Quote Originally Posted by Spoonminnow View Post
Don't get me wrong, I'm not against keeping fish. But when a see a table full of panfish - especially nice crappie, I wonder what happens next:
cleaned & filleted? YES
some eaten / some frozen? Mostly Frozen, Occasionally Eaten that night
some given away? A few Times to Family and Friends - Most for large family fish fries at our house
some or all dumped? NEVER

Off topic:
Is there enough meat on a 9" crappie or 5" sunfish to go to the trouble of filleting? What about all those bones? Is the skin removed or the fish scaled?
The reason I prefer catfish 1 lb or heavier is not having to worry about either.
MY answers in Red

Most tourneys I've fished will not weigh dead fish and at the very least have a penalty for dead fish. Also most states have laws against wanton waste.

Yes plenty of meat on a 9" crappie, I've even cleaned 8" crappie as long as you know how to clean fish I bet you could eat 7" crappie. A crappie is a sunfish so I assume you mean bluegill and perch and the answer to that is also yes.

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