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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Answer 1

It is not uncommon to remove the fish guts as soon as the fish have been caught. Or in the vary least when the fish is prepared for sale. So you should not be surprised if the guts have already been removed. However if you fillet fish properly you slide the knife along the outside of the bones that protects the guts. So you are not cutting into the guts at all. What you are left with after you have removed the fish fillets is the bones containing the guts inside.