Think I'll have me a whole fried crappie tomaro, that's if I can catch one..... Those chips (fins) are a treat....

That�s the way we always ate them growing up. My folks thought it too wasteful to filet them!! Mom would always �comb� thru the flesh to make certain no bones for my younger brothers. We ate all fish that way.

I�m not mad at him but in my world I filet crappie. As I mentioned I�ve eaten channel cat that way skinned but no head. My grandparents cooked them and they went through The Great Depression. I understand not wasting food but.....I still cook my small channel cat whole, with no head and skinned. Hail, I may try it just to see???

Oh, I hear ya. I pretty much fillet everything, but every now and then cook them whole, like if I'm only bringing one or two home for lunch. Some people think he's just throwing the whole fish in the grease, that's USUALLY not the case.

ONLY FILLET !

Same can be applied to crappies in a whole fish frying.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VfSheKqDRQ4&t=692s

Looks delicious! My Dad's way for sure.

as a kid who spent summers at grandpaws house,..me and my little brother scaled Crappie with a tablespoon til
we had blisters, and scales allover us. But it was worth it, we learned how to pick out the bones at an early age,..
and theres nothing better than a big crispy tail,...yum

^^^

That�s how we cook sunfish.