Anyone Catching Crappie?
02-05-2014, 02:22 PM
#2
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 25,116
Don't fish for them hardly . Fishing is slow right now...If I wanted some I'd go to a certain phosphate pit...work the shoreline with a lipped hook minnow just off the bottom...and I could catch a ton...I've been working hard on my weight and the way I cook them is very fattning. I've been cooking lots of bass fillets though.Since I've retired..I'm no longer a catch and release..I've released over 1000 bass in my life time..Now it's time to fry a few up...Incatch them on artificiall....Minnows for crappie are 5,00 plus the spot is a good little clip down the road....just like bass fishing a whole lot better...Bass are off in my neck of the woods though or I'd post a pic....Struck out today.
02-05-2014, 02:58 PM
#3
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Seagrove N.C. USA
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Here is a healthy way.
Take a bread pan put a layer of aluminum foil then lightly spray with canola cooking oil, then the filets.
A few drops of lemon, and a few drops of lime, then a sprinkle salt, and pepper then lightly spray canola cooking oil.
Leave the aluminum foil open.
Bake at 350 for about 15 minutes.
It is finger licking good.
Take a bread pan put a layer of aluminum foil then lightly spray with canola cooking oil, then the filets.
A few drops of lemon, and a few drops of lime, then a sprinkle salt, and pepper then lightly spray canola cooking oil.
Leave the aluminum foil open.
Bake at 350 for about 15 minutes.
It is finger licking good.
02-06-2014, 07:11 AM
#4
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 25,116
Any other fish..maybe but for me..not crappie. They are a very mushy flesh fish. I soak them in buttermilk to firm up their flesh...
Then i flour them in my special seasoned flour
Dredge in egg
And dredge in Panko crumbs
Fry in peanut oil....(-; turn out great...but fat gram city
Then i flour them in my special seasoned flour
Dredge in egg
And dredge in Panko crumbs
Fry in peanut oil....(-; turn out great...but fat gram city
Last edited by Chuck7; 02-06-2014 at 07:14 AM.
02-08-2014, 02:54 AM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: in the woods or on the water...
Posts: 4,832
Been catching them on a consistent basis through the ice here in Mid-Michigan. Will most likely pick up a few today if my schools of fish have not moved. Crappie are suspending fish and are very active in the water column. I catch them on very small tear drops tipped with spikes in the winter. But, in the spring and summer you cannot beat throwing a small jig tipped with a minnow.
I agree with C7 though, Crappie is one of the most mushy fish around and I am C&R with them. Specially when Bluegill/Bream are plentiful and fillet up much more firm and flavorful.
I agree with C7 though, Crappie is one of the most mushy fish around and I am C&R with them. Specially when Bluegill/Bream are plentiful and fillet up much more firm and flavorful.
