Seeking Fried Crappie Advice

Dry filets well on paper towel

Heat oil to 350-375

Take one bag 4.4 pounds of corn flour (bought in ethnic isle) and mix one 8 oz container of Tony's, Slap Yo Mama, or your choice.

Put breading mix in large pan (open container)

Take one 8 oz bottle of Crystal or Louisiana hot sauce and pour into mixing bowl

Put fish in mixing bowl and then into breading mix covering well.

Put in oil until breading is browned. I don't like to cook mine until they "float" because at that point I think the fish is overcooked.




I always put leftover mix into a large ziplock bag and then put in the freezer for the next time needed.

Only a moron south of i10 thinks this..... You dont fillet a fricking white perch.... You skin them then mark them with a damn knife 3 times across the back vertically and fry them whole ..... Jesus Christ almighty

Who the frick skins a fish wit scales. Come on man

Prolly not. I do fry backbones of good ones tho. The fins are awesome

Color- any color. They didnt care. Private lake with a crappie problem, trying to cull as many as possible. Catch them on every cast.

But specific, monkey milk and black/chart tubes, 1/16 oz jig heads.

To answer your guestion. Less is more with sacs, bread crumbs or cornmeal with a little spice and your good to go. Only fish I’ll eat sushi style straight off the knife. Hiding that flavor oughta be a crime

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When a fat boy tells you something is good ya might ought'a listen, he didn't get that way by bad eating.

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To be fair you can get fat eating McDonald’s

corn flour - great - no grit like the others and will cook evenly- to freeze choose how many you and yours eat then put in a freezer zip-loc cover with water add a squirt or two of lemon juice and squeeze out all air - if done properly may last two years

Game changer right here

We fried some in Tempura batter a while back. Really good.