Cleaning A Northern Pike, No Bones, No Slime, No Kidding

Learn a new twist to the five piece method and a simple trick to avoid the slime.

[Doobilicious]

Buddy, you're a life saver for a young fisherman. Thank you for being so informative. Those few details made all the difference!

[curtisharrison]

I can't believe this video doesn't have millions of views. I live in Colorado and I'm a huge fish eater catch a pike here and there and I have only eaten them one time some of the best tasting fish I have had in my whole life. Now I no the secret ty so much for this video. Pike tacos will be on the menu come next spring.

[tkkubasiak]

I have never kept a pike before, always scared off by those y bones, thank you so much for the video, I kept my first one this week and used your method, I have been missing out all these years, delicious ! THANK YOU .

[MavisRecon]

After years of watching this method on YouTube and even having it demonstrated live (twice) you were the first person to actually explain how to keep the dorsal filet boneless by angling the knife slightly upward. Idk how many times I've watched someone do this and they never bothered to mention that! For those who've never tried this method, this piece of information for removing the y-bones will be the most important thing you can absorb when it comes to fileting pikes. If I didn't live on a lake with mostly pike I woulda just said screw it long ago. Fish for damn walleyes like everyone else 😆

[hookslinger]

Awesome video man. Thank you, very informative. I've clean a pike once before using this method, but you wen't the extra mile with more in depth explanation and tips. I've been catching so many pike lately, I wanted to refresh my memory on how to do this so I can keep a couple here and there. I know it may seem like a waste of meat to some people, but I know enough about pike to understand that if you want to eat boneless pieces of meat, this is the way to go. When fishing and hunting, we all have a way of doing things, and we all pick our own battles. I've seen guys shoot a deer, cut the back straps out, and leave the rest, which disgusts me! Then on the other end of the spectrum are guys that try to use every inch of an animal, including the hide. As a sportsman, I fall somewhere in between. I never kill what I will not eat, and I try my best not to be wasteful. Enough said.... I'm going to eat me some pike here soon! Thanks again. Thumbs up, and I'm going to subscribe. Check out my fishing channel sometime if you want.

[jeffmacneill]

Best pike cleaning video I've watched. And I've watched many. Thanks

[ravenhawk]

My grandfather would climb out of his grave to smack me upside my head if i wasted meat like that . And you forgot to take out the cheek meat .lol

[redredrobin]

GOOD instruction; GOOD lighting; GOOD audio; GOOD camera work; GREAT VIDEO!

[fisherdave]

Great video, you are one of the few that address the small section of pin bones on the belly section near the tail. most guys don't even take them out and say it's a boneless fillet. God Bless !

[alberthall]

Wow! You can tell that Dave has done this more than once. Great technique and very skilled. Thanks.

[danielholtxxl]

Can’t wait to catch a pike now! I swore I’d never keep another one but now I’m anxious to try this. Thanks and God Bless you, too!

[fishingrelaunched]

Thanks for posting this. I don’t have a lot of experience cleaning fish so this really helps. Like your methods and way of breaking it down so anyone can understand.

[benfranklin]

I was raised on carp, catfish and bluegills with the occasional lucky Northern thrown in . We never worried about the bones in any of them because you learn how to get around them after they are cooked . It is cool that you found a way though .

[lazarious]

I think this video is the best example of this method of filleting pike I've ever seen on video.

[corey]

A buddy gave me four nice northerns yesterday. They are chillin right now, awaiting the knife. He showed me basically the same method you used, but I wanted a refresher. I have not cleaned a northern since I was about 15 years old in the 80's in Northern Minnesota.

Winter/spring coldwater pike are the best. Warm water fish are much less tasty.

[jonschiele]

you have been the first to mention the pin bones on the top cut, thank you for the direction on how to not get them in the fish.

[frankgrant]

thank u, i watched this video after catching 2 northerns and introduced pike to my 2 kids and wife for mothers day dinner, it was grilled delicious and boneless thanks to ur video

[donhurleyoutdoors]

Been cleaning fish for 50 years and this is by far the best demo. Thanks a ton. Only bad part is you’re a cheesehead!!! Nice video! All the best

[markbuehler]

One of the best pike filleting videos i have ever seen, , good job!!

[danielschull]

I have to say that's the best way I ever seen to clean a northern pike, and I'm from Minnesota, I usually go for a walleye, perch, or crappie. And I usually throw Northern back, not no more.