Electric Knife

[eyeguy 54]

decided to take the plunge and bought a Rapala Ion rechargeable. anybody have one and what do you use for a case?

[leech~~]

I had a battery op Repala a few years ago and sold it to someone else at our campground. Didn't like the way they just zipped through without following the fillets and lost a lot of meat. Really suk's on a partly frozen fish!   Mine came with a case.

Edited February 28, 2017 by leech~~

[eyeguy 54]

you should have taken lessons  

 

[ZachD]

2 hours ago, leech~~ said:

I had a battery op Repala a few years ago and sold it to someone else at our campground. Didn't like the way they just zipped through without following the fillets and lost a lot of meat. Really suk's on a partly frozen fish!   Mine came with a case.

My buddy dulled his blades against a brick first thing when he got his. still cuts awesome just not through bones 

[leech~~]

2 hours ago, eyeguy 54 said:

you should have taken lessons  

 

 

Oh, says the guy that just took the plunge!

I'm sure it will do your little pan fish ok. Let me know if you need a few Walleye's to try?

[eyeguy 54]

used brother in laws on northerns and eyes last summer. pretty slick. the question is about a case for it. Get back on track here silly people... 

[Rick G]

An old tackle box works :-)   once you get used to the electric you will never look back....  

[leech~~]

Go to Fleet or the Cabala's and look at all their small tackle, hunting or shooting cases.

[Mike89]

I've got a small nylon bag for my knife, used the electric knife for many years mostly on large fish, a friend use's his on all fish.

Edited February 28, 2017 by Mike89

[AlwaysFishing23]

I seem to not use it for panfish because it's to big and powerful so a regular old knife seems better. But for walleyes and Pike I prefer it. It's really nice. All I use for a case is a hard sided electric fillet knife case.

[Hawg]

Leech, my experience exactly, I hated the thing! I'm a Mister Twister Piranha guy, it's a little heavier duty than the green ones but never had trouble with the green ones either over the many years I've used them. I can use a filet knife on those rare occasions we do a shore lunch somewhere.

[AlwaysFishing23]

53 minutes ago, Hawg said:

Leech, my experience exactly, I hated the thing! I'm a Mister Twister Piranha guy, it's a little heavier duty than the green ones but never had trouble with the green ones either over the many years I've used them. I can use a filet knife on those rare occasions we do a shore lunch somewhere.

Yeah that's the one I've got! Couldnt think of the name.

[Hawg]

I see they have the Piranha at Fleet now, you used to have to get them online.

[eyeguy 54]

just did 10 gills and 2 crappies. pretty slick but I need practice... LOL 

[leech~~]

18 hours ago, eyeguy 54 said:

you should have taken lessons

 

 

10 minutes ago, eyeguy 54 said:

just did 10 gills and 2 crappies. pretty slick but I need practice... LOL

 

Hummm! 

[Jim Panfish Uran]

I ruined some perch early this season trying to fillet them with an electric lol. There is definitely a learning curve lol

[eyeguy 54]

I am teaching myself.   pretty good so far. 

[Mike89]

that is key, take time and do it easy!!

[leech~~]

1 hour ago, eyeguy 54 said:

I am teaching myself.   pretty good so far.

 

Like I said, it zips through the meat so fast your like, op dang!  

[eyeguy 54]

the trick is to not go crazy fast. you being crazy I can see why problems would occur. 

[leech~~]

14 minutes ago, eyeguy 54 said:

the trick is to not go crazy fast. you being crazy I can see why problems would occur. 

 

It's not an Olympic Competition Pal! That's why I sold it and went back to hand fileting for a more custom clean cut!

[eyeguy 54]

now all you need to do is catch some fishies... 

[AlwaysFishing23]

14 minutes ago, eyeguy 54 said:

now all you need to do is catch some fishies... 

 

The fun and sometimes easy part!!

[Freedom81]

Tackle box for a case, to answer the op.

As far as technique, I use a big serving fork along with the electric fillet knife... cut behind the head, down along the backbone to the tail and remove the fillet. I stab the upper meaty portion, with the fork, and hold it while I remove the rib cage. Then, stab the small end and fillet the meat off the scales/skin.

Electric takes some practice,  but it's definitely the way to go if you've got a mess of fish!

[leech~~]

2 hours ago, eyeguy 54 said:

now all you need to do is catch some fishies... 

 

#ohwandererlikesthisiguessi'llcallthednrandtellthemwhatreallyhappentothatdeeronhisdeck 

[AlwaysFishing23]

A big tackle box cut out all the dividers out and there ya go should work fine.

[Borch]

Once you get used to the knife panfish are very doable.  No wasted meat with practice.  I loved the American angler knives but they are getting harder to find including extra blades.  I have a mister twister piranha and have had it replaced under warranty.  It just doesn't hold up at least for me.  I use a hard side that came with a previous electric knife.  A small canvas bag works well too.  Nice to keep a short ext cord in there, extra blades, baggies and some vinyl gloves.

[Wanderer]

On 2/28/2017 at 10:50 PM, leech~~ said:

 

#ohwandererlikesthisiguessi'llcallthednrandtellthemwhatreallyhappentothatdeeronhisdeck 

 

Go ahead, call it a conspiracy.

 

BTW, I heard a couple people talking on Blue about how everyone knew who was gonna catch what.  

 

It was the oddest thing.