Skinning sharks?
Submitted by Aaron Santos on Wed, 2011-10-19 15:44
Hi all.
Ive done a bit of a search on methods of skinning sharks and didnt really find to much info. While chasing snapper a few of weeks ago in the sound a mate on board caught a nice gummy about 1200 long. we bled it, cut its head, fins , tail off, gutted it straight away washed it out and straight on the ice slurry. the biggest problem we had was removing the skin when we got home. So my question is, what is the easiest method to remove sharks skin?
It tasted beautiful so we've decided to target a few more little sharks while the ban is on.
All suggestions greatly appreciated.
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snappermiles
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just take the sides off as you usually would a fish
then skin it as you usually would! as long as you dont hit the skin it will pull away nicely!
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carnarvonite
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Sides
Knock the sides off and get rid of the back bone, cut the belly flaps off then lay the side meat up on a flat surface. Using a long sharp knife start from one end, holding the knife flat against the skin and more or less at right angles towards the other end. Keep the skin tight and flat on the surface as you slice your way to the other end of the fillet more or less pulling the skin on to the knife, not sawing the blade along. If you've done it properly there shouldn't be any meat left off the strip of skin.
Once you've done the other side do the belly flaps the same way on both sides removing the white inner lining the same way.
The sharper your knife the easier and cleaner the job will be.