If you gonna fillet them either cut the head off or pluck the eyes out. As a kid I wouldnt eat the eyes
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Ahhh I thought of them as cucumber fish too. Always referred to them as smelt though.
Yeah Dundee if shes crazy enough to be on this forum she'd be crazy enough to filet a smelt.
Good snack there, how long did it take to wind all them wrigglers in, I find it hard to figure whether they are hooked or not, have just started developing a long line system that should catch at least a sandwich full at a time. :-) On a by note apparently there were good catches near the naval base at Devonport, a cousin used to regularly stock up when still serving there.