How to Clean and Dress Fish "Most fish sold in markets are cleaned and dressed. But sometimes you will have to do this yourself." You know, I'm just going to get this out of the way now. NO Nope Not gonna happen This isn't a pleasant thing to do. I have done it. It is Stinky, Sticky, and Scaly. One wrong move and you ruined dinner. But here is how our Almanac suggests you prepare your fish: Scaling Here is a video showing how easy it is! You know, for guys complaining about glitter from lady crafts, fish scales are like the glitter of fishermen. You basically take your knife and carefully scrape from the tail to the head of the fish and scales just pop off. They fly everywhere. Cleaning Prepare to just gag now. Cut open the fish from the vent to the head and take out the insides. Then cut out all the fins. Filleting Here is a guid to what is described below. You basically cut down the backbone of the fis...