I was told that the fishermen who named crappie did so because the fish was so good to eat that he felt this name would discourage people from keeping this fish.
Is this a myth or fact?
Do you keep pan fish and how do you clean and cook?
Are Crappie really crappie
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Wallyboss
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I prefer a plate of crappies, to a plate of walleyes.
I find that the best way to clean them is using an Electric Filleting knife.
I have tried them 2 different ways.
Deep fried with Fish crisp or in butter with flour and lemon pepper.
I find that the best way to clean them is using an Electric Filleting knife.
I have tried them 2 different ways.
Deep fried with Fish crisp or in butter with flour and lemon pepper.
When hell freezes over, I'll be there icefishing!!!
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Dont keep us in suspense Dan...which one was better fish crisp or the lemon pepper??Wallyboss wrote:I prefer a plate of crappies, to a plate of walleyes.
I find that the best way to clean them is using an Electric Filleting knife.
I have tried them 2 different ways.
Deep fried with Fish crisp or in butter with flour and lemon pepper.
Fishing isn't a matter of life and death....
It's much more important.
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It's much more important.
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Different taste Both really good. The trick is not to overcook it then it taste mushy.almontefisher wrote:Dont keep us in suspense Dan...which one was better fish crisp or the lemon pepper??Wallyboss wrote:I prefer a plate of crappies, to a plate of walleyes.
I find that the best way to clean them is using an Electric Filleting knife.
I have tried them 2 different ways.
Deep fried with Fish crisp or in butter with flour and lemon pepper.
When hell freezes over, I'll be there icefishing!!!
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Please feel free to stand in front of them!!!
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catfishHunter wrote:I know that I have seen a "crappie" on the Ontario fish identification charts but does crappie just mean bluegills, pumpkinseed, and maybe perch? I have found perch to be very good with the beer batter and was thinking i might give the bluegills a go after trout season.
Crappie is not Crapets in french, Crappies is mariganes in french.
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Not sure how they got their name (Google let me down!!). What I did find out that Crappie comes from the french word Crapet. However Cappie in french is Marigane noire. Pumkinseed sunfish are Crapet-soleil.
http://www.mrn.gouv.qc.ca/faune/peche/p ... -noire.jsp
http://www.mrn.gouv.qc.ca/faune/peche/p ... soleil.jsp
They do taste great! My favorite fish. In fact all panfish are delisious (just alot of work to clean). Rock bass stink when you clean them but still taste good.
The larger ones I will fillet. The smaller ones I'll gut, scale, take the head of and fry in butter. You can stuff the body cavity if you want. If you cook them just right the skin peels off and the meat falls of the bones.
I fish a lot with my kids so we get into a lot of panfish. We release most of them but keep the ones we gut hook.[/url]
http://www.mrn.gouv.qc.ca/faune/peche/p ... -noire.jsp
http://www.mrn.gouv.qc.ca/faune/peche/p ... soleil.jsp
They do taste great! My favorite fish. In fact all panfish are delisious (just alot of work to clean). Rock bass stink when you clean them but still taste good.
The larger ones I will fillet. The smaller ones I'll gut, scale, take the head of and fry in butter. You can stuff the body cavity if you want. If you cook them just right the skin peels off and the meat falls of the bones.
I fish a lot with my kids so we get into a lot of panfish. We release most of them but keep the ones we gut hook.[/url]
Wikipedia:
The common name (also spelled croppie or crappé), derives from the Canadian French crapet, which refers to many different fishes of the family Centrarchidae. Note that the plural form of the name, crappies, tends not to be used, by analogy with fishes, except to refer to types of crappie. Other names for crappie are papermouths, strawberry bass, speckled bass or specks (especially in Michigan, speckled perch, calico bass (throughout New England)[9], sac-au-lait (in southern Louisiana, lit "bag of milk")[10] and Oswego bass.
So, I guess we can blame all French Canadians. They were to selfish and wouldn't want others to enjoy the taste, but the cat is out
BM
The common name (also spelled croppie or crappé), derives from the Canadian French crapet, which refers to many different fishes of the family Centrarchidae. Note that the plural form of the name, crappies, tends not to be used, by analogy with fishes, except to refer to types of crappie. Other names for crappie are papermouths, strawberry bass, speckled bass or specks (especially in Michigan, speckled perch, calico bass (throughout New England)[9], sac-au-lait (in southern Louisiana, lit "bag of milk")[10] and Oswego bass.
So, I guess we can blame all French Canadians. They were to selfish and wouldn't want others to enjoy the taste, but the cat is out
BM
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A few years ago, I decided to keep and eat a couple of crappie that I had caught through the ice. I now actually like to go ice fishing for crappie and was more than happy to shell out a couple hundred on a flasher to help me in getting some.
It's a wonderful tasting fish and I prefer it to walleye. I usually have the crappie for breakfast. Fried in butter with lemon pepper, a couplr of sunny-eide-ups, some fried potatoes and toast.
They are also fun to catch on the fly rod come spring. Some real slabs are more than willing to slurp a small chunk of dead deer off the surface.
It's a wonderful tasting fish and I prefer it to walleye. I usually have the crappie for breakfast. Fried in butter with lemon pepper, a couplr of sunny-eide-ups, some fried potatoes and toast.
They are also fun to catch on the fly rod come spring. Some real slabs are more than willing to slurp a small chunk of dead deer off the surface.
