Ling cod cheek steaks

Way back in 1994 I went out on a small dory, launched from the beach at PC.  Out next to the big Haystack rock I hook, landed and kept a 36lb ling cod.  Lots and lots of meat on that monster.  We had a friends dad process all the fish, as he was a master at filleting fish.  He was able to net two nice cheek steaks from this monster ling, but I was busy washing the boat and putting away fishing gear to see how he extracted the steaks.

Those steaks were like scallops! 

Anyone here ever cut these out?   
Have any pics of doing so? 

Anyone here ever cut these out?   
Have any pics of doing so? 

Always. It's a must IMO. Lings and halibut have the best cheeks  and can be cut out by following the circumference of the cheek muscle with the tip of the fillet knife and then bending it underneath to free it. Most fish do have tasty meat in the collar area too. Springer collars.... The fish head soup thing is always awesome!

Z