How to Clean and Fillet Monkfish: Tail, Cheeks, and Liver

🐟 *Recommended filleting knife* (amazon paid link): https://amzn.to/3Ssk528 Why this filleting knife? Learn more here: https://youtu.be/3YADEo-cU9Y 🔪 *Recommended big knife* (also amazon): https://amzn.to/4mxzHjb Why this chef's knife? Learn more here: https://youtu.be/mbFdr8MLh74 🔨 *Dead Blow Hammer:* https://amzn.to/3SB3jzo 🍳 *Best monkfish recipes (videos):* https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL2nelkaL4i1WVtGxZhC1Ht94XTdrsByH We caught a huge monkfish today, so I'll teach you everything you need to know about filleting them. We start of the video by taking out the monkfish, then I'll gut and clean it to extract the liver. After that, I show you how to remove the tail from the head of the monkfish. Then we have a look at how to cut out the beautiful cheek fillets from the head. Then finally, we have a look at how to fillet the tail. The entire video is filmed by professional fishermen with 20+ years experience fishing and filleting monkfish, so you will get all the best info :) *Full playlist of me cooking my favorite monkfish recipes:* https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL2nelkaL4i1WVtGxZhC1Ht94XTdrsByH ALL my monkfish recipes can be found here: https://torthefisherman.com/book/ *Timestamps:* 0:00 Tools needed 0:28 How to kill a monkfish 0:59 How to gut and take out the liver 2:55 How to remove the rest of the guts 3:41 How to remove the tail from the rest of the monkfish 8:01 How to cut the cheek fillets out 12:26 How to fillet the monkfish tail Curious how we catch monkfish before filleting them? Here’s a full day at sea pulling 170 monkfish nets: https://youtu.be/_E70GDVUOxU