fillet knife.............

[macojoe]

Same here used to always use the deck the Russ white handle I also used an electric knife work pretty good if you scale the fish first I learned that one from Louisiana when I was there and the guy use it the to fillet all his fish

[SkunkBoat]

The high carbon wood handled dexters can be sharpened better but you really have to take care of them. I use the stainless with white handle. For Flatfish, the 9" with the straight narrow blade is best. For stripers I like a shorter curved blade, but it has to be really sharp. You can push a curved blade and cut the skin from the inside out without trying to cut scales.
Of course never use a good fillet knife to cut bait.

[spareparts]

O have a buck specia 119 that my father bought me for my v 13th birthday way back 38 years ago. I use it exclusively for fileting fish
When I'm not using it, I have an old butchers knife and my edc benchmade griptilliam. The secret is to keep it sharp. Mi do t have my father's skill with an edge so I use the lansky set up

[Blue_Runner]

I have a couple, nothing real special. I've had one like below but I think it is the pre-rapala version b/c it holds a nice edge and I've been using it for close to 10 years on tons of fish, still going strong. I use a hone and also the supplied sharpener. I think the key is not to go too hard on the sharpener as it wears out the sharpener then you end up damaging the blade. Also have a vintage wood handle I picked up at a yardsale. Looks similar to old hickory, might be old hickory, but it has a real nice edge, but the steel likes to rust?