How to Gut and Scale a Fish

Removing the Gills

Removing the gills

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Once the attachments are cut, you can remove the gills easily.

Now wash the scaled, gutted fish well in ice-cold water, then pack on a bed of crush ice until you're ready to cook it.

• 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