How To Keep Your Fillet Knife Sharp

When you catch that beautiful fish that you are excited to stick on the dinner table that night, you don't want to mess up that beautiful piece of meat when you fillet it just because your knife isn't sharp enough. Here we will talk about how to keep that fillet knife sharp so you will always have a perfect cut of meat.




Getting The Burr

The burr is a wire edge that forms across the blade opposite of what you are sharpening. Your job is not finished until you can see or feel the burr.

The Edge Bevel

Most kitchen knives have a 20-degree edge bevel. For filleting, an edge bevel of 12 to 15 degrees per side provides a clean easy cut and reasonable resistance to dulling. If you don’t cut bone, monofilament or bait with your fillet knife, a 15-degree bevel will be okay for you to use.

Set The Bevel

The easiest way to figure out what angle to set the bevel would be to stack two quarters high. Using this method is not exact, but it gets you pretty close.

To Push or To Pull

We each have those friends who swear by pulling the knife across the stone, and those who swear by pushing. Quite frankly, it doesn't matter. Both ways are just as effective. What does matter, is that the spine moves ahead of the edge. So, just make sure to angle it.

Sharpen

Draw the blade across the stone, sweeping it from heel to tip as you go. Once you have a full-length burr, sharpen to create a burr on the other side. Finish with blade-first strokes, like slicing a sliver from the stone, until the burr disappears.

Now you have the know how to keep that fillet knife just as sharp as when you purchased her. For more tips and pictures to go along, click here.

Have You Ever Been Kite Fishing?

When you think of fishing, the first thing that comes to mind is you and maybe a few buddies or the kids out on the boat casting a line over the side waiting for the fish to bite. In this article we will discuss another option when it comes to catching fish, one that is a little more unique, a fishing kite.


What is a fishing kite? That is a great question. Fishing kites holds baits while slashing on the water's surface to attract the fish. It also keeps hooks and hardware above the water and out of sight of the fish below. Fishing kites keep the position of baits far apart to allow you to fish more water at once. These advantages with kite fishing will help you to catch more fish in any type of water from shallow and grassy water to clear and deep water. Now how do you use it?



Kite fishing works pretty much the same way that traditional fishing would. You bait the hooks and cast. The difference comes by allowing you fish anywhere including shallow water and weeded areas. Once you anchor your kite, the baits hang far from the boat which allows you to continue to fish with your rod and reel as well.


It doesn't matter where you fish or what you fish, but the fish will take swipes at kite baits before eating bait on a traditional rod. Grab a fishing kite and let try something new for our next fishing trip. Send us pictures of you and your fishing kite.