Crappie Fish Fry!

Brisket_Fanatic

In-laws came up for the older childs birthday party and brought up a mess of Crappie. Fired up the large to cook up the potatos and the small for the fried fish. We used a mixture of butter and canola oil in a cast iron skillet and the egg was running around 400 degrees as its hard to regulate when the lid is open. Fish was dipped in melted butter, rolled in saltines, dusted with salt and pepper and tossed in the skillet. This stuff is so good we didn't even sit down to eat, just kept snarffing it off the table once it cooled slightly. Both kids loved it and thought they were chicken strips.

Kids even got the smokey joe out and  pretended to cook up noodles as they snacked on the crappie

On a slightly healthier side I wanted to try a couple filets on a cedar board with some galic pepper and lemon pepper.

 

fishlessman

looks good, i have a bag coming out of the freezer for next weeks trip, gotta love fried crappie

buzd504

That's crappie!!




(sorry)

Brisket_Fanatic

Pretty hard to beat, although the cedar plank was a nice difference. I also love to cook the filets in a foil packet with onion, butter and garlic.

Brisket_Fanatic

buzd504 said:

That's crappie!!




(sorry)

Yes and well NO!

msloan

not much better than that!

Brisket_Fanatic

Maybe If it were Walleye!

JRWhitee

Crappie is good, Walleye better. Nice job.

Brisket_Fanatic

Not much different in taste, Thanks

Pgrnfarm

Mmmmm, My husband always said crappies weren't any good to eat!  When our pasture fields flood and then the water goes down, we've got crappies stranded all over the place, maybe next time I'll go "fish" one out!

Brisket_Fanatic

Not sure where your located but here in Iowa that are great!

Pgrnfarm

In Pennsylvania....

henapple

I'm jealous. ...and just so we all agree it is pronounced cropy and not crapy.

Biggreenpharmacist

henapple said:

I'm jealous. ...and just so we all agree it is pronounced cropy and not crapy.

Or white perch.

Jupiter Jim

I like Crappies!!!! a lot! Lake Okeechobee FL winter 2013 oh yea. I need to try them with butter and saltines though. If the kids like it you know it's good eats.  

Brisket_Fanatic

@Jupiter Jim‌ "‌ Those are beauties!

Brisket_Fanatic

henapple said:

I'm jealous. ...and just so we all agree it is pronounced cropy and not crapy.

They are even better when caught through the ice

NPHuskerFL

@Jupiter Jim‌ being from NE we called them Crappies. But, here in FL a lot of folks call those Specs. Those are some hogs ya landed there. Nice!

Jupiter Jim

NPHuskerFL said:

@Jupiter Jim‌ being from NE we called them Crappies. But, here in FL a lot of folks call those Specs. Those are some hogs ya landed there. Nice!

Yes they were! that was a great year for the hogs. I have lived all my life in south FL and fished all of my life mostly in the ocean but that Speck fishing has been the hardest to master! Back when I had the 25' Dusky center console I could take ya fishing any day and we would catch fish and have fish for dinner for sure. But that speck fishing well that's another story. Thanks for the compliment. JJ Tight Lines  

nolaegghead

We call speckled trout "specs" here in LA.  It's what you seem to catch the most of in the Mississippi delta area around NOLA in salt and brackish water.  Also red fish.  The catfish we just throw back. 

Focker

 

nolaegghead said:

We call speckled trout "specs" here in LA.  It's what you seem to catch the most of in the Mississippi delta area around NOLA in salt and brackish water.  Also red fish.  The catfish we just throw back. 

Depends.  Pan-sized channels are keepers for sure.  The carp and dogfish get tossed up on the bank.

Nice lookin' crappie Ben