Quote Originally Posted by dixieangler
I fillet them (usually go into the freezer if storing them for later in a water filled zip-lock freezer bag to prevent freezer burn), (thaw) soak the fillets in milk for about 2 or 3 hours (removes any gamey taste), coat them lightly in fish meal (store bought), and drop them in the Fry Daddy.
Same here. I fillet all of them. We keep only the very large bream and all of the crappie that are larger than 10". I marinate them in Italian dressing for several hours, coat them in a corn meal/flour mixture (3 parts corn meal to 1 part flour), drop them in the Fry Daddy and take them out as soon as they float to the top. Eat them hot with lots of hushpuppies both dipped in catchup.

Dan