"Bloodgrooves and nicks"

[Jerry]

Quote, Nick:

"The blades of most skean dhus have, like the dirk, longitudinal blood grooves and nicked backs which are supposed to be fish scalers. This is a bit silly. The dirk is a stabbing weapon, so blood grooves are functional, but they are quite out of place on a utility knife. And anyone who knows how to scale a fish knows that the implement to use is a teaspoon."

I just turned 63 years of age and I have been fishing ever since I was around 6 years old, and I have never heard of this. Our saltwater season for Croakers and spot will be here in another month or so. I will definitely have to give the teaspoon thing a try. I see that you are from Minn. Perhaps this is a midwest thing. I have fished in Va, the Carolinas and New England and have never seen it. Maybe you have taught me something new. I can tell you of a method of scaling that I saw and used many years ago. It involved nailing the old style coke bottle caps to a stick and using it to scale your catch.