Fillet knives
 

Looking to buy a good fillet knive, like one that will last more than 1 year. I must go throught 3 knives a year! I my last one was a American angler , it's on it's last leg. Anyone got any suggestions on one that will last?

medheavy and I have been using the Breaking knife at academy, great knife, its not electric, but will go right through a red.

its only 14 dollars

After seeing what you did in Chauvin this weekend I can see why!! :eek::eek:

Ive tried several higher priced ones and come to the conclusion,they all wear out pretty fast. Now I just buy the cheap black and decker models from walmart for about 10 bucks and just plan on replacing it when it goes out. I figure i can buy 3 for the price of a mister twister,or rapala. so far, the black and decker is still running after 6 mo. so I figure Im a little ahead of the game this time.

get a meat carving knife from sears. Their like ~$10 or so.... their more "beefed up" no pun intended

i totally agree, these lil cheap knives they use for carvin and such are bad to the bone, got two and they kick ***

the breaking knife that yak'em is talking about is pretty bad. i have cleaned at least 100 fish with it so far and I have only had to run it on a honing steel once. i have cleaned some major reds with it too. it is first time i have used a manual filet knife but i won't go back. once you get used to it i think i can clean fish just as fast as anyone with an electric. beauty of it is i am not tied to electricity i can clean fish anywhere.

100 fish medheavy? Come on now..... Lol

fine 150 i was trying to be modest

was it 150 like the one in your pic? lol. just messin with you

i catch trout in my cast net. i don't keep them unless i have to step on their back to make them big enough.

thats the best tastin ones:grinpimp:

big fish are for pictures barely legal fish are for frying.

thats right!!!!!!!

The best electric fillet knife out there is the grey & black American Angler! They cost $22 @ academy & are hands down the best! They have a yellow knife that is in a black plastic case for around $35 & a salt water knife that is white & blue in a white case for $44. I have had both of those & they suck compared to the cheap $22 model. Maybe I'm just spoiled though.

I have 2 Mr. Twister Electric Fillet Knives. 1 is a green & yellow Electric Fisherman with regular blades & the other is a blue & white saltwater Pirahna with Pirahna blades. Both sets of blades have only been used once. The Pirahna knife has only been used once & the green & yellow electric fisherman has been used 4 or 5 times. $40 cash takes them both if you are interested!

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thanks but no thanks. ima look around a lil more !

They have just been sitting in my closet for damn near a year now! Seriously though, the cheap grey & black American Angler knife for $22 is the best knife I have ever used. Verry aggressive blades that recripricate much better than other knives. The more expensive American Angler knives are junk in my opinion compared to the cheap one. If you buy one & don't like it, I'll buy it from you!

Here is what one Guide said on Fish knives:


Posted Sat, Feb 14th, 2009 9:34 am
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Might just "share" this now, too! Take that knife back to WalMart and get a Proctor/Silex(used to be GE) electric knife then go to the sporting goods isle and get a Twister Pirrana blade. It will fit the PS knife and make your redfish cleaning a snap!!

Get a Dexter Russell, you won't be disappointed

electric fisherman...been using the same one for 5 years now..only replaced the blades 2 times...great knife...

I have both of these knives. I use the green and yellow one to clean sac a lait and trout and the blue and white one to clean redfish. I cleaned well over 1200 sac a lait this year with the green one(no i didnt catch them all) and it still kicking. the only thing i have a problem with is meat and slime getting between the blades and they stop cutting. I keep a bottle of hot water deep enough to put blades in and turn the knife on and it cleans the knives. I find the blue one to fast of a stroke to clean sac a lait and trout but works wonders on redfish.

i use the American Angler Ultra Pro electric fillet knife.. they sell them at academy and walmart for $40 i think. They are yellow and black. I've probably cleaned an EASY 1500 fish with mine so far. Been having it for 2 years i think so yeah probably more than 1500 lol But i like it. Goes right through the redfish, red snapper, mackerals, or whatever.

i'm on my 3rd or 4th blade but my last one i bought was from academy and its curved and super skinny and it FLIES through some trout lol

we used to buy those yellow ones and they always gave us trouble man. Maybe we just would run into the duds. . I didn't think i'd like those curved blades but now i'll never go back to those other ones!


O and the blades you have on the right side are my favorite! They FLY through the trout!

I'm on my 3 one like that this year ! I like the power it has but they don't last.

Oster Electric Knife
 

I've been using an Oster electric knife for about 8 years now and have been satisfied with it. On about its third set of blades but the knife still keeps working. Don't think they make the model I use anymore. It is a little heavy compared to the ones on the market now. Found a pic of the new ones now that go for around $20. Use the small tooth serrated blades and you'll find it a lot easier. I think they're made by Piranaha.

Ima look it to that one !