Do you like your Bluegills old school?

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Here's a video for you to enjoy...who likes there Bluegills old school?

[Rebel SS]

Old school heck!! That's the way to cook all pannies!   

[glenn57]

I grew up with cleaning and cooking sunfish that way!!!!! probably still would cept when I got divorced and had custody of my kids cleaning bones outta them was not in the cards, so I still scale and fillet now!!!!!

crappie on the other hand...……...naw  there other peoples fish!!!!!!! although fresh from the lake to frying pan aint so bad!!!!!!!!

[Bobberineyes]

I filet em yet but I still have to do old school for ma and pa, except we dont take the back fin off and it's not done in a bunch of oil, just a smidge of shortening is the way the old timers like it.

[mike89]

and the tails were like potato chips!!!  that's how I first had fish!

[dakids]

I filet em yet but I still have to do old school for ma and pa, except we dont take the back fin off and it's not done in a bunch of oil, just a smidge of shortening is the way the old timers like it.

X 2.    Ma and pa prefer them this way. They say they taste better.

[ThunderLund78]

The first time I remember eating bluegills (I must've been 5 or 6 years old) my Dad cooked them like this.  He missed a scale or two and one of them got stuck in the back of my throat like a popcorn husk, only worse. I remember coughing like crazy and my mom thought I was choking.  Have not had them that way since.  Maybe it's time to try it again, I keep hearing it's the best way to eat them.

[delcecchi]

Over rated.    Fillet much better.   Who wants to fool around with all those bones and stuff at the table.   

[Boar]

the best fish ever when i grew up was northern, madenin to steakes like slamon, rolled in flour and seasoning, put in a fewnstrips of bacon, then put ina roaster, amazinky good

[glenn57]

Over rated.    Fillet much better.   Who wants to fool around with all those bones and stuff at the table.

ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rebel SS]

Delicious bluegill.........num!  I haveta admit these were a welcome gift from the 'gill king, Glenn da fishman!!        

[mike89]

the best fish ever when i grew up was northern, madenin to steakes like slamon, rolled in flour and seasoning, put in a fewnstrips of bacon, then put ina roaster, amazinky good

I too think that northern is the best tasting fish!!! 

[glenn57]

the best fish ever when i grew up was northern, madenin to steakes like slamon, rolled in flour and seasoning, put in a fewnstrips of bacon, then put ina roaster, amazinky good

I too think that northern is the best tasting fish!!!

2nd best........after rebs picture above..........!!!!!

and your welcome reb..glad you enjoyed them!!!!! :happy1:l

[glenn57]

Delicious bluegill.........num!  I haveta admit these were a welcome gift from the 'gill king, Glenn da fishman!!        

hey......i see ya got a whole cleaned one!!!!!!!!!

[Rebel SS]

And here I tried to be so nice....     *Sigh*

[Rebel SS]

I did eat a pile of these last August...just hate cleaning these little guys, they're big fish 'tato chips for me.   *CHOMP*

[Rebel SS]

I made this in 1980 (so says my written date on back) to help cut them little fellers up. You can buy the toothed clamp from Normark, cut out a nice piece of wood with yer scroll saw, run yer router down it for the grooves, sand it down, oil it up, and yer good to go. Works slick!

[Steve-o]

Nice job.  You were handy back then. 

[Bobberineyes]

Looks good but thats real old school,  electric and fingers do a pretty good job..

[Rebel SS]

It was old school. 1980.  Manual knives worked then just like now for small fish.

[mike89]

knifes on pan fish and electric on larger fish.. for me any way...

[LPS]

I fillet mine and they are my favorite fish I think.  I do like them whole like the pics too though.  I love nords too.  It is so easy to get those Y bones when fileting too.

[glenn57]

no electric, no doofy board just good sharp old knife, a table and my surgical fish cleaning skills!!!!!

[Rebel SS]

Doofy board!? Ok, doofus!   

[glenn57]