How to Fillet Black Drum Quickly

[MathGeek]

Originally Posted by Gerald

Don't cut the skin off the fish, that way you just "flip" the meat over and don't need the pliers.

IMO.... quicker and easier.

I can do that on shorter fish, but once they are more than about 20" long, my hands are too far apart (head of fish in left hand, knife near end of fillet in right hand) for the control I want, and I often mess up.