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Crappie: I guarantee that's good eatin!

Folks, you get a couple Texans together, fishin' on a pond, and I guarantee the thing they'll be talking about as they head to shore is cookin' what's on the stringer.

I've been out on the lake with Seth Vanover, and here are a couple of our favorite crappie recipes:

Seth's Favorite Grilled Crappie

  • Butter
  • Crappie fillets
  • Favorite seasoning
  • Foil

Preheat the grill.  Place the crappie fillets on the foil, drizzle with butter, and sprinkle with seasoning.  Make the foil into a pouch.  Place on the grill for seven minutes.  Do not turn!  Dig in!

Note:  Do not overcook.  The fish will get rubbery.

Luke's Favorite Deep Fried Crappie

  • Buttermilk
  • Louisiana Hot Sauce
  • Cornmeal
  • Flour

Preheat the deep fryer or skillet.  Mix hot sauce with buttermilk.  Mix half flour and half cornmeal.  Dip fillets in buttermilk.  Dredge in cornmeal/flour mixture.  Fry.

Outdoors writer, radio host and book author Luke Clayton has been addicted to everything outdoors related since his childhood when he grew up hunting and fishing in rural northeast Texas. Luke pens a weekly newspaper column that appears in over thirty newspapers.