Crappies meat
Nov 18, 2020 05:32:10 #
I've never tried this, but can they be fried whole? The ones around here are so small it seems like you loose a lot of meat. P.S. the leftover carcasses makes good fish stock. Don't like to waste a thing.
Nov 18, 2020 07:54:47 #
I always soak the fillets in water in the rig over night, helps take all the blood out plus firms the meat.
Nov 18, 2020 09:16:20 #
Able Man
Loc: North Coast (Cleveland, Ohio)
Just1Fish wrote:
I've never tried this, but can they be fried whole? The ones around here are so small it seems like you loose a lot of meat. P.S. the leftover carcasses makes good fish stock. Don't like to waste a thing.
¡¡Hell YES, they can be fried "whole"!!(That is, I'll scale 'em, head'em (the gills go / the head, when I'm cleaning them) gut the rascals proper, trim the dorsal & anal/caudal fins off...)... Rinse 'em off good, dry'em with a clean cotton towel, drag them through the raw scrambled eggs, shake'em in a bag of nicely seasoned all purpose flour... It ain't rocket science.
Nov 18, 2020 09:41:04 #
See, I thought so. My brother in law was picking on me because he likes to filet everything including small fish. I like to bake whole trout, even drum and sheep's head bc they have such a bulging rib cage making them difficult, for me, to filet.
Nov 18, 2020 20:13:57 #
I commercial fish in Alaska, and while we don't have crappies here, I catch both salmon and halibut and in order to deliver the best quality product, after stunning the fish I bleed them and put them in either slush ice,(salmon) or ice the bellies and the outside after cleaning them ( halibut) I don't know if that would help or not, but it seems to work here. Bleeding the fish you intend to eat keeps them from tasting fishy, and I would assume it helps to keep them firm.
Nov 26, 2020 04:42:13 #
Nov 26, 2020 11:45:43 #
fishrmans
Loc: Waushara Cnty Wisconsin and Port Charlotte Fl
fishingsimpson wrote:
Try hotter pan faster fry
It’s not the way they are cooked. To me they even feel a little soft when I fillet them and I always keep my fish in a live well or on ice until I fillet them. I will still eat them but I prefer perch or bluegill.
Nov 27, 2020 20:00:18 #
Kill the fish quickly will help to. Don’t let
It flop around in the bottom of the boat or even cooler. Rapping it hard on the back
Of the head will despatch it quickly. Then on ice.
It flop around in the bottom of the boat or even cooler. Rapping it hard on the back
Of the head will despatch it quickly. Then on ice.
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