This is my first time posting on here. I went fishing yesterday and caught several crappie. I have no clue on how to cook or even scale these fish as I have never done this before. Catfish is easy to prepare and deep fry but where do I start on the crappie? My impression is that its just like frying a catfish except you gotta scrape all the scales off instead of peeling the skin like a cat.

These crappie are kind of small in my opinion with the length going from 10 to 12 inches.

Any advice would be appreciated.