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are bluegill good eating
« on: Nov 13, 2003, 08:23 PM »
i have never tried bluegill but they are fun to fish for.
does anyone have an input on how they fry up

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Re:are bluegill good eating
« Reply #1 on: Nov 13, 2003, 09:16 PM »
DELICIOUS ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re:are bluegill good eating
« Reply #2 on: Nov 14, 2003, 08:46 AM »
Blue gills are great prepared just like any other fish. THey are very good for pickling.

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Re:are bluegill good eating
« Reply #3 on: Nov 14, 2003, 08:51 AM »
Besides walleye, bluegills are one of my favorite fishys to eat!!!!!!!! ;D ;D
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Re:are bluegill good eating
« Reply #4 on: Nov 14, 2003, 10:58 AM »
thanx for those inputs i will try to get some asap.
also any tips on how to catch them.

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Re:are bluegill good eating
« Reply #5 on: Nov 14, 2003, 10:40 PM »
BLUEGILLS ARE BY FAR ONE OF THE BEST EATING FISH OUT THERE. OTHER THEN PERCH!!!!!! ;)
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Re:are bluegill good eating
« Reply #6 on: Nov 14, 2003, 11:00 PM »
Gills and perch are my 2 favorite fish to eat.
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Re:are bluegill good eating
« Reply #7 on: Dec 02, 2003, 06:53 PM »
Gills, some of the best tasting fish there is.
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Re:are bluegill good eating
« Reply #8 on: Dec 24, 2003, 11:16 AM »
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.

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Re:are bluegill good eating
« Reply #9 on: Dec 25, 2003, 12:22 AM »
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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Re: are bluegill good eating
« Reply #10 on: Jan 16, 2011, 07:13 PM »
'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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Re: are bluegill good eating
« Reply #11 on: Jan 16, 2011, 07:32 PM »
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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Re: are bluegill good eating
« Reply #12 on: Jan 16, 2011, 10:02 PM »
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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Re: are bluegill good eating
« Reply #13 on: Jan 17, 2011, 11:52 AM »
Bluegill are really good eating.  I want some

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Re: are bluegill good eating
« Reply #14 on: Jan 17, 2011, 03:37 PM »
Gills and perch are my two favs!! They are AWESOME in the winter!

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Re: are bluegill good eating
« Reply #15 on: Jan 17, 2011, 05:39 PM »
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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Re: are bluegill good eating
« Reply #16 on: Jan 17, 2011, 05:42 PM »
Real fun to catch and real good to eat..
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Re: are bluegill good eating
« Reply #17 on: Jan 17, 2011, 07:08 PM »
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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Re: are bluegill good eating
« Reply #18 on: Jan 18, 2011, 06:19 AM »
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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Re: are bluegill good eating
« Reply #19 on: Jan 18, 2011, 08:38 PM »
bluegill pizza! ;D


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Re: are bluegill good eating
« Reply #20 on: Jan 18, 2011, 08:39 PM »
Nope!  ;D

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Re: are bluegill good eating
« Reply #21 on: Jan 18, 2011, 11:25 PM »
Walleye #1, Bluegill #2, can't beat these for taste.  I'm getting hungry!  Fin

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Re: are bluegill good eating
« Reply #22 on: Jan 19, 2011, 02:07 PM »
Some of my favorite right behind perch and walleye (which are about tied).

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Re: are bluegill good eating
« Reply #23 on: Jan 20, 2011, 04:12 PM »
They are right under perch, of course Walleye number one, eating blue gills puts me in Ecstasy
      

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Re: are bluegill good eating
« Reply #24 on: Jan 22, 2011, 02:06 PM »
Walleye Bluegill then Trout
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Re: are bluegill good eating
« Reply #25 on: Jan 30, 2011, 07:50 AM »
Trout ?

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Re: are bluegill good eating
« Reply #26 on: Jan 30, 2011, 07:54 AM »
He must live in Maine  ::)

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Re: are bluegill good eating
« Reply #27 on: Feb 01, 2011, 12:38 PM »
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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Re: are bluegill good eating
« Reply #28 on: Feb 01, 2011, 07:15 PM »
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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Re:are bluegill good eating
« Reply #29 on: Feb 06, 2011, 02:30 AM »
BLUEGILLS ARE BY FAR ONE OF THE BEST EATING FISH OUT THERE. OTHER THEN PERCH!!!!!! ;)

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