I stumbled across some info on these cutting boards. I don’t eat many fish but when I do clean up a batch I don’t have the best setup. These look to have some interesting design features. I saw they sell for around $70 seems expensive for a cutting board. Anyone able to give feedback? Are they worth the money?
I do all my cleaning on a plastic folding table in the garage. Cheaper then 70 bucks and has many more uses.
Newspaper on the workbench in workshop or on the kitchen table works for me.
Looks like something to collect dust and take up space on a shelf. I’m with Bearcat on the plastic folding table. Or pc of plywood on any counter, or cardboard from a case of beer. Whatever you use throw down some old newspaper and crumple up a couple layers with the guts/heads every few fish you clean before it soaks through too many layers and then you don’t even have a surface to clean off- and the newspaper keeps the fish from sliding around.
why not just find an old sink cutout……….
heck..if your close enough i can give ya a few!!!!!!1
I’ve had one since they came out, and I use the snot out of it. Clean all my fish on it, and have done 8-10 deer and antelope on it too. Cleans off easy, hit it with the hose, a quick scrub, and a shot of bleach/water mix and throw it up on a nail in the garage. Is it “needed?” Nope, but neither is a lithium cordless fillet knife or a $100 trolling rod. 
Just a simple piece of corrugated cardboard is the way to go. It soaks up moisture, blood, and slime, and it can easily be rolled/folded up and tossed in the same garbage bag as the fish guts.
I own 2 of them. 1 I’ve had for along time, the other I purchased about a year ago. The guy who designed them and owned the company early on is a local guy here in Saint cloud. He had a supply of hold over ones he had and I purchased about 5 of them from him and gave 4 of them as gifts. I believe the new company owner has mad a few changes in them from the original. The are Great. The raised surface makes it really easy to get the knife at a perfect angle. The groves and channel around the edge keeps all the mess away from the cleaning area and the large slot is a great area to either hold the fish being cleaned or to put the finished fillets after. Well worth the money I paid.
If anyone wants to know what these look like. Here is the web site:
Mike’s repair shop here in Saint cloud is listed as a dealer of them and where I picked up 5 of them last year. I believe he is the original owner of the company.
I own 2 of them… I do not have any for sale. I have found that they are great for keeping the slop off the floor of the garage in the winter and off the tailgate in the summer. I bought mine at a sportsmans show and then purchased the bigger sized one the next year. You can order them direct for less than 70 bucks, but I suppose shipping might get you there. Otherwise there are several dealers. Depending on you location you can pick them up in several bait shops and sporting good stores across the upper midwest. Pretty sure they are manufactured in Tea, SD (a couple miles south of Sioux Falls). I know I have seen them Reeds in Walker and pretty sure Christophersons in Alexandria. Scheels as well.
Having the raised surface does help to get the right knife angle. I use a 2-3 foot section of 2 X 8 for that height. No paper for the fish to stick on.
Can anyone post a link? I’d like to check these out. I have a Rapala one now, but my wife doesn’t seem to like the mess it leaves on the kitchen counter.
Can anyone post a link? I’d like to check these out. I have a Rapala one now, but my wife doesn’t seem to like the mess it leaves on the kitchen counter.
I do like that they now offer it in several colors. Both of mine are just white. They are rather easy to keep clean. In summer I just spray it off with a garden hose. In winter I rinse it the sink
Have the large size. Cardboard > filletmaker. Too cumbersome to clean in the sink.
My wife orders enough crap from Amazon to build a small village out of cardboard. I use that to clean fish in the kitchen. Toss it out with the guts when I’m done.
In the Summer I like to clean fish on top of the garbage can under a shade tree. The height is perfect so I don’t get a sore back and I just spray it off with a hose. No newspaper to mess with.I used to see cutting boards with a big clip on them that allow you to clamp the fish tail down so you can fillet from the tail to the head. I always go head to tail because I can’t hold on to the tail. Has anyone had experience with this?
A nice piece of cardboard on the tailgate of the truck is perfect for me. From early goose season right through until I stop keeping fish at the spawn. You get several nice pieces from a single large box, and most every store or business has piles of cardboard if you need.
I got the small for Christmas. I think it came from Reeds. https://www.reedssports.com/fishing/filletmaker-junior-filletmaker-jrfillet2016-852293003349
It is a nice raised platform, and contains all the slop. The bad is, I clean a lot of 12 inch plus perch, and there is not enough room to do the “flip the fillet over with the knife and skin it attached to the carcass” trick, It is perfect for 11 inches and under. It saves me the wad of newspapers I used to keep my wooden fish cleaning bench clean.
I thought I would do better with the large, but the small is almost impossible to clean in the sink I have. I don’t have a sprayer, so I can only get a corner of it at a time under the water. It is also difficult to get the bits out of the thin moat around the raised platform. Only some of my fingers are thin enough.
Stop by your local countertop shot and get a scrap. I was lucky to get a nice piece of 1-inch thick granite to cut up fish. Cleans up great.
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