Ok.....I'll bite.....in what way does an electric knife make filleting fish any better?Sure....it cuts through bone.Are you guys using the technique of cutting off both fillets and then removing the rib cage after the fillet is removed?Yes....I can see where this method could be faster but I do not catch panfish...there are no panfish where I live except brook trout.I fish for brook trout, walleye, landlocked salmon, pike and these fish have small bones that are at right angles to the main back bone.I sometimes use the same technique of removing the whole fillet and then removing the rib cage and the small bones that come straight off the back bone. But to remove the main fillet, I find it is faster with a good butcher knife. I rarely use a fillet knife unless it's for small brook trout.My fillet knife is sharp enough for me to shave with. It also removes the cheeks on walleye and pike, which an electric knife cannot do. A fillet knife also removes the fins from a fillet a lot faster and easier than an electric knife.Yes....electric knives are popular because people do not use knives that are sharp enough. You never see a butcher use an electric knife because it is too slow. However, a butcher spends a lot of time keeping his knife sharp.
