Thread: Freezing Fish

Put in freezer bags, cover with water, and freeze. They'll be as good as the day you caught them when you're ready to fry them up.

Originally Posted by gcromer

Put in freezer bags, cover with water, and freeze. They'll be as good as the day you caught them when you're ready to fry them up.

Like he said. Only thing I do is put just a bit of table salt in the bag with em. Just my way.

I vacuum seal fish and game. I think theyre better tasting vrs freezing them in water. Fish froze in water begins to taste "old" to me after several months in the freezer. Also, fish vacuum sealed thaws in @ an hour vrs several hours frozen in water. Vacuum sealing does have it's downside as the bags can be expensive.

I do both vacuum and water. I never had a problem. Fish doesn't last long in my house maybe a month or two at most. We eat fish once to 3 times a week.

yep vacuum seal and making sure they are fresh when packaged and frozen

I put filets in a quart ziploc bag and get as much air out as possible. I then wrap the bag in freezer paper. I only keep crappie and bluegill and eat it within a year or less. This method works well for me with small game and wild turkey as well.

I am going to show my age, but y'all remember buying milk in the quart or pint waxed box carton? We would wash those out real good and freeze fish with water in them. The frozen water, plus the thick wax carton kept freezer burn at bay. Plus, they were square box shaped so you could stack a ton of them in your freezer.
I stared using the vacuum seal when we were traveling in our RV because we had limited freezer space, but also as Butch pointed out, they they thaw out very quickly when vacuum sealed.

It sounds like vacuum seal is the way to go. Which brand do y'all use?