So, I went salmon fishing this weekend in Port Hope, Ontario. This was my third year going there to fish, and as usual, the fishing was good. I ended up hauling in 4 Chinook Salmon, 2 males and 2 females.


But, of course, there's nothing to give you an idea of their size.. So here you go.


Most guys get a pic of the biggest fish they caught, but I though it'd be a break to hold the smallest one, because my arms at that point were tired from holding the rest of them up to take all the pictures! LOL!

So, before heading home with the prize, I decided to do so quick filleting at the fish cleaning building, by just doing a quick full cut of the two fillets off each fish, and of course getting the row from the two females. Sadly, I was so busy doing this, I forgot to ask my dad to take some pics of how fast the BDLE made work of this.

When I first hauled it out, a few guys chuckled and said I'd be there all day with that little thing. They were all using six or seven inch flexible fillet knives. But, of course, salmon is a tough fish,and can dull a knife pretty fast. They were stopping to resharpen their knives, and I just kept going. I was tearing the fillets off the males in about 3 minutes, and roughly 4.5 minutes on the females, the extra time because of the care to ensure I didn't damage the row. They weren't laughing anymore, and a couple asked if I could fillet their fish too! LOL!

Dad and I packed it all up in the cooler and took off home to finish the cutting.



The BDLE made quick work of cutting the meat off the skin really easy. Until yesterday, I would never have thought that a rigid blade would excel over a flexible one for filleting, but the BDLE did just that. It made each of those salmon into this!


Now those are some nice boneless salmon steaks, ready to be put in the freezer!

Hmmm, after all of that filleting through, bone, scale, etc., I wonder how sharp my BDLE is?


Yup, factory edge, and still sharp enough to take the hair off my arm! (What little has grown back since the last time I tested an edge anyways! LOL!)

What could be better than this? Why, all the row I manged to get out of those two females, of course. Here's what I got out of just one of them.



What do you use it for? Why, for bait of course.



You clean them, cure them, and then make them into these nice little row sacks for catching future salmon and trout. Oh, happy day!

Now, I just need to get another BDLE; my dads' threatening to take mine if I don't get him one from the dog bowl tonight! LOL!

Tyger, thanks for the great pictures. I guess you proved what a great little fish and game knife that BDLE is. 154CM has very good edge retention, and you just proved that to the others using lesser steels. Great post and just in time for the next bowl, too. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Great pics! Thanks for sharing. It sounds like you had a great time out fishing with your Dad. That's what it's all about. Looks like the bdle held it's own pretty well.

nice pics & looks like a good trip too

WoW! great fishing and story! their is a thread over at BF asking about good fillet knives and one of our dawgs said the BDLE and was knocked because it's not "flexible" enough. You should post your pics and comments in it!

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Those are really big fishes or you're a tiny dude, hahah, really nice catches! And glad to see the BDLE perform so well. I need to go fishing...

MRpink....I'm a little dude? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> LOL! I'm 6'2", and weigh 198 pounds! Not so little; but yeah, they're big fish. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> The smallest one, female I'm holding by itself, weighed just under 22 pounds.

I'm really starting to love and appreciate what Dan did with these knives. The curve on the BDLE is just right for doing nice, smooth sweeping cuts, which is exactly what you're gonna be doing while taking the scaled flesh off of a fish. The strength of the steel is awesome for cutting through the vertebrae and rib cage of the fish, without worrying about nicking or dulling the blade. I truly believe that this knife is gonna become like the SS4; a legend that is much sought after by those who know how to use it.


I'm planning to do some duck hunting when the season opens up later this month, and you guessed it, I'm bringing the Bird Dog to do the gutting on them birds! LOL! I'll be sure to post more pics as fish and birds continue to succumb to the power of the BDLE!

Fantastic post Tyger and some yummy looking fish but you could not wait 1 more day until I safely had my BD socked away before letting people know how good it was?

I really like that 154 and i bet it will be even better on a thin knife like the BD. I have wanted a slicer from the yard forever and it is even a udder handle.

hahah, i kid, i kid. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> The biggest fish I caught was a baby leopard shark maybe 8-10 lbs. I don't do enough fishing, but I hope to go more often soon.

Glad to see the BDLE being used the way it's suppose to, looking forward to the duck pictures...Mmmmm, I love eating duck.



Oh yeah, that fish is pack with roe/row. They charge premium for those at Sushi places.

Great photos and amazing fish tyger! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /><img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Now you need one of the only Bradley's that feature belt fed goodness that is legal for personal possession in Canada!

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woah!
those are MONSTERS man!

sounds like the bdle is one heck of a slicer.
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BTW: is this fly fishing you're doing?
or do you use spinning gear or something?

and is this from shore???