Bluegill

[Mud Creek]

Did some fillets in Andy's but had to do one whole.

 

[archer19]

Ohhhh yeaaaa!
great eatin

 

[WTM]

my favorite way. tails taste like bacon.

 

[huntintn]

Them tails are ruffles of the pond.

 

[RUGER]

Awesome!!

 

[akachuck]

How did you bread them? Looks amazing

 

[Mud Creek]

How did you bread them? Looks amazing

Flour, egg wash, then into a mixture of flour and Andy's red.

 

[GMB54]

my favorite way. tails taste like bacon.

Mine too and so much less work than fillets. Grandma did the same with small catfish and everyone wanted the tail portion on larger fish too.

 

[waynesworld]

Mine too and so much less work than fillets. Grandma did the same with small catfish and everyone wanted the tail portion on larger fish too.

Up in SD we would go collect bullheads by the bucket when the water in ponds would get low. Whack the head off skin them and fry up with the tails those are soo good.

 

[RUGER]

Mine too and so much less work than fillets. Grandma did the same with small catfish and everyone wanted the tail portion on larger fish too.

Just curious how it's less work?
I despise scaling them !

 

[brassmagnet]

Yes please.

 

[GMB54]

Just curious how it's less work?
I despise scaling them !

Because i leave the skin on fillets too. Aside from catfish and maybe a couple others i eat the skin.

 

[GMB54]

Up in SD we would go collect bullheads by the bucket when the water in ponds would get low. Whack the head off skin them and fry up with the tails those are soo good.

Thats all we ever did to smaller cats/bullheads. Cooked them whole. Large ones got "steaked" from the rib section and if not too big the tail section was one piece. I would swear fish cooked with bones in taste better and you lose less meat. Meat pulls right off leaving almost nothing going to waste.

REALLY big ones got made into nuggets and soaked in buttermilk before cooking. Old river cat gets pretty strong and even almost tough. Nuggets are first rinsed in salt/lemon juice/water and then tossed in some buttermilk. Eat them with hot sauce and its pretty dam good but not as good as a sub 2lb whole fried catfish.

 

[RUGER]

Because i leave the skin on fillets too. Aside from catfish and maybe a couple others i eat the skin.

Got ya !
Thanks.