No better way to learn than plenty of practice. 

Although you might be onto something there. I’d pay a couple of hundred after a big trip to have someone else wash all the gear and the boat and fillet and vac pack the catch. 

 The more you do the better you get. Maybe you fillet and teach your mate to skin. 

Have a look on line of diff ways to do it and you will find your easiest. We all had to start somewhere. Better than paying out the coin to someone else . Just my opinion 

Search for www.filletfishaustralia.com'au online best tutorials you can get other than that as was said before practise makes perfect.

ask Azza at tackle world  

I understand you only learn and get better by trying, but think about how much wasted fish there would be if 2 guys who have never filleted a fish before give it a go after spending 10hrs on a boat, imagine if I posted those photos of the frames on here or anywhere on the internet, I’d be ripped to shreds!!!

If we only get a couple of fish then yeah we will do it, and I can take some time and show them how to do it while having a beer, but if we get super lucky and catch a decent bag then it would be good to pay a local to help us out. 

 At most busy fillet tables there will allways be a Mr know it all but just say your new at filleting and the rest of the table will gladly give you some good advice and dont be afraid to go there as this is where you will pick up tips and techniques , treat it as a demonstration and learning .

 drinking beers while someone fillets your fish..... hell yeah

If they had a hot chick bikini filleting service. Pay the $, get on the cans, sit back and enjoy the show. Haha

i am sure there would be such a thing in america, fat chance of it happening in oz.

 Make sure your knife is very sharp, its so easy to stuff up a fillet by trying to do it with a blunt knife.

My son lives up there,an excellent filletter and I know what he will say if I asked him and his reply wouldn't be fit for reading on any site let alone here.

I was at the Exmouth marina filleting table last month and a guy was trying his best on a couple of Mack’s they’d caught and was struggling while his mate and their girls friends watched on

he saw us ripping through our fish and simply asked if I could give him some pointers which of course I did

he then did the second Mack, took his time and at the end had 2 great fillets to take home

now he’s better at filleting and will hopefully share that with his mate

win/ win

 I remember  a few years back now there used to be a young  fella who would rock up to the filleting table at kalbarri after  the  charter boats had come  in and would  fillet  people's  catch for them for some cash ,smart young bloke he used to do allright  out of it too, 

 get a long blade, thin, flexible, sharp point.  Don't pay a fortune, Dexter do good ones, plenty of others. Someone will chip in and say they have some xxyyzz super samurai-cut through a 4x2,-skin a bullock-fillet 3 tonne of fish then shave with it afterwards--type knife. just spend about $40.  Heres a quick example. I have one of these, works fine. And watch some youtube videos. YBS actually incorporate some good filleting in some of their videos. 

www.everten.com.au/dexter-russell-sani-safe-filleting-knife-20cm.html    get 8" or 9" ( 8" , 220cm, is actually a bit longer than that in the blade) keep a stone handy to  hone it up. You'll get the hang of  it, just catch lots of  fish to  practice  on. 

Pay a few bucks and get yourself a glove as well as a nick from a sharp blade can do some damage.

Thanks everyone for your feedback, 

I’ve got a few good filleting knives already, plus sharpening stone and a steel and I know how to fillet a few of the main species, I’m just very slow. If we get a couple of fish then we will be filleting them ourselves, and yeah I can show my mates how to do it, maybe I’m just over thinking the situation, seeing photos of people fishing up there and coming in with full esky’s, thinking how much hard work it would be filleting them all, I guess in reality tho having not fished Exmouth properly before, we will be lucky to bring a few fish back in with us.

Cheers for the input and words of encouragement 

The boys clean boats, gear, vac pac etc.

The more you catch the quicker you'll naturally get.

I like your optimism and I hope you do well - first time to exmouth?

definitiely get a glove. i spiked myself the weekend before last and 2 days later was in hospital on iv antibiotics for 3 days....only just coming good now. helps stop the fish sliding all over the table as well.

Its all part of the days fishing experience the filleting table becomes a de-briefing scene where people talk about their days fishing and in my experience are only to happy to show you tricks and tips on how to recover the most flesh from your catch and have minimum wastage 

I’ve got some mates that weren’t too flash either, make them buy a nice knife.. give them a quick crash course and see how they go. I know myself it’s a pretty average time doing all the filleting while my mates watch and drink beer.. even start them on the skinning and work them up 

 I rekon you might be onto something. It's the way the world's going, 20 years ago everyone mowed their own lawn, cleaned their own house, ironed their own clothes and picked up their dog poo in their yard. Now it's getting more common to do less and less. I rekon there is a good business there, would need good marketing and a way into the market, but I think that could become a good lucrative business. 

 Look out for uber filleting ,coming  to fish cleaning  station soon   near you !! 

 A good filleter could get through a lot in an hour.

How did the fishing/filleting go Paul?

Did you put those boys to work?