Crooked crappie

Some say it ain't easy to fillet them there "crooked crappie" and I will be the first to say this about that, it for sure ain't so easy to carve around a snake spined crappie ......:Rofl
But if you are good with the knife and don't try to rip thru them, it can most certainly be accomplished if the knife is super sharp and you follow them there curves carefully ..... :highfive
so, the next time you think about tossing one of them "crooked crappie" back in the water instead of keeping it because it will be tough to fillet , remember that fella in Texas ,that won't give them a pass if he is planning on eating a few ..... :crazy:
KABOOM is the word :Cowboy
p.s. this image don't do mister crooked spine any justice , it was WAY crooked left to right and not just top to bottom ....:banghead

Nice fillet skills.

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Originally Posted by SuperDave336

Nice fillet skills.

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and that's my typically poor side , I always start on the other side and due to my right handed approach to it , the first side cut is always the deepest :Rofl

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Originally Posted by Ketchn

and that's my typically poor side , I always start on the other side and due to my right handed approach to it , the first side cut is always the deepest :Rofl

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im glad im not the only one that does one side better than the other. lol. btw i bet that fish couldn't swim in a straight line hes crooked up down and sideways.

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Originally Posted by murdok

im glad im not the only one that does one side better than the other. lol. btw i bet that fish couldn't swim in a straight line hes crooked up down and sideways.

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I am in the same boat as well

He is good with a knife. A couple of years or so back we were trying to catch enough crappie for our weekly crappie tacos but the crappie wouldn't cooperate. But we had a hard time keeping small bluegill off the crappie nibbles. So Ketchn says we will just have bluegill tacos if that is all that will bite.

He was told you can't fillet them, they are too small. He replied, "watch me".

We caught over 60 of those small bluegills and it took him about 15 minutes to reduce them to nice-looking fillets. Since I love the taste of bluegill more than I do crappie those bluegill tacos tasted delicious. But he didn't agree when I suggested we start having bluegill tacos every week instead of crappie tacos. :Rofl

But those were beautiful-looking bluegill fillets. I didn't think it could be done but he proved if you were good with a knife it could be done. :highfive

I'm lucky being ambidextrous. I can fillet with either hand, but it doesn't make my skills any better. Somehow the family still gets full. lol

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Nice job!

Good post and interesting story.
Thanks,
Bob

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Originally Posted by ezgoing

He is good with a knife. A couple of years or so back we were trying to catch enough crappie for our weekly crappie tacos but the crappie wouldn't cooperate. But we had a hard time keeping small bluegill off the crappie nibbles. So Ketchn says we will just have bluegill tacos if that is all that will bite.

He was told you can't fillet them, they are too small. He replied, "watch me".

We caught over 60 of those small bluegills and it took him about 15 minutes to reduce them to nice-looking fillets. Since I love the taste of bluegill more than I do crappie those bluegill tacos tasted delicious. But he didn't agree when I suggested we start having bluegill tacos every week instead of crappie tacos. :Rofl

But those were beautiful-looking bluegill fillets. I didn't think it could be done but he proved if you were good with a knife it could be done. :highfive

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that reminds me of a day back when , took a young fella with me to "his" pond to ketch dinner , told me it was over run with small crappie and bluegill , well sure enough about 4 inches was the biggest of them and we started keeping a bucket full and got back to the house and everyone was in the we are having bait for dinner mode .....
an hour later there wasnt anyone making jokes about them lil bitties anymore as we ate up them panfish nuggets by golly :highfive

A friends 8 acre pond in TN had many bass that had odd twists behind the dorsal fin. They still fought like crazy but I thought it odd, like maybe some weird genetics? Been seven years since I fished it, I bet they’re straight up dandies by now. And I call the little fillets “tater chips” and they are better than the full size versions. Good skills.

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Originally Posted by skeetbum

A friends 8 acre pond in TN had many bass that had odd twists behind the dorsal fin. They still fought like crazy but I thought it odd, like maybe some weird genetics? Been seven years since I fished it, I bet they’re straight up dandies by now. And I call the little fillets “tater chips” and they are better than the full size versions. Good skills.

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not sure on the genetics part , the fisheries biologist fella I asked about it said it was likely due to some form of early development damage when they were in fry mode ?
but much like you , I see it more prevalent in some spots than others ....:dono

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Originally Posted by Ketchn

that reminds me of a day back when , took a young fella with me to "his" pond to ketch dinner , told me it was over run with small crappie and bluegill , well sure enough about 4 inches was the biggest of them and we started keeping a bucket full and got back to the house and everyone was in the we are having bait for dinner mode .....
an hour later there wasnt anyone making jokes about them lil bitties anymore as we ate up them panfish nuggets by golly :highfive

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one day years ago i was on a lake bank catching a bunch of small ones and fussing about it. ole fella next to me looked at me and said son you can get full on butterbeans if you eat enough of em.

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Originally Posted by murdok

one day years ago i was on a lake bank catching a bunch of small ones and fussing about it. ole fella next to me looked at me and said son you can get full on butterbeans if you eat enough of em.

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Good old country philosopher. That’s a good one!
Bob

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Originally Posted by murdok

one day years ago i was on a lake bank catching a bunch of small ones and fussing about it. ole fella next to me looked at me and said son you can get full on butterbeans if you eat enough of em.

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:Rofl tru dat :Rofl