Crappie is sorta crappy

[sl1000794]

Ice, ice, and more cold watered ice is your huckleberry. Shock em' with ice all day long..

The other thing I do with ALL my fish, fresh and saltwater, is bleed them before I kill them. Then I agree with Rut2, ice them down immediately after you bleed them to prevent meat spoilage.

 

[Mr. Stevenson]

Bled and iced are essential for the best flavor/quality. I'm squeamish about eating fish yet am not adverse to wiping off slime with my T-shirt. Cold beer is nearly as important to me as bled fish on the cutting board. I kill one mess for the 4th and another for New Year's Eve. New Year's is all Tailrace cat, Darling and Audubon pike.

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If a walleye slips in after the 4th it's bled and dead. (14-18in)

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Also: Zero belly meat and red lateral line removed.

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I don't have a boat. Topwater pike are a lot of fun and as September approaches; the species variety increases from the Tailrace shore using nightcrawlers.

 

[shorthairsrus]

Crappie and perch. Overrated.

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Nice and firm coming out of oahe down here

Walleyes hate em. Get rid of the crappie

 

[Kurtr]

Crappie and perch. Overrated.

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Walleyes hate em. Get rid of the crappie

Actually they really like them. Find a bunch of them coughed up in the livewell every year

 

[NDSportsman]

Crappie are overrated IMO. Too flat and bony. I'd rather keep and eat perch and walleye any day.

 

[guywhofishes]

Actually they really like them. Find a bunch of them coughed up in the livewell every year

I think I read an article by NDGF that spoke of the difficulty of stocking crappie because everything likes to eat small crappie

 

[johnr]

I have been leaving them on the ice for years, figure the yotes still need to eat

 

[Captain Ahab]

No - even ice fishing. MN and ND.

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It’s difficult to pick up a fried crappie filet without it crumbling apart.

Maybe mushy is wrong word. Tender to the point of ridiculousness is maybe better. Ha ha.

I agree they can have a mushy texture. I've seen similar things out of some sauger. When a guy is used to a firm "flake" of fish, it's a bit of a downer for sure. No clue how to fix it.

 

[guywhofishes]

I agree they can have a mushy texture. I've seen similar things out of some sauger. When a guy is used to a firm "flake" of fish, it's a bit of a downer for sure. No clue how to fix it.

I discovered that I can't drag my fish around on a stringer all day in 90 degree temps.

Keeping them on ice is the cure apparently.

No more Neanderthal treatment of crappie for this guy.

 

[Captain Ahab]

I discovered that I can't drag my fish around on a stringer all day in 90 degree temps.

Keeping them on ice is the cure apparently.

No more Neanderthal treatment of crappie for this guy.

I've experienced it with them and sauger even on ice. :;:huh

 

[guywhofishes]

I know - I was being facetious