Hey Doc, I can tell from your picnic table photo and the sign in the background that we fish out of the same place. I usually stay in the cabins. Nice job on the filet photos.

I always prefer to filet un-gutted as I see it as a wasted step in the process, and when the belly cavity is empty, it collapses down which doesn't help with the filet angle. This is easier up on the Kenai since the fish stay cool in the fish box with the river temp and it isn't always that sunny. We always bleed them out and then filet when we get back to camp.

Down here, I still usually bleed them and throw them on ice until I am at a location where I can filet them out. Alot less mess this way to.