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Is there any that hold up?
I have,had the Cabelas and Mister twister
Maybe there were used harder than I thought but I don't think they were very good
I just ordered a regular electric knife black and Decker going to stick the fillet blades in and see how it goes but anyone else have good or bad experiences with electric knives?
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My buddy swears by his. I am going to give it a try as well. I will find out what he uses.
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I’m currently trying to wear out a Rapala. I don’t like it due to the lower RPMs compared to my old Mr Twister but it’s usable. Mine is the 12v/110v that will work on battery posts, cig lighter, or 110v plug. Bro in law had one of the Rapala cordless and it didn’t last a year.
If you find a good one with high blade speeds let me know so I can buy one.
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American Angler is the standard around here. Mine is a 110V and I carry a very small plug-in inverter that will run it nicely from my car or the boat if need be.
I hear very good things about the new Bubba electric, but have never seen one, so can't confirm the rave reviews.
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Dad and I each have American Anglers. They seem to work.
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I use the Walmart Black & decker model. Works great on anything but the 5-6 lb and larger cats. I used to guide and would would fillet 2000 to 2500 crappie & cat, mainly crappie per knife. Quit guiding but still use the B&D model. Mister Twister knifes suck in my opinion, tried 2 times but never again.
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I use the Walmart Black & decker model. Works great on anything but the 5-6 lb and larger cats. I used to guide and would would fillet 2000 to 2500 crappie & cat, mainly crappie per knife. Quit guiding but still use the B&D model. Mister Twister knifes suck in my opinion, tried 2 times but never again. I had to reread who posted this. For a while there i was thinking i had. lol
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I use electric knives from the kitchen store. No more MisterTwister for me. It will heat up from a whole mess of fish but I think they all will.
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The rapala I have is light years better than my mister twister. 8-10# stripers beat the twister down, the rapala zips right through.
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If you want to know what "zips through" really means, get an American Angler knife with their T8 Shark titanium nitride-coated blade. LINK
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I second this. From big trout and salmon to walleye works great. Don't use it on small panfish though...
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I have worn out 3 sets of blades and the motor on a rapala but it took 100s of fish and several years to do it.
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My Mr Twister prematurely burned up
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Bubba is the way to go. Plenty of power and speed. Has not gotten hot yet and it comes with 4 sets of various size blades
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I don’t fillet a ton of fish, so I can’t add to the discussion but I do have a question to those that use them. Are they really that much better than a regular *sharp* fillet knife? I used an electric for carving several turkeys and didn’t think it was much better than a sharp carving knife. I don’t see many folks using them on ocean fish, and a sharp Marttini/Normark/Rapala or Dexter Russell seems to take care of sea trout and reds. Not a knock on them, just a legit question before I run out and buy one myself.
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they leave too much meat on the fish in my op.
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I don’t fillet a ton of fish, so I can’t add to the discussion but I do have a question to those that use them. Are they really that much better than a regular *sharp* fillet knife? I used an electric for carving several turkeys and didn’t think it was much better than a sharp carving knife. I don’t see many folks using them on ocean fish, and a sharp Marttini/Normark/Rapala or Dexter Russell seems to take care of sea trout and reds. Not a knock on them, just a legit question before I run out and buy one myself. The benefit of the electric is speed. It also makes it easier on the guy doing the cleaning since you don’t have to push hard, which isn’t a big deal cleaning 6 crappie but becomes more of an issue when you’re cleaning 66 crappie. I don’t use one on catfish, I can do a much better job with a sharp bait knife. But crappie, sandbass, or walleye, I can do just as good a job in less than half the time.
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That makes sense. I’m only doing a handful of fish at a time and an electric didn’t seem worth the hassle.
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they leave too much meat on the fish in my op. Yes, but they make up for it with the ease they provide in cutting through the backbone just back of the head.
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