I found few bags of crappie fillets frozen in water from March hiding in my freezer, I'm just curious how long do they stay good frozen like this. Should I toss the bag or fry them up?
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I found few bags of crappie fillets frozen in water from March hiding in my freezer, I'm just curious how long do they stay good frozen like this. Should I toss the bag or fry them up?
Fry em up. I have kept them over a year in water and couldn't tell the difference. May have one or two on edge that get a little freezer burn but that's it.
Looks like I'm eating crappie tonight!
If frozen in water the right way. I have even had them up to 2 years and they still tasted fine.
Only way I put em up for this very reason, supper time!!!
Nothing wrong with frozen fish. I have found some in my freezer before that was 3 years old. Just thaw them out slowly in the frig so they don't turn to mush.
Thanks everyone for the replies.
I had some the other day that I caught in 2009. They bag was in the very back of the freezer and I had to give them a try to see if they were still good and they were. When I freeze them in water there is no air in the bag to create freezer burn and I let them thaw out slowly. Worked like a charm.
I'm glad I froze mine in water then! I do have some trout in my freezer from Jan-Feb that I was told is definitely no good! Any truth to that?
Were they froze in water, if so I don't see any reason for them not to be good?
Yes frozen in water as well, but when talking to some people who fish our trout pond here in Oklahoma, they say no more then a few months. I was told it's best to just use as chum now!
Eating 1 1/2 year old vacuum packed crappie now.
Exactly! I add a pinch of table salt to each bag and after 4-5 yrs they taste the same as if they were froze for a month!Quote:
Originally Posted by yikess
Blacken them.
I would chum those trout in my belly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I mean Yum, Yum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They don't get real good until they age a half a year! Half a year is nothing if in water or vacuum packed.
The reason I have a standup freezer ,easier to organize. I try to keep the older ones given away. But they are still fine like everyone said in my opinion.
We eat frozen trout fillets a year old that have been froze in water taste great!
Trout are an oily fish, crappie are not. Probably why some people say they don't keep long term in the freezer. I've heard similar things about salt water fish like croaker and bluefish, but then again, you buy frozen salmon all the time and they are just big trout. If you see a blood line or brown flesh down the middle cut it out as that is where most of the oils are anyway, and it actually cuts out easier after freezing (I know from white bass and croaker).
Thinking very serious about replacing my chest type freezer with an uprite, be a lot easier to keep things rotated.Quote:
Originally Posted by NIMROD