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Ice Fishing Tips -Check your local regulations! => Bluegill => Topic started by: firsticerules on Nov 13, 2003, 08:23 PM
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i have never tried bluegill but they are fun to fish for.
does anyone have an input on how they fry up
thanx
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DELICIOUS ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
YUMMY :) :) :) :) :)
What more can you say?
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Blue gills are great prepared just like any other fish. THey are very good for pickling.
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Besides walleye, bluegills are one of my favorite fishys to eat!!!!!!!! ;D ;D
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thanx for those inputs i will try to get some asap.
also any tips on how to catch them.
;D
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BLUEGILLS ARE BY FAR ONE OF THE BEST EATING FISH OUT THERE. OTHER THEN PERCH!!!!!! ;)
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Gills and perch are my 2 favorite fish to eat.
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Gills, some of the best tasting fish there is.
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Most Gills have a thick fillet compared to other small fish. I prefer Crappie, but will get good meat off a 7" gill. A 7" Crappie goes back.
Paul
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of coarse bluegills are good eating and they have a good slab of meat on em too anything under 7" is a pain to clean or over 24 bluegills are just a pain to clean
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'gills & sunnies can't be beat. I cover in heavily peppered flour, dip in a beaten egg (egg won't stick right to a fish, but will to flour), then dip the egg covered fish into plain (unseasoned) bread crumbs. You can add some cayenne to the bread crumbs if you like a little heat.. Man!!!!! ...deeeeelicious! Can't be beat for a Friday fish fry.
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Good eating from open water, unbelievable from hard. Haven't tasted a fish that wasn't better tasting when caught during the winter
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i call them butter chips, i take the fillets and put them in flour, salt, pepper, and lemon pepper...fry them in a pan with lots o butter and you got a great fish fry
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Bluegill are really good eating. I want some
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Gills and perch are my two favs!! They are AWESOME in the winter!
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Gills are very good to eat. They are one of my favs. I do mine with butter and onions rapped in tin foil on the grill. I also do them in what i call homemade fish sticks. Awesome that us all i could say about them. Good luck!!!
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Real fun to catch and real good to eat..
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Gills are very good table fare. My favorite way to cook them is rinse fillets with water, dredge fillets in flour, next dip fillets in beaten eggs, next dip fillets in finely ground Ritz cracker crumbs and fry, YUMMY. As to catching them I prefer a horizontal presentation like a Gill Pill, or Ratfinkie.
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The best there is,have eaten and cleaned thousands over 50 years of ice fishing.I'm blessed with a great lake that has giant gills,9 plus inches,that are true bulls.If you like to eat gills buy an electric knife and enjoy !
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bluegill pizza! ;D
Don't knock it til you try it!!!!!
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Nope! ;D
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Walleye #1, Bluegill #2, can't beat these for taste. I'm getting hungry! Fin
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Some of my favorite right behind perch and walleye (which are about tied).
J-
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They are right under perch, of course Walleye number one, eating blue gills puts me in Ecstasy
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Walleye Bluegill then Trout
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Trout ?
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He must live in Maine ::)
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bluegills are excellent. so good that i am in a little trouble, as the supplies of bluegill fillets in my freezer from last summer are now running low and I haven't yet been able to replenish the stocks with ice caught gills.
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I just fished a meal of fresh fish; perch gills and crappie. Gills are delicious, maybe a tad below perch; crappie after that IMO.
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BLUEGILLS ARE BY FAR ONE OF THE BEST EATING FISH OUT THERE. OTHER THEN PERCH!!!!!! ;)
tell em how you really feel perchy ;) ..... hit power hour yesterday .. in the rain ...
i've got some gills to clean and eat ;D
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Yesterday was good, but I also like the day after a successfull trip. ;) There were also a couple perch to go with. Mixed Italian seasoned crumbs and Panko crumbs in peanut oil. Yes, Bluegills are good to eat!
(http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq14/van_cleaver/DogHouseSaloon-LakeMonroeFeb72011002-1.jpg)
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Hands down brook trout are the best in my opinion. Never had gills though but i love perch pike and walleye!!!!
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Hands down brook trout are the best in my opinion. Never had gills though but i love perch pike and walleye!!!!
I agree... ;D :tipup:
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Gills are good to eat, just takes alot LOL
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Bluegill are mighty tasty.
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Bluegills are some of the best eating fish that swims.
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Perch and Walleye, then 'Gills. Besides frying them I make a panfish chowder with perch and gills.
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wild trout yes, liver raised hatchery trout not so good. gills, seeds,crappies,perch and rockys from cold water are the best eating there is.jmo
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Yesterday was good, but I also like the day after a successfull trip. ;) There were also a couple perch to go with. Mixed Italian seasoned crumbs and Panko crumbs in peanut oil. Yes, Bluegills are good to eat!
(http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq14/van_cleaver/DogHouseSaloon-LakeMonroeFeb72011002-1.jpg)
im hungry just looking at them
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Boy these gills are going to taste like hell.
(http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o90/Tristin211/Wild%20life/SANY0016.jpg)
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Van,the oil looks a little to hot. lol Do you really eat those little 9 inch fish?
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Captain, you may be right; shooting for around 350, but don't use a thermometer. If they come out somewhat golden brown, I'm usually OK with it. ;D As for eating those 9 in. fish; I did release some bigger ones for next time.
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Gills and perch are my 2 favorite fish to eat.
agreed!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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YES ;D
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time to revive this little thread.
frankly, asking if bluegill are good to eat is like asking if a Ferrari is expensive.
also, 9 inch 'gills are "small"? they rarely get to be 10" around here!
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i only keep em if they are over 8 we eventually go down to 7 but anything smaller isnt worth the work well let them get bigger for next year but they are nice and bite size
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I try to stick to 8 also, but I will keep a few 7's if it is slow
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Nothing beats iced BlueGills. YUM!
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Just had a batch from last winter on Friday night. One of the best you can get,a nice thick 8 1/2 to 9 inch chunky fish,makes some of the finest. Dipped in a egg wash then into 4 C'S Italian bread crumbs and deep fried a couple of minutes, moist and flaky white sweet flesh. I'm glad my son and I spanked them last year,we still have several bags in the freezer,because no ice this year and looking bleak.
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I have to agree with everyone that Gillies are good, I on the other hand enjoy crappies even more. We get some very nice Channel Cat around here, funny thing is a lot of guys toss em' on the ice as if they aren't any good. They really don't know what they are missing, especially cold water cats in the 1 to 3 pound class.
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gills and crappie are some of the best tasting fish
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DELICIOUS!!
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these are my beer battered gills from last saturday.
(http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/Duneman101/fried.jpg)
(http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/Duneman101/crappie.jpg)
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Unless a huge gill I prefer to fry whole(after scaling/cleaning) and just fillet on the plate after fried up. Same goes for those yummy hard water crappie.
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Love them! after perch, of course ;) just hate cleaning more than 20 of them, PITA imo-
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#2 in my opinion right behind yellow perch but very close! had some yesterday dipped in egg then in finely ground ritz crackers {my favorite way} drakes fish batter a close second way to prepare them! try them and you will know what its like to be in heaven! blueblade
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gills and crappie are some of the best tasting fish
and perch ;D
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try 'em steamed (not boiled) they are sweet and delicious.
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NOt all bluegill are good eating. Please send samples to me and I will verify whether they are good or not. Locations of hotspots-I mean-where they were caugth would be helpful. No samples will be returned and become the property of this research center.
they determination will be easier if you deliver them fresh to my door.
;)
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Bluegill and salmon are actually the best.
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Does the sun rise in the east?
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Hands down best tasting fish
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Not only do they taste bad, they're no good for you. If you catch any, please send them to me and I will dispose of them properly. :whistle:................... ;D
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Is Obama black
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Is Obama black
not totally! :roflmao:
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Yep, they taste great. As with anything else it comes down to how you cook them and there are a million ways to cook them that's good.
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love bluegill fired with garlic and butter crackers! oh gosh i am so ready for some cold weather bluegills!
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Good things come in small packages. It may take Two dozen nice gills to feed the family but it is cool as heck to see chiken nugget, hot dog, and pizza loving kiddos fighting over the last Bluegill fillet. :P
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Is The Pope Catholic???? ::)