The minnows I got are about 2inches long. Yea I thaw them out first n cut the head off, then using a sharp fillet knife I feel out the backbone(working from tail up) till I feel the ribs. then I just use my fingers to pry the meat off the ribs. I feed the guts too n pop out the fish eye Read in one forum that a snake loved fish eyes so :P

I'm sure you could google it n get the jist of it if you need a visual