Last night I fried some of the fish that Steve and I had caught. I love the taste of fried whole crappie so I tried something new. I scaled 4 crappie then filleted them, leaving the skin on. They tasted just like the whole fish.
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Last night I fried some of the fish that Steve and I had caught. I love the taste of fried whole crappie so I tried something new. I scaled 4 crappie then filleted them, leaving the skin on. They tasted just like the whole fish.
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I've tried that before. They were good. I still think whole is best tho. Love them tails. :)
Hate whole myself as I had a bone get hung up once in my throat. Thought I was gonna need surgery. Leary if bony fish now lol.
Looks good, bet it was... I did something similar one time. Filleted one side off and cooked the other side with the bone still in. Them tails was worth it too... Sounds so good I may do it again..
yep about my favorite part is the taterchip tales-mmmm mmmm
DO THIS ALL THE TIME AND LEAVING THE TAIL ON IS EASY AS WELL .:twocents
I'll have to try that next. Those crispy tails are good.Quote:
Originally Posted by eagle 1
How long were those? I like em whole too, about 8-10" is perfect IMO. 12" out of core lakes is to big, or I just haven't figured out how to cook bigger ones whole. They do look good.
Those were around 9 or 10 inch fish. There's no length limit at Okatibbee. They're just right for cooking whole. I try to keep a dozen or so of the smaller ones for that.Quote:
Originally Posted by tcounty
Man those look good Scott, I remember one time when I was a young boy, we were eating bream at my granmothers house and I swallowed a bone and it hung in my throat, my grandmother almost choked me to death shoving loaf bread in my mouth lol, she was about to have a heart attack but the bread took care of it lol.
Looks good Scott!Love the flavor of that skin and those taters!
Hope you left some, see you Friday morning if the frost aint too bad!!!!!
Whole fish is my favorite for sure. Going to have to try the filets with tail left on. I leave the skin a lot of the time.
You can't beat the taste of whole cooked crappie. Thats a good way to keep the taste and filet .
I'll remove all the fins and the head, but the tails are so good. Wife loves them too. Whole is so tasty and good. Flavor stays in the whole fish better I think.
They are very tasty done that way. Bream are also good cleaned in the same fashion.