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.
How to Gut and Scale a Fish
From Hank Shaw, former About.com Guide
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- 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
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