Taking crucian as the test object, and the main factors are the jet pressure, jet incident angle, jet target distance, and feed speed of the material plate as the main factors, investigated the trend and extent of the influence of these factors on the descaling rate and fish damage of crucian based on the self-developed water jet descaling experimental bench. The results showed that the optimal conditions for crucian descaling were as followed: jet pressure 10 MPa, incidence angle 60°, target distance 11 cm and feed rate 5 cm/s. Under the conditions, the descaling rate was 89.1%, and the sensory evaluation score of fish damage was 0.88.