Leaving skin on fish
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I remember as a kid all the fish we would catch everything was descaled and fried in a pan. It didn't matter what species of fish and they tasted good and as I remember, not that big of issue to eat with the bones or skin on them. A hassle with bones but everything kind of just fell off and the bones wasn't a huge issue.
The last few walleyes I have caught I descaled, took of fins etc. and cut in half or in 3 large pieces and froze. Does anyone do that any more or does everyone just fillet them?
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Re: Leaving skin on fish
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There are a lot of omega 3's in the skin, depending on the species.
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Re: Leaving skin on fish
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^ true the skin contains most of the oils.
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Re: Leaving skin on fish
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I remember as a kid all the fish we would catch everything was descaled and fried in a pan. It didn't matter what species of fish and they tasted good and as I remember, not that big of issue to eat with the bones or skin on them. A hassle with bones but everything kind of just fell off and the bones wasn't a huge issue. We did all our pumpkinseed sunfish the way you describe...Those were good days Snowy...
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Re: Leaving skin on fish
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As a kid that’s how I did fish (yes been cleaning fish since I was a bout 10). But later in my 20’s I learned how to skin even little fish, and it is way quicker. But I do remember eating scales fish
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Re: Leaving skin on fish
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For me it depends on the type of fish and what way it will be cook. Descale some and cut off the head and gut and some just gut and remove the gills let the skin with the scales on or just fillet them and remove the skin .
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Re: Leaving skin on fish
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Scaling a walleye is tough but I scale most of my sunfish and crappies and keep the skin on. My wife doesn't like the skin on so I skin fillet some for her with the skin off. I think it is tough to beat a skin on bluegill for taste.
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Re: Leaving skin on fish
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Awesome! Yes, bluegill and pan fish I descale and leave skin on them. Well, I'm going to do a few more like that, hopefully tonight I catch a few more. Thanks
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Re: Leaving skin on fish
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we always did perch skin on egg wash and dry breading
did a nice northern pike last night ,but I did skin it. son caught one that was 35 inches long fed the whole family with enough left for fish sandwiches today.
beer battered and fried in a skillet on the grill , the kids love beer batter
we ate smoked chubs more when I was a kid , smoked just gutted and gilled , we pealed the skin back with a fork then pulled the meat off the bones with our teeth.
love a good trout boil , white fish are good also , my dad saves me some of the lake trout and steel head he catches , my mom prefers salmon not as oily she says. I will take all the trout he wants to give me.
he also fillets a bunch an leaves skin on he will smoke fillets skin on the stay together better that way. We also grill them in foil packets skin on then it comes right off the skin when you serve.
I think a lot of commercially caught fish is just headed and gutted let the chef decide how to fillet it themselves.
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Re: Leaving skin on fish
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Amen Small panfish get scaled then I fillet off of the spine. When I get to the tail the second time, cut the spine. Cut out ribs... Butterflied, skin on fillets with the tail as a handle before being a crispy snack. Delicious.
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Re: Leaving skin on fish
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We skin most of what we eat. Offshore fish like tuna dolphin grouper triggerfish and wahoo need to be skinned. Wahoo skin can be eaten but I don’t like it. Speckled trout and flounder skin taste fine but I’d rather skin than scale. Sheepshead and drum skin is too tough to eat and the scales are like armor.
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Re: Leaving skin on fish
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Interesting and thanks. I think that was mostly the deal never knew how to fillet so scale them out and eat. lol
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Re: Leaving skin on fish
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I mostly fish for trout. I used to scale the skin then fry it up but I fillet them now. I remember how good the skin was fried to a crisp I may have to do it again. When cooked with the bones in it’s not hard at all to pull the bones out, just grab the front part and peel it back. If it’s cooked right the meat just falls off the bones.
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