How to Gut and Scale a Fish

A Gutted Fish

A cleanly gutted fish

Holly Heyser

This is what you should have when you remove the guts. At this point you can scrape out the liver, which is attached to the backbone of the fish, and cut out what remains of the swim bladder, which is a whitish sac that also attaches itself to the cavity.

You are almost done!

• Start Scaling your Fish
• Scale Up to the Edges
• Scaling: A Forgotten Part
• Starting the Cut
• Cut to the Gills
• Removing the Guts
• A Gutted Fish
• Snipping the Gills
• Removing the Gills