Thanks smudge, always nice to share a bit of knowledge.

just thought i would add this clip to compliment the OP; its a kingi broken down into flat fillets rather than steaks. whats most impressive is the respect for the fish and the maximum use of the catch - barely any waste

hahaha breathe on that knife it'll cut you but very well done love him cleaning knife after every cut

Nice video. Thanks for posting.
Looks like kingfish was bled too. Almost no blood in the bone line.

The Victory factory is just around the corner from the NZFN office, off Lunn Ave, Miah.

I think the video in this section provide a good information on filleting the fish. 

Interesting thread, obviously many ways to “skin a cat”.

In my experience a bat to the head is the easiest and quickest way of killing kingfish, I have a purpose built bat for doing just that! I have tried to Iki them but can’t seem to get it right.

I fillet king fish the same as a snapper and always take the fillet off over the ribs so I don’t have to gut them.

Old mate in the video obviously knows what he is doing though. My tip for king fish is to use an old towel to lie them on as the usually don’t fit on my chopping boards and they slide around all over the stainless bench but a towel stops all that.

If your really knew to catching kingfish and want it smoked but don’t have a smoker, another option is to kill them and put them on ice, then when you get home put them in a black sack and then chuck them into the freezer whole, guts, blood and all.

Then ring Marcsic Brothers in Glen Innes and find out what day they are smoking fish and drop it in the day before and get them to smoke it for ya, this method works great!! ;) you can leave the whole frozen fish until your ready to drop it off!