Fillet Knife

What electric is best?
Thanks
John

I have a Mister Twister electric knife, which isnt anything special. Works great on any species of fish. Once you get the hang of a electric knife its tough to go back to the old fashion way

It’s a personal preference thing, I do like my Mr. Twister also.
I can say my Mister Twister has lasted well beyond what I would have imagined any small electric motor to last.
We are talking a lot of years(15+) and only to good Lord knows how many filets.

I’m still old fashioned. Crappie fillets? YUMMY

I have the mister twister as well. I am going to try out the Rapala version this year. The looks more comfortable. I also like the cordless option of the Rapala.

I have been using the rapala e-knife for a couple years now…works great. A buddy has had the mister twister for a few years and he really likes his.
I would say you probably can’t go wrong with either of those models.
One knock on the cordless that I have heard is the battery life isn’t that great. I have the corded model and as I said…I really like it.
Now I am just kickin myself for not getting one sooner.

They take a little practice but once you get the hang of it they work like a charm.

the problem isn’t the knife itsself.. its that the blades wear out when you cut through the ribs or the spine..

Yes.. some of us just aren’t as talented as others..

but if you replace the blades about once every two, three years or just buy a wal-steins special.. 11.99 and throw it away instead of buying new blades.

if you look..almost all the blades are the same..

I love my Anglers Best Cordless Electric Sportsman’s Knife. I came with two sets of blades and two batteries. The think I like best about it is the handle is “recessed”. This way your knuckles are not hitting the table while cutting. I use it mostly for pan fish, but has done well with walleye and sauger.

FDR

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I have the mister twister as well. I am going to try out the Rapala version this year. The looks more comfortable. I also like the cordless option of the Rapala.

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I must tell you that my buddy has the cordless Rapala knife, and the thing doesn’t hold it’s charge very long at all. We kept 10 nice saugers one night and the knife only made it through 6 of them and both batteries were dead. he said they were fully charged as well. For me, I still like the good old wood handled Rapala knife. I’ve had mine for 10 years and it stills works like a charm. The extra 15 minutes it takes to clean 5 walleyes really doesn’t bother me. The only time I can say a cordless really shines is when you got a mess of gills and crappies. My two cents…

I like my rapala as well, it came with a shorter and a longer set of blades which are nice to switch out depending on the species you are cleaning. My buddy has a mister twister and likes it as well, we both made the observation that the blades on the rapala might be a little faster, cut thru a few gills when I first got it until I got use to the speed. I still use the wood handle to clean things up a bit before cooking or freezing.

The Rapala Combo unit where you can use a cig lighter or a wall plug is the best – comes with 2 blades.

Ditto to Turk, I have the same one and love it. It isn’t a big deal with a few bigger fish, but it is the bomb for a bucket full of panfish.

Rapala seems to get high marks and is available locally.
Will take a look at the Anglers Best Cordless Electric Sportsman’s Knife too.
Thanks to all for the inputs.
John

I’ve been using a cheap GE Electric turkey knife for years. They run $10 and last for years. I’ve tried some of the fancy Rapala knives with the curved blades and struggled with them. I guess I’ve just gotten used to the straight blades over the years.

Also, I’ve loaned my corded knife to several guys at the cleaning stations that ran the batteries dead on their recharables.

Mister Twister for me too.

Way cheaper than the Rapala electric and replacement blades are around $8.00.

I don’t know how anyone can feel the rib/back bones with an electric knife, I tried once and did a hack job on my fish. I’m sticking with the wood handle Rapala knifes even though it takes longer.

I thought the deal with the electric ones was that you cut thru the ribs then nipped them out after the fact?

Honestly, with a 10″ Rapala (or any other fillet knife, really), I can rip thru panfish in no time and catfish in a little more than that. I can’t imagine something taking less time than it does.

Time for some investigulation.

Mr. Twister. I’ve worn 3 out so far over 15 years and several extra blades. The scales are the hardest on the knife then the bones. I fillet a lot of fish. Actually I offer to clean anyone fish when we go out fishing. It takes a little practice, but I would never go back to a regular knife. I think I can do a better job with an electric than many can do with a regular knife and much faster as well. Probably twice as fast and much let mess. And I fillet everything.

?I have a mister twister, ho hum the handle is too thick. The best I ever had was a 50 cent yard sale Hamilton Beach nice slim handle and the blade is a lot more flexable

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I think I can do a better job with an electric than many can do with a regular knife and much faster as well. Probably twice as fast and much let mess. And I fillet everything.

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This isn’t a challenge… more of a request. Would you consider putting some filleting on video? Maybe a side-by-side comparison of someone with a regular fillet knife vs your electric? Like a filleting race.

Here’s a thought: we go fishing, catch up a mess of fish, then you take your electric and I take my regular and we have a fillet-off.

Honestly, though… I have looked all over the internet for decent sample videos showing how “better” or “faster” they are and I have to say, the pickins are really slim, especially if you want to see them side-by-side.

That is a thought on putting it on video. I just thought there would have been some good ones out there already. I’m camera shy, but stay tuned.

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I think I can do a better job with an electric than many can do with a regular knife and much faster as well. Probably twice as fast and much let mess. And I fillet everything.

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This isn’t a challenge… more of a request. Would you consider putting some filleting on video? Maybe a side-by-side comparison of someone with a regular fillet knife vs your electric? Like a filleting race.

Here’s a thought: we go fishing, catch up a mess of fish, then you take your electric and I take my regular and we have a fillet-off.

Honestly, though… I have looked all over the internet for decent sample videos showing how “better” or “faster” they are and I have to say, the pickins are really slim, especially if you want to see them side-by-side.

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Jared,

If I had seen this before we went fishing yesterday I could have given you a demonstration.

Way faster to use an electric.

After the short learning curve though.

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That is a thought on putting it on video. I just thought there would have been some good ones out there already. I’m camera shy, but stay tuned.

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Here ya go…

Tuckner – Electric Knife

-J.

Ask and you shall receive, huh guys! Thanks for posting the video Jon. Good video Tuck!

Some of you guys sound just like I did about 5 years ago. “I doubt anyone can do a better job than me with a good old fashion blade knife!” All I can say is boy was I wrong! The electric not only fillets fish WAY faster, it also does a better job. I know, how do you get better than perfect? Well I can show you a few things I’ve learned over the years that made my mouth drop the first time I seen them. Maybe I’ll get it on video next time I clean some eyes?

As for what knife I’d recommend. It depends on where you clean your fish. I clean most of mine at the lake access after guiding so I have no power, so I use the Rapala that comes with two batteries. If I had electricity available I’d go that route. I can clean 18 walleye per battery when they are fully charged, so they work really well. If anyone has a battery that dies quicker my guess is they were not fully charged or they were charged and let sit for a couple months.

One knife I’d stay WAY away from is the Rapala electric with an internal battery. These cannot be run off of 110V only the battery, so if it dies you are out of luck. If the battery goes bad you have to throw it. IMO they’re junk!

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Jared,

If I had seen this before we went fishing yesterday I could have given you a demonstration.

Way faster to use an electric.

After the short learning curve though.

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Woulda been cool, but seeing this video is enough.

Hot damn. I left a response over on the other post, but I’ll leave one here too:

THANK YOU for putting this up you guys!!!