This is how I store fish fillets for those rainy days.
How to Freeze Redfish and Speckled Trout Fillets
I love eating speckled trout and redfish!
I prefer to clean them at the dock, but once I get home I will properly freeze them for future use.
A meal-sized portion of fillets will go into sealable plastic bags. I do this so when I thaw out a bag I am thawing out exactly how much I want to eat.
Then I fill those bags with water and purge the air out. I use the water because I have found that freezing fish meat with no air keeps it from becoming rancid.
Who wants fishy-tasting fillets?
![Redfish on the Half Shell Fillets Redfish on the Half Shell Fillets](https://www.lafishblog.com/wp-content/uploads/Freezing-Fillets.jpg)
I take my fillets and put them in plastic bags with water.
Be sure to seal each bag tight! You don't want leaks in the freezer!
Note how I left the scales on the redfish. I don't fry redfish, I prefer to eat them on the half shell. I save the frying for trout meat.
While redfish are great fried, I have found that you can always remove the scales later, but you certainly can't put them back on!
![Redfish on the Half Shell Redfish on the Half Shell](https://www.lafishblog.com/wp-content/uploads/Redfish-on-the-Half-Shell.jpg)
Yummy, delicious redfish on the half shell! FYI, I saw those air bubbles and got them out.
I then use shallow pans to lay the bags on. This way the bags freeze into an organizable shape and don't freeze into the grill of the freezer and become stuck.
![Freezing Redfish on the Half Shell Fillets Freezing Redfish on the Half Shell Fillets](https://www.lafishblog.com/wp-content/uploads/Fillets-in-Freezer.jpg)
In case water leaks from the bags the pan is there to catch the leak. The pan also helps to "shape" the bags.
Once the bags are frozen I can take them out of the pan and stack them like bricks in the freezer.
![Redfish on the Half Shell Frozen Redfish on the Half Shell Frozen](https://www.lafishblog.com/wp-content/uploads/Frozen-Redfish-Fillets.jpg)
![Frozen Redfish on the Half Shell Frozen Redfish on the Half Shell](https://www.lafishblog.com/wp-content/uploads/Nice-Frozen-Redfish-Fillets.jpg)
So the final product looks like the above picture.
I have kept fish fillets frozen for months like this. When I thaw them out they taste great! When I do, I like to thaw them in warm water.