22-07-2003, 12:00 PM
They are the messiest of all to clean if you do it wrong.
Using a sharp pointed knife cut around the backbone from the top only just cutting the skin.
Put your fingers under the backbone and seperate it from the cuttly. You should at this stage not broken into the main body of the cuttly.
Again just cut shallow around the flesh section and it will come away without busting the gut bag and importantly the ink bag, now over a bucket or over the side of the boat cut the guts away from behind the head and discard the guts.
Finished, Its not easy but with practise you can keep the job clean.
Top bait and top eating.
Regards John
Using a sharp pointed knife cut around the backbone from the top only just cutting the skin.
Put your fingers under the backbone and seperate it from the cuttly. You should at this stage not broken into the main body of the cuttly.
Again just cut shallow around the flesh section and it will come away without busting the gut bag and importantly the ink bag, now over a bucket or over the side of the boat cut the guts away from behind the head and discard the guts.
Finished, Its not easy but with practise you can keep the job clean.
Top bait and top eating.
Regards John