How to Fillet Trout

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Descale your trout. Separate the fish's gills from its jaw.. Cut up the stomach from the anus to the gills.

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1

Descale your trout

Step 1

Descale your trout

2

Separate the fish's gills from its jaw.

Step 2

Separate the fish's gills from its jaw.

3

Cut up the stomach from the anus to the gills.

Step 3

Cut up the stomach from the anus to the gills.

4

Pull out the gills to remove the innards.

Step 4

Pull out the gills to remove the innards.

5

Rinse out any blood and residue from inside your fish.

Step 5

Rinse out any blood and residue from inside your fish.

6

Scrape out the mud vein using your thumb.

Step 6

Scrape out the mud vein using your thumb.

7

Pull the head back towards the spine to break the neck.

Step 7

Pull the head back towards the spine to break the neck.

8

Slit underneath the ribs with a fillet knife to separate the bones from the meat

Step 8

Slit underneath the ribs with a fillet knife to separate the bones from the meat.

9

Poke the knife through the trout's neck and cut along the spine.

Step 9

Poke the knife through the trout's neck and cut along the spine.

10

Remove the front fins and head.

Step 10

Remove the front fins and head.

11

Cut out the dorsal fin between the fillets.

Step 11

Cut out the dorsal fin between the fillets.

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