This is gonna be kinda tricky to explane how to cleana fish but ill gove it my best shot. I cut the fish from the Butt Hole up to the boney part under the jaw. Then rip the guts down from the tail part. Then i cut the head off the fich right behint the front fins by the mouth (I cant remember what they are called right now). When you cut the head off all the guts should come off with the head. They you have a blackish red line of crap up around the spine. You need to get all (Or as much as possible) out of the fish. It seems to be easier to use your thumb nail and push it fromt he tail to where the head used to be. Make sure you got all the membrane crap out of the fish then iwrap it in aluminum foil with some seasonings and a little butter and cook until done. When they are cookes the you unwrap them and peel back the skin and the meat should flake right off of most of the bones.Its not as hard as it sounds. Pretty much any fish can be eaten but they are harder to clean sometimes. Bass and Panfish it is usually easier to fillet them then just clean them like a Trout.