I use Louisiana Fish Fry, I add yellow corn meal to it, then I season that with cayanne pepper, garlic powder, black pepper, and fry it in oil, one key to good fried crappie is you have to fry it in a cast iron skillet, maybe fry ya some red potatoes sliced into fries, maybe some onion on the side, and maybe some jalapeņo hush puppy's and you got a meal. Oh, ya got to have some Tabasco sauce to dash on the fried fillets.