last couple of years and it works great. Go with the cordless no cord dangling in your way, also works great in the boundary waters.

[Sandmannd]

I have a mister twister and it's a good knife. If you have the money go with a rapula, I think not having a serated blade would be better. That and you can hook them to your car battery if you want to.

[JigginIsLife]

I have used the MisterTwister and lossing the fillet happends alot, not sure why but i did lose alot, or destroyed the back bone and couldnt get back on top so thats tough. I now have the cordless Rapala and i love it. I will swear by it regaurdless what everyone else has to say. the battery will die but it comes with two, and in about the time you kill one, the other one is charged. It is extreamly flexable and very sensitive. at first i thought they only way to go about cutting with an electric was to chop the back bone off with the fillet, and thats how i did it with the mr. twister. now with the rapala, i use it just like the regular knife and follow along the top of the rib cage EXTREAMLY EASY. Just takes a little practice to go slow becuase any slip could loose you a finger. anyways i love the rapala cordless, if money is an issue the corded one looks nice, and lighter. The other thing i thought i might have had an issue with is the weight distribution with the batter being in the back to mess up the way the knife sits in my hand. But after using it for about 3 months i dont notice it at all. i still have the old knife for doing certain things (ie, cheaks, sauger, sometimes walleye) but for crappies, pannies, bass, northerns, nothing is better or faster.

Hope i helped a bit.. if you do a search ( I dont know if the search is working,) but about 6 months ago i guess there was an extreamly informative topic with this exact problem.

[rowdyf]

I have a mister twister and like it although a buddy has the rapala. I would get the rapala if I had to buy another one. The sharper point is advantageous sometimes.

I generally fillet like this, and take walley for example. Slice down behind the front fin, turn 90 degrees and fillet out to the tail. I then use a fillet knife to remove the rib cage. Works basically the same for panfish, pike, etc. It may take longer this way but I get a nice fillet and its less tiring on the hands if you're doing a larger batch.

[Bassman55]

That is what I do as well. Cut along the backbone, but through the ribcage with the electric, and then take the meat off the ribcages with the regular fillet kife. Works great if you have 2 people.

[Sandmannd]

Here's what I do. Not sure if you all have seen it or not, but there is a video (can find it on the web) call "No Bones About It". It shows you how to fillet boneless. I cut the head off the fish, then zip down the back bone. Once you can feel you aren't hitting ribs, push all the way through to the belly and off the back of the tail. Then open the fillet a little so you can see the ribs and cut done them so they seperate from the meat. Do both sides like that and you end up with a butterfly fillet. I leave the skin on till I'm ready to eat them. They keep better in the freazer if you keep the meat together with the skin facing out. Once you get used to it you can fly through them.

[BigWadeS]

next time were out and catch some I want to try out your electric knife, I am skeptical about losing the feel I have with my regular fillet knife

[Iambjm]

The reason I asked is I have always used a regular fillet knife but in recent years have developed arthritis in my hands. The regular is okay for a while but if I have a bunch to do the pain gets pretty bad. I also watched a video somewhere (I too can't remember where must be my CRS)and thought it looked pretty slick. This guy used the electric for getting the fillets and the regular for removing rib bones and skin. Thanks for all the helpful answers, now I can put it on my Christmas list.

[Sandmannd]

Christmas!?! Sheesh, put it on your father's day list or fourth of July list list or something.

Wade, you'll have to catch more than one fish next time before I let you use it. Even one's pushing it for you.

[jltimm]

If your anything like me, you'll wonder why you didn't try an electic fillet knife sooner! Waaaaay faster and easier in my opinion. I've got the rapala corded, and it'll take the skin off of a 7 lb catfish and leave you with catfish steaks!

[BigWadeS]

Shane maybe you can show me on those lawn chairs you like to catch!

[Iambjm]

 Originally Posted By: Sandmannd

Christmas!?! Sheesh, put it on your father's day list or fourth of July list list or something.

I guess I better make it Mother's Day even tho I am not a mom. Maybe I can talk the hubby into buying me one for an opener's day gift seeing as he will not fillet fish...........Barb

[Kyle Sandberg]

I can clean fish twice as fast as anyone I know with a electic knife. My grandpas been cleaning fish for 30+ years. They make you go faster.

[Sandmannd]

 Originally Posted By: Iambjm

I guess I better make it Mother's Day even tho I am not a mom. Maybe I can talk the hubby into buying me one for an opener's day gift seeing as he will not fillet fish...........Barb

Ooops, my bad. Sorry, assumed the wrong Gender.

[BigWadeS]

 Originally Posted By: Sandmannd

 Originally Posted By: Iambjm

I guess I better make it Mother's Day even tho I am not a mom. Maybe I can talk the hubby into buying me one for an opener's day gift seeing as he will not fillet fish...........Barb

Ooops, my bad. Sorry, assumed the wrong Gender.

that's what happens when you assume.....

[PerchPounder]

I have a mister twister and love it! Plenty of power and the durability is unmatched from anything I've seen. I have heard stories of people stripping the nylon gears out of the rapala knives and the batteries not lasting as long as they should.

This topic is also being discussed in the cooking forum.

[Coach1310]

I love my electric!! I have the cordless Rapala. I wish the button for the blade release was in a differnt spot and the switch wasn't so "safety" oriented, but I love it none the less. For anything but sunfish, it works flawless...the shape of the bluegill can make it a little tricky! If you watch folks that use them consistantly you won't find anybody that can keep up with them and an electric. Like has been said, it works great if you have a guy using an electric taking the filet off the fish and another guy removing the skin from the meat, but either way it works great. I get irritated when I forget mine on a trip and have to use an "old fashioned" knife

[tisosy11]

I just bought a rapala knife with all the different power options. Hoping to try it out very soon!

[eyebjim]

I just bought the rapala cordless too. So far so good. I caught a nice meal of crappies last saturday and it worked execlent. I have used used other electrics before but I like to slowly run water to keep the blade wet and to keep the fillets nice and clean when filleting. After being shocked by 120vac multiple times I decided to go with the standard fillet knife until I got the rapala cordless. Now I dont have to worry about the shocks.

[SlabSlayKid]

i would deffinitly encourage you to purchase one. i own a rapala cordless rechargable model just because you can than operate it anywhere, but the they all function the same so a cheaper corded one works just as well i would think. it works great for filleting out pike, walleye, catfish, or anyother large fish. i've used it before for jumbo perch and big slabs and it even works for that bc my knife comes with 2 sets of blades, one being smaller. altho for anything smaller than that like small pannies i stick with a manual knife. also, u dont have to sharpen the blades nearly as often as you must with a manual knife. hope this helped u in ur hunt for the knife. happy fishing!

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