Growing up, living at a fish camp for 8yrs. and having Friday night fish fry’s for 6yrs. of those yrs., we’ve tried the the different methods on each species of freshwater fish and found that people couldn’t consistently tell a difference. Fish that were soaked in saltwater vs salted just prior to frying. Soaked in milk, buttermilk overnight vs dipped in milk or milk/egg just prior to cooking. Clean water soaking vs throughly cleaned and rinsed prior to cooking. Since then I’ve always cleaned and rinsed throughly prior to double-wrapping and freezing and/or lightly salting fillets prior to cooking. I would recommend using whichever method suits you and your family best.
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