Prefered crappie size for eating?
For the purpose of Eating crappie, Whats the average preferred size most people like to keep for eating. I like to keep the 1lbs to 1-1/2 lbs for eating, they are easier to clean, they have good sized fillet, they fry up a lot better without falling apart. I have found that the 2+ pound crappie really work a fillet knife over, they crumble real bad taking them out of the skillet to. Also those really big crappie are the brood stock for the spawn as well. When it comes to eating crappie I have found that bigger is not always better.
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