Electric Filet Knife

[tojoe]

Guys, I am tired of buying those Academy special knives with the plastic gears and burning them up. What are some good durable electric knives for reds and specs?

Thanks

[mriguy]

Black and Decker or Hamilton Beach.

[legallimits]

Originally Posted by tojoe

Guys, I am tired of buying those Academy special knives with the plastic gears and burning them up. What are some good durable electric knives for reds and specs?

Thanks

Amazon.com : Rapala Heavy Duty Electric Fillet Knife, Grey/Black : Camping Chairs : Sports & Outdoors

Amazon.com : Rapala Heavy Duty Electric Fillet Knife, Grey/Black : Camping Chairs : Sports & Outdoors
Amazon.com : Rapala Heavy Duty Electric Fillet Knife, Grey/Black : Camping Chairs : Sports & Outdoors

That's probably the best bang for your buck, unless you want to get into the $100+ knives.

[Bluechip]

Hamilton Beach..... You won't find them in the sporting goods area.

[mr crab]

American Angler PRO Electric Fillet Knife with 8-Inch Freshwater Blade, Orange:Amazon:Sports & Outdoors

American Angler PRO Electric Fillet Knife with 8-Inch Freshwater Blade, Orange:Amazon:Sports & Outdoors
American Angler PRO Electric Fillet Knife with 8-Inch Freshwater Blade, Orange:Amazon:Sports & Outdoors

I absolutely love this knife.

[legallimits]

I've got a Hamilton Beach that I use for carving around the house, but I don't think they come with fillet knife blades. You'll need those if you ever use it on redfish. For trout, if you get a decent regular knife (RADA, Dexter, etc.), it will be easier to sharpen and you'll eventually find that you're just as fast with it. Most of the guides I know don't use electric since their just as fast with their blades.

[Reefman]

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[legallimits]

Originally Posted by Reefman

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I need to get on ebay and find one from the old days... they weren't all plastic parts back then.

["W"]

I use Hamilton Beach from SAMs or Wal Mart

Cheap and clean everything with them

I buy 5 at a time and when down to 2 left buy 5 more

[Hightower]

X2 on Rapala. I only clean specs with it though.

[RickLafayette]

This will last some...
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[trtdds]

American Angler makes a good one, its a little more expensive than the walmart and academy knives, but mine has lasted a long time and cleaned a lot of fish, even used it on smaller offshore species like blackfin, cobia, and snapper.

[Reel Screamers]

If your buying your electric knives in the sporting goods section your getting robbed.

Use the Hamilton Beach knives out of the housewares section. It is about the only thing I will purchase form Wal-Mart since they funded the federal red snapper law suit with a 9 million dollar donation.

They do have the plastic gears and will wear out but they are a lot cheeper. Many purchase a pair of the MIster Twister blades to put in them to clean red fish because those blades are a lot more aggressive.

If you are catching a lot of reds do what I did years ago and has become popular. Purchase one of the small, one handed reciprocating saws and modify a Dexter Russell blade for it. There is actually a guy in Mississippi that is making the serrated blades for the saws now.

[fishn4real]

Originally Posted by mr crab

American Angler PRO Electric Fillet Knife with 8-Inch Freshwater Blade, Orange:Amazon:Sports & Outdoors


I absolutely love this knife.

I have gone through several of these. Not a lot better than Academy. The
Rapala Pro has lasted better than most.

[specknation]

American Angler will out last 10 HB.