[bus kid]

Originally Posted by taggermike

I haven't been every where, but I have cut halibut in AK, CA, and flounder in NC, worked on a charter boat, and in a fish market and I have never heard of "fletching" a halibut. Fletching is attaching feathers to an arrow. I have heard of "flencing" which is cutting the blubber off a whale. Mike

http://www.alaskaseafood.org/retaile...ure/index.html

HOW TO FLETCH A HALIBUT

1. Cut around the perimeter above fins.	2. Cut on lateral line, clearly visible on both sides of fish. Cut down to spine.
3. Starting from the tail, cut meat from bone with small slices from outside to the spine.	4. Cut nape from the fish
5. Trim fat from fletch.	6. Knife under fletch to remove skin from tail to the nape. (Press the knife down hard on the skin.)