How to CLEAN/Fillet Sucker Fish (NO Y BONES)
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- I have cleaned many SUCKER FISH at this point trying all techniques and this one is the cleanest and most efficient in my opinion. Check out this video on how to fillet Sucker fish while removing all Y bones, that is correct NO Y BONES in these fillets.
Can you eat Suckers? Yes you can! And they can be delicious as long as they are caught from clean waters and usually want to be eaten in the spring time when bacteria is at a low and water temps are coldest keeping the meat firm.
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I have seen sucker fish but these ones just look so healthy with rich/deep colors the water they came out of must be very clean.
cook the fish whole. my brother does it in the oven with oil. shreds it off and makes "tuna" sangweech. it's really good texture
Sounds really good thanks for watching
Are these largescale suckers? I've caught three suckers that looked almost identical for the first time the past 2 days while fishing for squawfish and trout
Nicely explained Brother. The cast offs can be used for catfish bait. Thanks for sharing.
thats a great idea for the use of them, we ended up making fertilizer in the garden series we put, out feel free to check those out. Thanks for watching tight lines.
Good tip Romes!! Those types of fish that have alot of bones would be great for fish stocks. And then you just strain it afterwards.
GI OUTDOORS yea true that guys and they are big so will provide plenty of flavor I may have to try that with one!!! 👍👊😎
Thanks! Might try this so I can get some filets that can be poached or lightly fried rather than deep fried. If the “normal” filet is scored horizontally all the way down, the cut up bones will crisp up when deep fried, but it is not a healthy way to eat.
I agree since them I started to pressure can them instead much better than store bought anything
Pickle them and the vinegar will dissolve the bones, when I clean to fry, I just do the whole fillet and take a papertowel and doesn't take long to eat and remove bones with fingers. Better then waste
I want to try to pickle them, I’ve had it before it was a good way to utilize them. Now I just pressure can the entire fillet makes it much better and no waste at all thanks for watching
I have seen and tried several methods to clean suckers. This one I feel is the best I've seen. I have cleaned over 100 suckers this season (2022) and I found a great alternate to this method that cuts out the wasted part. I actually take the whole fillet, tail included, bones and all off the fish. Using this method, I remove the bone free area as shown in this video. I bag and freeze them for fish fries. The meat is of excellent quality and taste. The remainder of the meat, approximately 2/3 of the fillet, is loaded with bones. Especially the tail. If you've never eaten canned sucker, you are missing a treat. The canning process completely dissolves the bones. Not even a hint of bone can be detected when eating this fish when it is canned. The canning process can be a lot of work. For me, it's well worth it. Canned fish stores very well. It is similar to canned tuna in appearance only. The flavor is far better. There are endless ways to use it in meals. As far as canning recipes, there are plenty. Some recipes I've tried leave the fish on the salty side. I have tweaked the recipe as to make it less salty for my taste. Give it a try.
Thank you for the tips and watching, I smoked and canned one this year it was amazing. Great flavor and quality.
Grandparents hate this fish because of the bones, gonna cook it and tell them it’s walleye then tell them afterwards LOL.
Hahahahah
I tried... and completely failed. made a fucking carnage..sad.
As I was cutting I kept seeing bones everywhere so I kept cutting until I had nothing left.
Look like you still have bones in your last filet. are those dissolving when cooked ?
Thank you.
Maybe you had a different type of sucker with different bones, if I take the entire fillet off I get bones if I cut it like this I don’t get any. If fried at high temps the little bones break down or pressure canned.
@@paparomesoutdoors711 True. maybe these guys are different here in Switzerland... but they really look the same.. I don't know. thanks anyway 👍
I still have a fillet knife belonged to my Papa. This is a lost art my friend 🤗💖🌷
Joy Steward thank you Joy!! Appreciate you watching!
Great tutorial bud ! I’m going to try sucker this spring ! Assuming I catch some lol haven’t had much luck as of late ! Thanks for sharing . Stay safe stay healthy
thank you hope all is well
If I was you I would wait until they spawn and at night go into the shoals and gig them just pin them to the ground for a bit they tend to freak out and they’re kinda strong
Cool video, the announcement that our fishing season will resume effective immediately just came down so I'm off to get me some suckers! Have you tried anything with the roe? I see you had a couple of big hens on the table. I was thinking it could be prepared like we do shad roe.
David35445 oh good to Hear hope you get a bunch! Yea yesterday I filmed a recipe eating the eggs as pancakes came out good very mild no fishy flavor like trout eggs some good stuff
Clean as normal. Season with your favorite seasoning. Bake in the oven until done. Pick the bones out and use for fish cakes. Do like you would for crab cakes. Seems like a lot of wasted meat any other way.
Wasted so much. Scale them, filet and score them. You see fry them with the skin on
We did that with high heat and the bones stayed that’s why we did this way to avoid them
If the bones didnt fry up, you either scored too far apart or didnt let them fry long enough. We've done it this way for generations and VERY RARELY find bones unless the fish is huge. Even then, its rare for the bones to survive scores that are 1/4in apart or less.
You kept about 30% of that fish. What a waste
not a waste, i wasnt gonna keep any actually, I use them in my garden under my plants so you say waste, I say I utilized them to the fullest potential, got some meals out of them and a bountiful garden. thanks for watching
These suckerfish are invasive theres literally millions bigger then that waiting to be eaten
@@pigbenis4207 I mean, depends on where you are. They’re native to the Pacific Northwest.
@@wtfwhereami i still dispose of them when i can because they eat trout eggs lol
@@pigbenis4207 be that as it may, they’re a part of some ecosystems, introduced into others. My local river has them native, so I only take the tasty looking ones. If I were fishing in another system, I’d probably take most of them for catfish bait. No catfish where I live though.
Gash that filet wastin too much meat gash that thing the cut it the with of the knife blade all the way to the skin all the way down the filet get your meal between the gashes and fry
Over the rib cage is a great technique for sure. Awesome video bro! Very informative. Interesting that there are more bones in the tail section.
Island Life Fishing thanks brotha yes these fish are funny not like normal first for sure hope all is well stay safe!!!
Papa Romes Outdoors All is great bro, just busy! Stay safe 👊🏼
They are great canned too and little meat waste,. Ketchup eats the bones. Like tuna only you caught it and you know what you got. Thanks for the video, I'll try that to fry some up, I hate bones. ♥️🇺🇲🙏
I love canning mine I been doing it for a few years now smoked lightly then canned and they are delicious better than tuna in my opinion. Thanks for watching
Pressure cooked Sucker in spicy tomatoes sauce for a few hours and those Y bones will be as soft as cartilage. It’ll be like eating a can of sardines. :)
Thank you for the tip, sounds amazing. never tried to slow cook it that long sounds really good.
Disgusting
Getting to be that time of year again, isn't it? 😉
Thanks man, I'm gonna try some! Sucker and freshwater drum are now on my menu this summer...Thanks for sharing what you learned!
appreciate that thank you, funny you mention drum someone brought them up to me say great fighting fish and decent to eat when younger. good luck
Clean your cutting board! as you go.
Are the parts with bones good as bait for catfish?
People may say there is a lot of waste in cleaning suckers, but my in-law's cats love the leftover bits! Ever see a three month old kitten attack a fish head bigger than him?
cant say that I have, but i have an uncle that attacks them like a damn yetti LOL
We gig hog suckers and yellow suckers on current river in Van Buren Missouri. Most have no clue how to eat them but it’s our favorite native fish to eat. Scale them, filet them and then score them. The hot grease will melt away all the bones if you score them
Same technique for carp?
You really have to keep those bony sections for pickling or else you’re discarding at least 40% of the meat on a sucker. If you don’t pickle or grind the bony parts, you’re really wasting a lot of good meat.
This is a bit like killing a deer, cutting out the tenderloins and backstraps then throwing the rest in the garbage.
Reed Sutter I’m keeping them for my garden I live in a region with bad soil so every plant gets a piece of fish under it to help our crop. I try to utilize everything even the roe we eat
Papa Romes Outdoors I didn’t want to come off as judgemental, but the scrap meat sure is great pickled
Reed Sutter i will give that a shot I’m always up for new ideas. I heard even smoked is great too. When they are pickled can you eat the bones? Meaning does it break them down being those bones are so small
Papa Romes Outdoors The vinegar completely dissolves the bones so they just disappear. It’s really a great way to use those scraps. One thing to note, before pickling, you have to freeze the fillets for while to kill a certain parasite that can live through the vinegar soak.
@@reedsutter8485 Pickling a carp right now. Waste nothing. 👍
Never ate suckers,New subscriber . Great video, looking forward to more awesome videos!
Awesome! Thank you!
Ive eaten them...Italian bread crums mmm
heck yea brotha thanks for watching
Nice job, but you kinda wasted some good meat, put some pressure on the spine with your knife, and use a sharper knife, perhaps invest in a silver stag. Other than that good advice
All the areas he didn't keep, need to be kept. Chuck those things up and put them in some seasoned pickle brine!!!🐟
Really like that knife. Perfect to fillet. Great vid. Thanks for sharing
Appreciate the kind words thanks for watching!!
More great information my friend stay safe Buddy 👍
you too my friend thanks for watching
I usually just gut, cut, and skin them, pressure cook or slow cook until bones are soft, mix with bread crumbs and refrigerate overnight. Fry them up into fish patties the next morning.
You waste the fish. Learn how to carve them, no bones . Leave fish whole, scale,gut
My brother sharing the knowledge. Great video
Much appreciated
Great tips. Thank u. Worked like a charm😁. The meat is great even better when u don’t have to dig out all the bones once cooked. Darn y bones
You are wasting so much meat, just score the fillets
Nice cleaning job brother
Thank you my friend appreciate you watching
By no means am I an expert but we are a river family for generations. May I suggest 2 things. First always cut out the pink meat on the skin side of your fillet. There's a vein under it that's muddy tasting. You may know it as the slimy gray stuff fried. 2nd. Can sucker meat using vinegar. The bones become soft and is as good or better than salmon. Bread and fry. It's really really good.
Thank you appreciate the tips. I always remove that gray fatty meat. I was told it’s where the toxins lay, not sure if that’s true but I always removed it or cut it out. I just canned one recently and it came out amazing. Gonna do a batch next month on the run.
Thanks for the run down just got one to try assuming batter and fry like anything else can get a whole lot more if the meat is good never tried sucker before been eating bass, pike, walleye, trout and salmon my whole life I hope this one taste as good as you say
Your welcome but hope your water was clean it came from that can change the flavor and colder water is better
The meat is great, but the y bones and spider bones make it difficult to eat
Better to pressure can the meat it melts those bones or deep dry either works
Man!! I watched this video last night and today I actually try it, thanks for the tip
thats awesome thanks for watching and happy your trying it out
Nice white meat I’m surprised
No y bones, no carp meat🤣🤣🤣🤣
Are these guys invasive?
I am not sure about being invasive if so it would of been over 30 years ago, but they do litter every stream and eat much of the trout eggs in the streams and rivers being not many take them out ever. thanks for watching
No. This is a native fish
cool. thx
Please ask: how much usd/kg this white sucker?