Here in Finland we call the piece with the Y-bones a mother-in-law's piece😁

I think pike is one of the best eating fish. I’ve always just ate around the bones. I can’t wait to try this!

I like to watch these videos so I can pretend I catch enough pike to worry about my filleting technique

At last somebody that really knows how to filet fish. Most KZfaq videos they make a mess of it and waste so much of the fish. Thank you for teaching your methods and explaining it so well.

Hey man, I have been catching pike in Europe since 30 years, and like you, I really like to eat them. Here is something I treid out 4 years ago , and it worked amazingly well: On a hot summer fishing trip I didn't bring a cooler and caught a 5 pound pike in the morning with around 22C°. Immediately I tooke the scales off and took both sides of filets out. I left the rib-bomes in. I salted the 2 fielts, maybe about double the amount you would use on a pork roast, and left the filets in a bag without cooling. Guess what...these two filets with the skin on, came out so good. This exquisite pike taste was preserved by the salt, I loved it. I tried this because I just didnt have ice and a cooler and really wanted to eat this fish. It's sort of an outdoor bushcraft fishing hack. Take care.

Your details and walkthroughs are second to none, thanks for providing this content!

Fished and ate pick for 65 years, but this is the best info ever on the whole cleaning process. Thanks.

You Win!! ⭐️ You’re the only person I’ve ever seen do a tutorial of cleaning a pike and do it the same way as I do. I watch the people leave the bones in and pick around them once it’s cooked. Some people, quite a lot really use the 5 piece method and some just don’t eat them at all. Cooking it bones in and picking them out as you go makes for a poor eating experience, 5 piece method is wasteful and in my opinion it’s a bit of a hack job. Not eating them is no fun. My dad would sit at the table, take his time and using the same method as you he would slice out the bones trying not to miss the slightest bit of meat. I learned that same technique from an early age. I have thought many times about doing a demo video but never had a pike on hand when I’d see a video of someone struggling to eat a pike and make me think about doing it. You did a great job showing people the best way to debone a pike. I hope all the fishermen that cross paths with pike see your video so they can stop struggling and enjoy some pike. Great job.

Pike is my favorite fish to eat. Your video is the best I've seen on cleaning this delicious fish.

Nicely done!! I've been Filleting Pike for 30+ years Love catching Pike over walleye any day!!

Sir, you've restored my faith in pike. Thank you for making this video. All the best, Cheer 🍻!

Thanks for this great tutorial! I love pike and until now I didn't care too much about the bones because they are easy to remove once the fish is cooked. But this method looks amazing. I will try this next time.

I agree with everything you said about the bones being an issue and the wonderful table fare that fresh pike can be. I am very stingy, and so I do not even try to remove the y-bones - before cooking the fish. I take the filet off one side, remove the skin and then cut each filet into three pieces. I make sure the tail piece has no y-bones. Then I prepare the fish - fried, breaded, grilled, baked - whatever. Then if you take a fork and remove 1/8 to 1/4 inch of the edge of filet. That usually comes off cleanly and leaves all the tips of the y-bones exposed. I eat the part I took off, pick out the y-bones which come out without issue, leaving me with ZERO loss of meat, and no bones. Try it, it works great, and the filleting is much faster than trying to remove the y-bones before cooking.

Well done. We go through a lot of these, and absolutely love them. The 5 fillet method always seemed a little problematic when bringing fish back across the border from Canada, so I adopted this technique years ago. I have never seen the slime removal method and will have to give it a try. Very informative video. This will surely help a lot of people eliminate waste. Keep up the good work.

Excellent video! Gramps just took two fillets and pickled em! The pickle process softened the bones enough to basically dissolve them! I was quite young when he was around so there may have been a bit more to it but I believe i was just cut and pickle. Thanks for sharing!

I love my early season Pike... and after watching your skills, I believe I'll enjoy my Pike all that much more! Thank you for sharing🎣

This video helped give me the confidence to fillet up some Pike. Each time I keep getting better. Thanks for teaching me!

Thank you. I've been using the 5 piece fillet and was sick of losing so much meat. This came at the perfect time

Wow! Great informational video, wish I would have known this years ago. I’m an old timer now and NP are not in the area where I live. Excellent eating fish, we used to keep the bigger ones and fight with the bones. Had a friend that would put them through a grinder and make patties out of them. Really enjoyed your video 👍

I ordered two of these based on the reviews. kzfaq.infoUgkxqmKabisEv81ul5v7OhvVxxOpt2CJruI- Received them on time and they look good. I really like the handle on these knives as they feel good in my hand. I'm giving them 4 stars on look and feel, but have not had the chance to put them to the test yet. I mostly fish for catfish and can hopefully try them out in the next few days. If they hold an edge throughout a limit of catfish, they'll be worth another star.Update...I used the 9" strong and the 9" fillet on a mess of catfish. I did put a sharpening on these before I started. I want a razor edge to fillet fish but they weren't quite that sharp. The people who gave these knives crappy reviews and said they were sending them back was because they weren't razor sharp. So what, do they not have a knife sharpener?? Good grief! I mean you have to sharpen any knife from time to time.I personally like them and am pleased with them. If you're too lazy to sharpen a knife then hire someone to clean your fish lol.I've never bought a knife in my life that would shave hair right out of the box. Don't be afraid to purchase the knives. They're pretty nice in my opinion.

Best fish cleaning video I ever seen ,never knew how to clean northerners.Good jog,thank you.

This was the very best pike filleting video I have ever seen!!! AWESOME Job, Sir !!!!!!!!!

Thankyou Sir! I took alot of snapshots and you made it very clear with removing them y bones. It’s always great to eat fish and not have to worry about them bones!

I’m going to follow your steps to hopefully convince my family to start eating pike this summer!

Excellent step by step explanation. Very well filmed.

First method was the one I was taught. Been ten years since I cleaned a Pike. Good refresher!

Thank you. Caught our first Yukon River pike today. I need to catch more to improve my filleting skills… but this did prove exceptionally helpful!

Thanks for the video. Hopefully my next session of fish cleaning goes as smooth as you made it look. It’s been several years since I’ve actually had to clean fish and it was an epic disaster trying to clean fish today 😂

Thanks for this video. I really did learn a few things that I am going to adopt in my fish-cleaning. I love eating pike too, and feel good taking these home instead of the walleye that are hunted around here (Northern Ontario) rather relentlessly. I can make good chowder from pike meat because it stays together and doesn’t turn into a ‘porridge’ as trout and walleye meat tend to do. As you mentioned, the flesh is good for many different methods and recipes for fish.

Thanks for the informative video. Pike are fun to catch and great to eat. Skin on, skin off, electric vs regular knife, you covered it all. Nice job!

That is the best video I have seen regarding fileting pike!

Excellent video! I will try this on my next catch. Thanks for all the details.

Thanks very much. I am 48 years old and just getting into fishing so this was super helpful

Awesome demo 👍 Most people shy away from eating pike because of those Y bones, Pike is one of the best eating fresh water fish, The meat is firm and clean.

When I first started fishing in northern Minnesota 40 years ago, We did not know how to fillet northern so if we came into the public fish cleaning house with northern, there was 2 old timers that would trade us walleye for northern, and we thought they were crazy! After eating nice boneless fillets of northern we soon learned why! So delicious! It still took me years to learn, even after lots of practice. This video is right on!

Great video! You're an expert on Northern Pike filleting! This is the best video I've ever seen for dealing with the Y bone and filleting a Northern Pike. It's my favorite fish to catch and my favorite to eat.

Best example of filleting a pike I've seen. Thanks for the details and thorough explanation.

Thanks for sharing! I love catching and eating pike but have always struggled with filleting them like this. This will come in handy for our Minnesota trip this week.

Best video i ever seen how to clean and filé a pike. Good work!

Excellent explanation n step by step live process of cleaning n northern... n removal of the " y " bones... Great video man

Awesome tutorial. I've always kept smaller pike myself, so that second method is certainly a meat saver.

Pickle them Y bones and don't cut the filet off the tail easy to grab and skin that way

Definitely the best way of filleting pike. Hands down the best fresh water eating fish. Thanks for the great video

Excellent tutorial. Short, and to the point

Excellent video. The graphic of the "Y" bones was really helpful. Keep up the good work.

Very informative! This will make my next fishing trip to the U.P. that much more enjoyable... Tight lines!

I like your teaching style. I look forward to more.

Love this video all the way from London, UK !

I grew up being shown essentially your second method but with just a normal fillet knife. Holding the blade firm and level against the backbone you pull the fish into your knife with a "rocking" motion to help cut through the ribs. Always a reminder of how sharp your knife is!

Have caught and fried Pike all my life and they taste phenomenal!!!! 🍤 This boneless way is new to me though I'm excited to try it!! Thx for the vid

I am an enrolled member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa. I used to fish for a living. we Red Lakers can fillet northerns and walleyes so fast the don't even bleed

This guy is awesome! By far my favourite fishing channel

We usually bring our fish home pretty quickly, after we get done fishing and clean them...... that avoids the slime. We have never had a slime problem. I like them filleted, but I like the Y- bones in. You can cut through the top part of the fish and all the Y-bones poke out at the same angle all in a row.......you pull them all out, In two or three bunches, and then you have all of the meat left, All in one piece. Much simpler. 😊 Thank you so much for your a video. My husband always cleaned the northerns. He died seven years ago and I never did find out how to clean them. Thank you for showing me the parts that I needed to know.

Very helpful. Lots of pike here in Denmark to put to the test. God bless you.

A really well done video - adding to my favorite folder. Thanks

Just kept my first pike in Wisconsin, I’m from Florida, just finished the video with my wife, looks easy enough.

This is the best fileting video ive seen, thank you so much

Great walkthrough video! We're usually after bass and walleye up on Lake Temagami but I always end up catching at least one decent Pike.

This is a super well written video!!! Thank you for the instructions. MIKO

Pike are a very under appreciated fish. I also love catching and eating them.

This man has the best fish prep videos on KZfaq!!

Thanks for the diagram of the bone structure. Very helpful when you understand the orientation of the fillet on the table.

I am one of the fishermen that throws. my pike back after catching them. With this excellent presentation I think I will be eating my next one. Great job in breaking it down to simple steps.

This is the first good and simple way to get rid of the Ybones. Thanks it is easy once I see it done. Minnesota fisherman

Best pike cleaning video out there. Well done

Thanks! Now I'm excited to get one and try it out!

Awesome video!!!! Pike is my favorite fish to fish for, but haven't quite mastered the proper way to prepare it. I will definitely use this technique. Thank ya sir👍

the best video i have seen on this. We (my brothers and i ) do make a fishing trip to Northern Minn every june... Love northern pike, we do take out the Y bone, but this is the best video i have seen! Great Job!!!

Thank you for ur Tutorial!!! I m iranian from caspian sea, living in Europe , My favourit fish! I used to cook it with garlic, tomato and butter and serving it with rice :)

In all seriousness these videos are awesome. Thanks for the help

Great tutorial. Even though I have been cleaning pike in a similar method for decades, I learned a couple of tips, thanks

.terrific demo thumbs up .heading out out to favorite pike location tomorrow.your method is quite efficient .nice job . cant wait to try it tomorrow.

Nice. Finally, a good instruction for filleting pike !!!

Excellent demo , thanks!

You're a great teacher.

I’ve never seen a pike in the flesh, but if I ever am fortunate enough to catch one, at least I will know how to fillet it. Thanks for clear, easy-to-follow instructions.

awesome video. Pike are heavily underestimated as table fish over here in germany as well, nice to see a video on making them "more accessable" for picky eaters

Great technique for removing the nasty y-bones. Works also with filets that have been in the freezer.

Great job ! I’ll enjoy my Pike even more. Thanks

That's the Best video i've ever seen on Cleaning Pike. I round off the tips of my fillet knives just a little, maybe a 1/16 radius. I feel this helps to ride the bones and, with a slight angle change, avoids nicking them. Also i don't razor sharpen my knife. When reshaping the tip i sharpen the backside just a bit. If you run hot tap water over your finished fillets for a minute, it runs oo alot of the fat and blood, then, chill with cold water and refridgerate overnight, changing the water a time or 2. Poor Mans' Lobster

Been doing it this way for years. Nice job explaining it

this was so good I'm going to try it with a butter knife, well done sir!

You’re a good teacher. Thank you

Best pike fileting video I've seen

Solid, great video! The best way to deal with slime (for me anyway) is to fillet them on a section of newspaper. The slime practically glues the fish down and makes it real easy to work with. Helps to use fresh paper every 2-3 fish.

just filleted a perch, a zander and a pike. this method is much easier than anything ive tried with a lot of meat saved, thanks

Very nice. Very clear and concise.

Here I am on a Wednesday night tired asf and watching a lecture on how to properly fillet pike. Sometimes you just have to love the youtube algorithm. Also very nice video my dude!

Excellent tutorial, many thanks!

Hey Bud, Im also from Wisconsin. Pike fishing is all i do. Especially through the ice. I would eat a pike over a walleye any day. Im actually going to try that vinegar trick. Great video.

Great video ! Love my Pike :) I learned that way when I was probably 14 so a couple years ago or so :) I don't worry about the slim if they are kept cold it's not bad & I find way up north here the water is always cold, I don't worry about leaving a little extra meat on the bones cause I like to fry that up to and it's easy to pick bones :)

The tip on taking the slim off with vinegar is great. We don't have a lot of northern pike here in Maine. They have been illegally introduced in places and we can keep all we want. We do have plenty of pickerel and there is no limit on them too.

You did a really good job on this video.

Northerns are my favorite eating fish also. Thanks for this vid.

Excellent video... added the Bubba 7" Tapered Flex Fillet Knife to my Amazon shopping list... thanks much...

Thank you! You helped me fillet boneless pike for the first time.

Love the Bubba Blade, I use it for butchering deer. Outstanding knife for the price. Love that it's very stiff as a boning knife.

Very well and clearly explained thank you!

Thank you. I love pike. Very tasty.

Excellent tips, thank you!