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One thing I hate about perch
jonk
Member Posts: 10,121
Lake Erie yellow perch is one of the best, mildest, tastiest eating fish around. But boy do I hate cleaning those little buggers. Even a jumbo is not going to push much bigger than 12 inches or so and the majority run about 8 inches or so.
You can filet them- and get a filet about the size of a large shrimp, probably with a few bones in it as they are needle thin and easy to cut through.
You can scale, cut, and remove head/tail and cook with bones in, but while 99% flakes off the bone, there's always that one that breaks... and ends up in your throat.
That said I just cleaned about 40 of them sunday... [:)]
You can filet them- and get a filet about the size of a large shrimp, probably with a few bones in it as they are needle thin and easy to cut through.
You can scale, cut, and remove head/tail and cook with bones in, but while 99% flakes off the bone, there's always that one that breaks... and ends up in your throat.
That said I just cleaned about 40 of them sunday... [:)]
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I never minded the small fillets, it was all part of the deal.
I MIGHT pay someone to cut up a deer but only if I didn't have some help doing it.