Gutting Plaice

[Spudicus]

Hi All,

I'm a bit of a rookie, but I managed to catch a nice size - so I was told! - Plaice on Saturday off the Brighton Marina.

My question is, how do you gut them?

I did manage to get them out, but it was a bit of a slapdash effort!!!

Cheers,

Spud

Here's said fish...

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a257/spudicus/catchoftheday.jpg

[Devon_fisher]

well bein basic and quite blunt.
insert the sharp filliting knife into the plaices a""ehole lol then work ur way up towards the head .
its hard to explain im sure someone will do a better job then me! lol
although they do taste so much better knowing you have caught them yourself

[Jamie Donnelly]

ok,

you put you knive in to the gut sack, it is next to the head. on the left or right. (it is squdgy so you should know, just slice it open and pull the guts out.

and its gutted :D

Jamie

[sharpshooter]

Nice lookin fish!!
To gut them is easy.
Hold the fish on its belly with its head facing away from you. Put tip of knife beneath the pectoral fin and cut to the fishes side which is to the right as you are looking at it. Put the tip of the knife into the hole and hook the guts out, then cut them off as close as you can to the back of the fishes head. I doctered you photo to show roughly were the cut should be.

SS

[Devon_fisher]

see what i mean lol

[Spudicus]

Nice one! Much appreciated.

Spud