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For many anglers, the reward for a great day on the water is a delicious fish dinner. And between stringer and shore lunch, there’s the fillet board.
Unfortunately, much of fish “cleaning” is anything but clean. Many anglers take the term “fillet board” too literally, cleaning their fish on an old piece of plywood, the wide end of a paddle, or worse yet, a picnic table top.
“When you fillet your fish, it becomes food,” Rapala Pro-Staffer Tom Neustrom points out. “You wouldn’t tenderize a chuck roast on a chunk of old lumber off your garage floor - why do essentially the same thing with your fish fillets?”
Neustrom favors Rapala’s Fillet’N Carry Board. Large enough for any filleting task, but not too big for a boat compartment, the Fillet’N Carry features a unique, routed bottom which fits securely on 4, 5 and 6-gallon buckets, and a large oval hole to pass waste into your bucket.
“Of course, you can’t pack everything but the kitchen sink when fishing, but a portable Fillet’N Carry brings kitchen quality to your fish camp,” Neustrom says.
Made from HDPE food-grade plastic, the Fillet’N Carry’s FDA- and USDA-approved work surface includes a knife slot, beverage holder and juice groove to eliminate spillage.
For larger fish and bigger jobs - filleting several anglers’ limits, for example - Rapala offers two stand-alone fillet stations, the Fish’N Game Cleaning Station and the Fish’N Game Cleaning Station XL. The first model measures 36 inches long, by 16 inches wide, by 36-1/2 inches tall. The XL model, designed for processing larger species like salmon and lake trout and even larger salt-water fish, measures 48 x 19 x 36-1/2.
“With room enough for two people - one at each end - the Fish’N Game Cleaning Station XL is truly the premiere cleaning station,” Neustrom says.
Both sizes feature: tough but lightweight, FDA- and USDA-approved HDPE food-grade plastic: a top hole, bucket clip, knife slot and juice groove; and foldable, galvanized legs with rubber leg caps.
“Simply fold the legs out and lock them in position, hang a bucket under the hole, and you’re ready to tackle your filleting chores,” Neustrom says.
Cleanup is a breeze. When done, simply rinse off the table and fold it flat for storage. Additionally, they make great portable tables for hunting, camping and R.V. trips.
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