...fish up on belly,start at the end of the dorsal fin,cut straight down to the backbone.turn knife horizontal.cut to tail ,now all y bones are exposed,cut on the outside of those bones.(it will be aproximately half thickness of a standard fillet.the last third ,tail section no bones.if done correctly you end up with 5 pieces.tough to explain.i hope we get a big one tomorrow and ill video...i have zero luck uploading video,...we will see.now is the time to harvest pickerel...so delicous....maybe a diagram is in order..hmmm.