Knowing what to do after you catch a fish is more important than any fish cleaning tips, or fish cleaning tool, because nothing has a greater impact on the resulting quality of the fillets.

We suggest reading the "After you catch a fish" section before you go fishing.

Cleaning cooking fish is not difficult. Well iced fish are a pleasure to clean, and very tasty to eat.

This tutorial features a comprehensive fish cleaning video of a professional fish knife hand cleaning, filleting, boning and skinning snapper, hapuku, grouper, gurnard and trevally.

There is also a sequence of 28 large pics and clear instructions for every stage of the cleaning process from catching to the table.

Remember that for the best results always use good quality fish filleting knives and fish skinning knives and have a good knife sharpener on hand, we have a full range of skinning, boning and filleting knives and a variety of knife steels and sharpeners in store and on-line.

Full Fish Cleaning Videos at multiple angles including filleting, skinning and boning snapper, hapuku, gurnard and trevally.

Full Video Cleaning Big Snapper - Skinning, Boning and Filleting

Full Video Cleaning Average Sized Snapper - Skinning, Boning and Filleting

Full Video Cleaning Hapuku, Grouper, Bass - Skinning, Boning and Filleting

Full Video Cleaning Gurnard - Skinning, Boning and Filleting

Full Video Cleaning Trevally- Skinning, Boning and Filleting

The first step in cleaning fish is the fish care given between catching the fish and the fish cleaning table. Learn to use "Iky Jime" a Japanese style fish cleaning tool.

Find out how to fillet a fish and get the second fillet off as easily as the first.

A simple solution to an old problem!

Filleting fish doesn't get easier than this. The first side has been half removed and left in place to support the second side. Photos by fishing guru Geoff Thomas

The second side is completely removed, the fish flipped back on the first side for the last cut. This way of filleting a fish was certainly easier!

Fish skins can be removed without risk of cutting the fish skin by holding the knife still and moving the fillet from side to side instead of the knife.

Many consider the hardest part of fish cleaning deboning the fillet. The fish back bones are removed in the filleting stage. The remaining fish bones are easy to remove.

If you are cooking whole fish, the fish needs to be gutted and scaled. Find out more about gutting and cleaning fish for baking whole.

Sharks are good to eat but require a completely different approach. This article shows all you need to know about preparing shark fillets for the table.

What is the best set up, a complete fish cleaning station or a simple fish filleting board? It all depends on the size and number of fish you are dealing with.

Paul's Fishing Kites now stocks 10 kg bags of Salt Flake Ice from Brass Monkey Ice Ltd.

Find out why salt ice is best.