I'm with Fishless, my American angler has filleted hundreds of fish: stripers, crappie, SM, LM, catfish, Gills, Walleyes and has never failed me. I even dropped it in a livewell full of water last year at lake powell and went back to filleting after it dried out. I also like the skinny Piranha blades Bruce mentioned. Also, I really liked the knife I borrowed from Fishhawk at crappiethon.