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I knew the crappie were gone from the deep hole where I'd been catching them, they were gone the last time I was there too. The bream, however, were still there in force. My buddy and I caught 61 and a 5+ pound bass on ultra-lite spinning gear. Having bream cakes for supper tonight.
WOW some good ones too!!!
Great job there! I bet that was some fun!
Bad news is now you gotta clean all those suckers. Worth the work, bream are some good eating. Appreciate the report
Wow what a catch and wow what a lot of work you have ahead of you! Lol
Good catch Possom...them bream are just as tasty as crappie IMO
Nice catch i love them gills
Attachment 119528Bream Cakes (100% crab-free) because I didn't catch crabs. Great supper.
Nice catch. I'm ready for some bream fishing with the kids.
How do you make them? Looks really good.
I suppose any fish or crab cakes recipe would work but I picked the simplest I saw on the net. They were good.
1 pound boneless bream meat
2 teaspoons salt, plus more for boiling bream
1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning, divided
6 tablespoons olive oil, divided
1 small Vidalia onion, finely chopped
1 egg, beaten
1/4 cup self-rising flour
Parboil bream in salted water until fish just starts to flake. Remove from water and drain. Flake fish and toss with 1/2 teaspoon Cajun seasoning. Chill.
In 3 tablespoons olive oil saut� until tender onion, 2 teaspoons salt and remaining Cajun seasoning. Chill.
Combine, bream, onion, egg and flour and refrigerate mixture.
Heat remaining oil in a skillet. Carefully spoon small portions of bream mixture into hot oil. Brown cakes on each side, turning carefully. Remove from oil to drain. While cakes are still hot, season with additional salt and Cajun seasoning if desired. Serve hot.
Love dem bream. I don't know how to catch them in the cold though....
These bream are 30" deep on a ledge of an old river that drops into 40' water. caught them on the bottom with worms. Surface temp was 53 degrees.
Great looking bluegill both before and after! Also, a dang nice Maumelle largemouth.
My Monday fishing buddy and I have caught a lot of big bass on Maumelle while crappie and bream fishing in deep water.
Thanks, going to try it out. Hope I don't waist any fish trying it.
I like to use bream to make "poorboy shrimp", fillet and boil in crab/shrimp boil, serve with cocktail sauce.
Possum , hope your planning on being at Crappie camp. Reckon you could make a test batch at the fish fry?
Now that's a good idea!Quote:
Originally Posted by NIMROD
I should know but where & when is Crappie Camp.