The way Nat. Fish & Wildlife fixed them was they filleted them out and cleaned each fillet before they then cut long 4 to 5 inch strips of meat about 1 inch thick and breaded each strip in their corn meal spiced batter then deep fried. They gave each person 4 maybe 5 pieces to eat and told everybody to break the strips before eating to pull the large bones out of. The was no such small ones as all the bones were about the length of a toothpick and maybe half the diameter of a tooth pick and impossible to miss and just 1 or 2 in each strip and easy to pull out of the meat to eat a full mouthful and surprisingly very deliscious. I have eaten a lot of different species of fish from all over the world fresh and saltwater species and have to say was taken by surprise how good the taste and flavor was. Now I know why they are prized by the orientals.