Gonna try to pass a law.

**hdhntr** · 03-20-2017, 04:09 PM

lots of ways to clean them, have been pondering on fileting them but keeping skin on and scaling them as skin is healthy and it is visually more appealing. do know friend who takes head off removes top fin cuts off tail and lower fin and scales them. I scale bluegill and broil them and it is great. you take off filets after they are done.

**feeshrman** · 03-21-2017, 08:13 PM

Originally Posted by macpappy

I camped over Spring Break and saw something done I had never even thought about but It was fine! My dad and I had caught about 60 fish and I was cleaning them when a friend that was camping beside us came up and asked if he could have a few. I told him he was welcome to all of them if he would just clean me a couple for supper. He got out his catfish skinners and started cleaning crappie like they were channel cat. He skinned them rascals then pulled the top fin out of them and it was beautiful piece of fish and the only bones in it was the rib cage and back. It was phenomenal. Now don't get me wrong, I still love them with the skin on and this method is a lot of work but I will definitely be doing it again for a small frying.

I once knew a guy who did his bream like that. He could clean one as fast as I fillet a crappie. He had obviously done it a couple thousand times

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**sharphook** · 03-23-2017, 09:32 AM

Gut em put em on grill and turn when you smell baked fish!!!!!! Saves oil and VERY healthy FER adults only!!!!!

**spindle** · 03-24-2017, 07:16 AM

Originally Posted by macpappy

I camped over Spring Break and saw something done I had never even thought about but It was fine! My dad and I had caught about 60 fish and I was cleaning them when a friend that was camping beside us came up and asked if he could have a few. I told him he was welcome to all of them if he would just clean me a couple for supper. He got out his catfish skinners and started cleaning crappie like they were channel cat. He skinned them rascals then pulled the top fin out of them and it was beautiful piece of fish and the only bones in it was the rib cage and back. It was phenomenal. Now don't get me wrong, I still love them with the skin on and this method is a lot of work but I will definitely be doing it again for a small frying.

Sounds like reverse filleting.

**Eagle 1** · 03-25-2017, 06:29 PM

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scale and fillet . You can fry,bake or boil (shrimp boil )

**Snubby** · 03-25-2017, 07:31 PM

Originally Posted by eagle 1

scale and fillet . You can fry,bake or boil (shrimp boil )

Now when you say boil like shrimp, how long we talking? I love to do a good seafood gumbo with shrimp, crab. andouille sausage etc... how does boiled crappie turn out? I figured it would flake up and be lost to the bottom of the kettle...

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