Can I clean a pickerel the same way as a pike? Why am I getting bones in my pike fillets? Let's answer both of these ...

Northern pike are known as a tricky fish to fillet boneless due to the high amount of y bones. Today I show you the best way ...

gradually fillet across the bone to free the fillet, peeling back the fillet as you go. As you work across the fish, you will come to the stomach area and this needs to be cut off and discarded.