How to Clean and Fillet a Buffalo Fish (Part 1)
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- čas přidán 9. 06. 2013
- www.TopCatFishBait.com/ Cajun Jacques Gaspard demonstrates how he processes a buffalo fish to extract the rib meat for deep frying and the fillets for the pressure cooker. This 13 lb. buffalo fish yielded 5.3 lbs.of edible meat. The large fish was caught using TopCat Premium Homemade Catfish Dough Bait.
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What I do is take a normal sized spoon and start from the tail. Hold the spoon at a 45* angle and in one smooth motion pull all the way up to the gill plate. This gathers all the scales in a neat little bundle and doesn't send them flying all about. This allows you to be able to do it all in a nice AC'd house too. :)
Skip pulling all the fins off if you're just filleting. Make a cut down right next to the gill plate. Make a long cut following the backbone until you're past the ribcage. Then just simply follow the ribcage with your knife like you do with a catfish. Do this until you get all the way down to the belly. Follow it further back towards the tail until there's no more ribs to follow and then just follow the backbone like a normal fillet. Now you have a LARGE chunk of buffalo fillet in a couple minutes flat.
*Now here is the trick to make this one of the best tasting fish you'll ever have.*
Score the fillet down to the skin. Make sure to cut all the way through the tiny bones but not through the skin. The scoring cuts should be about every 3 sixteenths of an inch. Once you're done there you simply fry it like a normal fillet. The hot grease will get into those small cuts you made and will melt those tiny bones.
Now enjoy your amazing-tasting, boneless buffalo. :)
Smiling @ You!!
YOU GOT SKILLS!!
I LOVE BUFFALO FISH!"
Buffalo Fish is not a bottom feeder. It's a good eating fish with high protein. Good job cleaning the fish.
Great Video On Buffalo & Carp! Thanks!
You are welcomed.
Ooh this looks like hearty info for a tasty treat 😋
I had a pig trap down next to a creek. We got a lot of rain and the creek and river flooded and backed-up into the creek. The trap was submerged. Today I saw a big Buffalo Fish in it. Isn't that something? LOL
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Excellent!
Very interesting
Buffalo fish is soooo f- en good fried!!!
I cut the scales off fillet it barely cut the y bone skin and twist the meat into so the y bones are whole
jimmy climer twist the meat? Can u xplain
Oh how my grandma and I loved this fish. But they haven't sold this in northern Cali in years! where can I find it. It's delicious! And they have LOT'S of bones in the flesh, but it just makes it taste better!
They sell buffalo in Oakland in many fish markets. Downtown Oakland where Housewives market used to be they have a market that sells buffalo. Also many stores around Oakland sell it too. The main thing is lots of black folk eat buffalo and that's why you see it in Oakland and other places with a large black population. Buffalo has a unique flavor and if you try it you'll probably love it too.
Going to Oakland tomorrow! Thank YOU!
You can fish for them in Reno
funny. I remember when I got orders for San Diego & couldn't find catfish nowhere. Had to go to Chula Vista, damn near in Mexico. The people cut it up for me & everything. I don't know how true it was, but dude said they were flown from Louisiana. Sounds kind of farfetched just for fish. I'm sure there's a pond closer than the mid south.
7 years late to the conversation just to say this: it takes more skill to eat this fish than it does to land it
landed a 33 inch 22 pound female today, i figured id try it
I caught a 10 lbs today. Landed after 10 mins gave to one of the guy nearby. One hell of a fight.
Great video! Some people won't even eat carp, but I say they are good eating. I just put up a video of me smoking some buffalo carp fillets. Check it out on my channel! The only problem I had was my family ate the whole smoker full! Yes, you have to watch for some of those y-bones, but they are easy to see and pick out. Thanks for the great video!
Issac Newton carp is most eaten fish here in Pakistan .. different varities taste different from each other ..the one in the video is called "Thaila" means bulky ..and least desired than other carp varities..
We call them Quillbacks around here. Guess they are called a buffalo fish since they are native to NY.
BTW they do not require much skill I catch them bottom feeding for catfish. Was very surprised they actually like to suck cut bait but mostly worms and corn. Small 1-2 size hook is a must.
Jacques Gaspard Yup Jacques is right. Mostly eat vegetation and the flesh is very clean tasting. Doesn't smell fishy at all either.
Jacques Gaspard thats not a sheepshead thats a red drum sheepshead have stripes
Musics is too annoying...
Buffalo is tasty . but carp , Tilapia ? no not good 😗
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Too many bones in buffalo fish, I wanna eat , not eat slow 😂😂😂😂
Yes, you're right. They do have lots of "feather" bones which discourages many folks from eating the fish. However, if you learn the simple trick on how to remove them, you are left with tasty meat worthy of salmon. Good stuff! Thanks for your comment.
@@JacquesGaspardCajunCook Continue to teach Me because I love the taste , not the best tasting fish but delicious still , and yw👍🏾
He will be eating bones tonight lol he doesn't know what he is doing
You are full of crap. You shouldn't open your pie hole unless you know what you are talking about. No bones at all in my fish. Just because you are too ignorant and don't know how to remove the feather bones does not mean it can't be done. Get a freaking life before insulting people! You are a jerk!!
First the head! No Pain
The best way to type the Buffalo fish after for lady
Sherman Johnson wth u saying
I Can't find buffalo fish anywhere 😫 😩
I use a bow
spearing them is a heck of a lot easier
jackplays games so u bow fish?
This is a carp sucker or qauilback!
Buffalo carp are longer and alot like a common carp! But they're silver
Harryson Xiong Sorry to inform you that you are mistaken. This is a buffalo fish, otherwise known as an:
Ictiobus
Ictiobus, also known as buffalo fish or simply buffalo, is a genus of freshwater fish common in the United States, but also found in Canada, Mexico and Guatemala. They are the largest North American suckers, reaching up to 1.23 m in length.They are NOT carp.
you probably talking about Asian carp or silver carp,this here in the video is a buffalo carp..
whats that tool your using to remove the dorsal fin?
Hank Xiong that is a smallmouth buffalo
Hank Xiong three species of buffalo small mouth big mouth and black
Carp cuzin
easier to shoot with a bow that catch on a pole
Just like Pimpin Fishing ain't easy
Canned tuna, I’m weak
You should buy a fish scaler it will make it so much easier for and there not expensive!
no it is a pain in the ass with one
I don't even scale them when I fillet them. I just use a good sharp knife and cut right through. Saves allot of time.
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Thats a buffalo in that link
Anybody watching this in 2021
Looks alot simular to a carp. Honestly doesn't look like a tasty fish to me being a bottem feeder and all...
It pretty much is a carp Conway. But the buffalo flesh is very tasty! I especially like to smoke it with some apple or cherry wood after soaking it in brine overnight. I have had all kinds of people tell me "That's not carp!" after eating my smoked fish.
+Issac Newton agree with u Buffaloes taste very good
Issac Newton that's cause they aren't carp.... like peacock bass aren't bass
Carp is tasty and a very edible fish, you need to chuck it in a ice bath instantly, the carp I cook are australion and yes they are mud suckers, and if un iced the meat is putred.
Also dont scale or gut them, cut the fillet and remove skin, you end up with two slices of bread fillets half boneless, add butter olive oil in a pan you have a fish that rivals salmon. Remove the red meat on fillets as that is not great.
How do they taste?They look much like a carp to me, and they are lousy eating. They taste like mud!!!
Just skin it like a catfish
There not related to carp stop calling them carp
Not once in the video have I called this fish "carp"! Why do you insist on making statements which aren't true???
You are absolutely right. Buffalo fish and carp fish are two totally different species. Buffalo fish are indigenous to the North American continent and parts of the waters south of the border. The taste is remarkably different. I prefer the taste of Buffalo over carp. Many of my friends also agree. Thanks for the comment.
sheepshead
lukkyluciano Not a sheepshead fish. Totally different.
ok. I'll take your word for it. But I wouldnt say totally different. They look a lot alike!
lukkyluciano FYI: bit.ly/1T0MJTl
+Jacques Gaspard tatu
+lukkyluciano tatu