Here's a tip for easily scaling your catch. You will need one of those fish gutting boards with a clip on it. Clip the fish to the board by the tail. Now use a garden hose with a nozzle on it and turn the nozzle to "stream". Direct the hose stream on the fish moving from the tail to the head. This will power scale your fish, cleaning 25 or so in @ 5 to 10 minutes without getting a single scale on yourself! Happy fishing.