Reddit mentions: The best fishing filet & bait knives

Most decent quality fillet knives in the $20 range will probably last your whole life if you don't ruin the blade by using them to cut things you shouldn't be cutting. The general rule applies here that you're better off with a $20 knife that fits well in your hand than a $200 knife that doesn't.

My dad has some fillet knives of that $20-or-so quality that must be 30yrs old or more that have not seen much abuse, and they're still holding in there just fine.

Keep it sharp. The sharpeners they come with waste a lot of metal rather than honing it, but my philosophy is that the hand held sharpeners do a great job of getting a blade sharp quickly and easily, so who cares. One of my dad's oldest ones has noticeably lost some metal over the years, but when an excellent blade costs a measly $20 it's hard to justify spending hours of your life honing it.

Fortunately, imho, medium quality $20 fillet knives are very excellent blades, and there's no compelling reason to spend much more than that unless you really want something specific.

That said, I recently picked up two of these, because I personally like how the contured Rapala handles fit in my hand. These even come with a case (filet knives need to be kept in a case) and sharpener (filet knives need to be kept exceptionally sharp if you value your fingers). I keep one in the kitchen, and one in my tackle box.

SRM 710 is officially seconded. For a bit more money (link is $100), MCusta makes some nice looking knives. That's VG-10 and a beauty, my friend. The Kershaw Leek could work as well. The CRKT Drifter is very similar to the SRM 710, but a bit faster and easier to obtain. Higo no Kami knives are potentially pretentious, but beautiful. My final recommendation, the Spyderco Centofante 3 is a great choice for slightly over $50 ($52 on Amazon, right now) and also uses VG-10 but for less, though the Spyderhole isn't appealing to everyone.

For more expensive options (I have multiple on my Amazon wishlist alone), just ask, though since they all break your price limit and I've already done that twice I'll wait for further questioning first.

I carry this, and recommend it to friends for EDC. It's very comfortable to me, usually has the right amount of tension on the blade for my tastes (stays closed, opens easily without the hinge feeling flimsy), and the design lends itself well to the clueless figuring out how a liner lock works. The serrations work well for me (good size, not too many or few), and it's easy for me to keep the blade in good shape.

The multitool packaged with it is a handy complement to a 'regular' multitool (pliers and whatnot) as a faster scissors/can opener/bottle opener/large screwdrivers.

It also has one HUGE non-obvious advantage - being a matched set, it helps reinforce the idea to a lot of people that you're carrying TOOLS, of which the knife is one (versus tools and a scary knife).

looks like a boning knife (which is what we use for most game prep.), particularly this one


i believe victorinox and wenger both make orange handled boning knives as well.


that said, it hurts my heart seeing the liver and heart being thrown into the trash.

Don't buy a whole block of knives. You don't need them.

Pick the knives you need and buy only those and get the best ones you can afford. Also don't put them in a block as that dulls the blades faster. Get a magnetic strip holder.

Right now I have 2 main knives: an 8" chef's knife and a 4" paring knife. I do 90% of my cooking with those two knives.

Aside from those, I also have an inexpensive serrated bread knife (I believe it's a Chicago Cutlery one) and I have a super sharp fish/filleting knife that I've had for decades and it's perfect for removing silverskin and boning chickens or turkeys (https://www.amazon.com/Rapala-Fish-Fillet-Superflex-Knife/dp/B000PBWY1W)

https://www.amazon.com/Rapala-Heavy-Electric-Fillet-Knife/dp/B00F5EK3CG/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1543603210&sr=8-3&keywords=electric+fillet+knife

Buy one of these and never look back. One of the best investments I've ever made. I fish freshwater and this thing zips through walleye like nothing. Mister Twister make a cheaper one, but this one is better on larger fish.

>When I say scissor, I mean like nice big useable scissors

Since you didn't say anything about nice big usable pliers...

Splizzors

Pretty important

I found a knife called Morakniv fish scaler 5.9" that seems to have a back serration, and at least I would be able to sharpen the scalers to make serrations.

https://www.amazon.ca/Morakniv-Fishing-Serrated-Stainless-3-9-Inch/dp/B008J3USMA/ref=sr_1_1?s=sports&ie=UTF8&qid=1536103954&sr=1-1&keywords=Fishing%2BComfort%2BScaler%2B098&th=1&psc=1#customerReviews

I have loved the Bubba Blade 9 Inch Flex Fillet: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009MO9ORA?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

I have this one http://www.amazon.com/Kershaw-Fillet-Knife-inch-Blade/dp/B000FU4HTA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1318436197&sr=8-1
I am happy with it for the price.

Well, I use this. About a 4" blade along with a sharpener for 90% of my cooking & eating needs.

I think it came with a fishing fillet kit that was like $5 at a sports store and it came with a little pocket sharpener like this.

Probably not what you were looking for, but it works. Been using this thing for about 4 or 5 years now.

[This] (https://www.amazon.com/Rapala-Fish-Fillet-Superflex-Knife/dp/B000PBWY1W/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1540303532&sr=8-3&keywords=fillet+knife) one looks really nice

Got myself a Penn Fierce 7000. And my Secret Santa got me a sweet looking "bonker"/filet knife combo, so pretty excited to try that one out.

I use the rapala electric filet knife. It cuts through panfish or any fish like butter. They have a lithium battery version for $75 as well. As a back up, just have a really sharp fillet knife.

https://www.amazon.com/Rapala-Heavy-Electric-Fillet-Knife/dp/B00F5EK3CG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1519841296&sr=8-1&keywords=rapala+electric+fillet+knife

I think that is this one: Rapala 7 1/2" Fish'n Fillet Knife / Single Stage Sharpener / Sheath https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001NXC8A8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_8eDByb25A7TVT

I cleaned deer in a dorm room.

Skin and quarter it out after you shoot it if legal. Do tele check if you can. Take the quarters and put them in your fridge to age for a week or so. Just take all the shelves out. This is what I still do.

Then just cut it up on the counter. If I could only have one knife for butchering a deer, it'd be this: https://www.amazon.com/Rapala-Fillet-Single-Sharpener-Sheath/dp/B001NXC8A8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1509586531&sr=8-3&keywords=rapala+fillet+knife

That's a lot for that knife...I bet you can get it cheaper somewhere else. Or they've gone up in price a lot since I last bought one. We use those a lot to get the silver skin off.