Northern Fillitting

Does anyone know the proper way to remove the Y bones in a Northern.

Thanks Fred

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Does anyone know the proper way to remove the Y bones in a Northern.

Thanks Fred

Once you have him filleted, you can feel those bones with your
fingers. I usually remove them before I remove the skin; makes
holding the strip easier. If you can't pull them free with fingers,
use needle-nose pliers to get a grip.

Northerns are sometumes "slimy". Use warm water to rinse them before
cutting. This cuts down the slime and makes the knife work easier.
(skin feels rough instead of slippery)

On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 22:40:31 GMT, wrote:

Does anyone know the proper way to remove the Y bones in a Northern.

Thanks Fred


There's a whole Web article, with pictures, on how to filet a Northern
to get all the meat and avoid the bones. Google ' "Northern pike" +
filet'. Or you can filet it from below the y bones and just lose that
top loin of meat. I grew up learning to find and pick out the bones
from my fish, as my parents didn't skin and filet, just gutted and
scaled and cut off frying sized chunks and left the rest to the people
eating it. It's delicious enough to make that worthwhile for me.

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