How To Fillet Fish Videos

It used to be that fishmonger skills were an essential part of a chef’s culinary education. But in today’s world you can have your fish vendor prepare your fish for you and have it delivered to your door in any spec you choose. But, knowing how to break down fish is still an important skill for chefs to know, and in some operations it can save you money to do it in house.

Different fish species have different bone structures so it can be hard to know how to butcher a fish you’ve never utilized before. Improve your skill and increase your yield percentages by checking-out the videos below. I’ve scoured the web looking for some of the best fish butchering tutorials and here is the “library” I’ve found. All videos are from YouTube and some will open in a new window on YouTube’s site. If you do fillet your own fish be sure to use a butchering logso you can track the yields from different fish and the skill level of different fishmongers.

If you know of an excellent tutorial video of a fish listed below, or one not listed yet, leave a link in the comments section. If I like it I’ll add it to the library. If I don’t then I will probably delete the comment (sorry).

How to Fillet Fish Video Tutorials
Barracuda How to fillet Barracuda	Barramundi The Barramundi demo starts at 7:58, the first demo is of Red Snapper	Black Cod (Sablefish) Breaking down Black Cod into fillets
Cod & Cod Cheeks Filleting whole Cod	Eel How to fillet live eel…not for the squeamish!	Eel – video 2 a second look at how to fillet eel
Halibut cutting from the side into 2 halves produced by Chefs Resources!	Ad Placement	Mackerel How to fillet from a whole head-on fish in the round
Mahi mahi a video produced by Chefs Resources!	Ono (Wahoo) pro fishmonger breaks down this fish	Opah The filleting starts at 4:00 minutes
Salmon how to fillet a whole Salmon produced by Chefs Resources!	Salmon rib bone removal How to remove the Salmon rib bones produced by Chefs Resources!	Salmon skin removal How to remove Salmon skin also produced by Chefs Resources!
Salmon – pro Fishmonger professional fishmonger gives a demo	Sardines Shows several different methods to prep Sardines	Red Snapper First part of video is Red Snapper, second part is Barramundi
Sole Excellent examples of right and wrong techniques for filleting Lemon Sole	Sturgeon How to fillet a whole Sturgeon	Sturgeon How to fillet an H&G Sturgeon a Chefs Resources video!
Tuna How to fillet Yellow Fin Tuna a Chefs Resources video!	Whiting Great demo with good directions

How to Fillet Fish Video Tutorials