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Title: Fried Gills "oh my"
Post by: burchett.donald on May 15, 2019, 05:17:09 am

    Went fishing Wednesday and caught some Gills!  The only way for me is to fry them bone in...Start with salting the fish, splash them in an egg/milk wash and cover with corn meal...I like my grease to reach 375 before I drop them...Doesn't take long for them to turn golden brown...Man, I had to be careful of my fingers! Fish is a favorite around my house...
                                                                                                                                                     Don

Title: Re: Fried Gills "oh my"
Post by: sleek on May 15, 2019, 06:58:44 am

Love me some pan fish! Especially bream!

Title: Re: Fried Gills "oh my"
Post by: Russ on May 15, 2019, 02:01:33 pm

I do that with them! its awesome!

Title: Re: Fried Gills "oh my"
Post by: chamookman on May 16, 2019, 01:20:52 am

I do 'Em the same way - MMMMMMMMM  -C- ! Bob

Title: Re: Fried Gills "oh my"
Post by: JW_Halverson on May 16, 2019, 03:07:35 pm

Aw man, I am sick as a dog, haven't eaten in two days and so miserable the dog don't even wanna put up with me...and now this?  Plate of that would wreck a funeral when the dead man bellies up to get a share of that!

Title: Re: Fried Gills "oh my"
Post by: KHalverson on May 16, 2019, 04:37:18 pm

grew up on them fixed just like that.
now my  wife prefers them filleted.
waters still too cold for the gills to turn on here.
its time and I been trying,
water is still in the mid 50s.

Title: Re: Fried Gills "oh my"
Post by: burchett.donald on May 17, 2019, 05:09:11 pm

     JW, I would be the one wrecking the funeral, LOL...Man I have ate more than my share of Gills, I only keep enough for a mess and turn the rest back...
     Kevin, my wife is the same way, if you look closely you will see a few fillets from my trusty electric knife...She hates picking bones...They taste better to me with the bone in for some reason...Maybe that's why I keep biting my fingers?
                                                                                                                                                                          Don

Title: Re: Fried Gills "oh my"
Post by: KHalverson on May 17, 2019, 06:39:22 pm

they do taste better bone in.
but scaled and filleted isn't bad.
we caught a mixed mess of 17 sunnies and gills tonight .
the bass are starting to bed .
hopefully the fishing is gonna pick up.

Title: Re: Fried Gills "oh my"
Post by: Hawkdancer on May 17, 2019, 11:50:20 pm

Would love to get a big channel cat for steaks!  And a bunch of morels on the side!  Haven't seen a bluegill big enough to eat in 40+ years!  Nor a channel cat for that matter!  Maybe this is why I don't eat much fish >:D (lol) (lol)!
Hawkdancer

Title: Re: Fried Gills "oh my"
Post by: burchett.donald on May 18, 2019, 05:50:36 pm

  Caught some more today Kevin, water warming here, was 93 today calling for 99 next Saturday...Time to get on them cat's at night, I hate the heat here in S.C.
  Hawkdancer, get out there and wet a line buddy...Where do you live? Gotta be a gill somewhere...I do favor Channel Cat's over all Catfish for table fare...Love them speckled cats...
                                                                              Don

Title: Re: Fried Gills "oh my"
Post by: Hawkdancer on May 18, 2019, 10:11:12 pm

We're in Colorado, about 5,000 ft above sea level, sort of the transition zone!  I do need to get out and wet a line, in fact we are planning a 3-4 day trip in a couple of weeks!  'Course, got to get the licenses, too >:D
Hawkdancer