Got a call to join a friend on a social distance sea bass fishing trip, when your friends boat is pushing 600hp its tough to say no... So off we go to the sea bass grounds in record time, we both caught our limit (10 each) and headed back to the filet table with one of the best eating fish available this time of year...






















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Outstanding fishing trip! One of the best fish ever!! Probably my second favorite fish.

Wish we had em here, gotta go all the way to New Jersey for them .

Nice! I can remember when there was no limit on how many you could take, but limits make sense and are reasonable.

Great day fishing and that is a sweet ride!

Chris

You take incredible pictures Eddie, nice catch too!

the filet claw is an awesome tool..

I got one given to me by the guy who makes them when he was trying to market them years ago, and it works great...

How does the filet claw work? Is it to hold the skin for removal or is it a multi tool?

Chris

I've lost probably a half dozen of these over the years and now they are UNAVAILABLE! Down to my last one...

As Hupurest said it is an awesome tool almost as important as a filet knife to me...

It allows you to remove one filet and then skin the filet ( just at the end and holds it incredibly) until you actually use one its difficult to describe how great it woks...


I have filleted down to the base of the tail and used the fish rack as a handle to remove the skin in a pinch but the tool works way better than any other method I have tried...





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Thanks Jeff just taking in some of God's fine work...

We had a fan club snap a pic as we left the inlet...














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Wasn't there a race horse named Sea Biscuit?

Those gill plates are razors! Those are some big bass too. They have to be 10” in the Gulf (or the were the last time we caught some) and a limit was sometimes hard to come by. But, talk about some good eating!! Congrats on a great trip and catch.

Good stuff, River Birch. Nice boat and fish.

Nice !

Yes Wanna Be you are spot on their gills are razor sharp Ours have to be 12 and 1/2" to keep we usually don't keep any under 14" (just a nicer filet)...


They are great dipped in batter and fried!!!

Here is the recipe I use ... Crispy fish fries, crispy fish fry, crispy flakey crust, crispy flaky crust Ingredients: Use any white fish…
1.2kg salt 2g / 1/4 teaspoon black pepper 1g / 1/8teaspoon all purpose flour 70g / 1/2cup oil for frying all purpose flour 150g / 1cup corn starch 75g / 1/2cup baking powder 4g / 1 teaspoon salt 2g / 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1g / 1/4 teaspoon chili powder 1g / 1/4 teaspoon white vinegar 2g / 1/4 teaspoon




These guys were swimming in the ocean less than 24hrs ago (now that's fresh fish)



















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30+ years ago my uncle made these out of PVC pipe. I may still have a couple in some old tackle boxes. They slip over your finger and have a "saw blade" type edge filed into the part that holds the fillet. I may have to see if I can find one and get a picture.

I LOVE those knife sharpeners!!!

Fish looks great too.

I built one of them. (easier than digging through old tackle boxes) Not exactly the same as your metal one but it works pretty good. Pipe is 1" OD 3/4" ID Fast to make with a flap disk and cutoff wheel on a 4" angle grinder.







~ADC~

Thanks! The picture is worth 1,000 words!

Muskrat Love

Excellent idea and great pic ADC I will be making a few and give them a try... Thanks

Thanks for all the replies to my inquiry. As a plumber, I should be able to come up with the needed materials to make ADC's version!

Chris