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How to Gut and Scale a Fish

By Hank Shaw, About.com

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Scale Up to the Edges

Make sure you get near the fins

Make sure you get near the fins

Holly Heyser

Make sure you get the scales on the top of the fish and near the fins -- and don't forget the tail.

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