eli5 – where are the fish organs when filleting a fish

Question

I’ve seen a ton of videos of people filleting a fish but I never see the heart/stomach etc. are the organs removed before filleting them or am I just going insane

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The organs? they are sitting in the chum buckets back on the fishing vessels. The organs are removed to ice the fish better to preserve them. They then proceed to throw the organs in a bucket to use as bait, known as chum, if it’s the type of fishing that chums the water. IF they don’t use it themselveS? they sell it to other fishermen to well use as chum to chum the waters.