What do you think is the very best way.

[cook]

Wannabe,just got back from the Post Office,couldn't afford overnight,so your 2# of crappie are coming regular ground delivery.They should be there mon/tue they said.
Couldn't use ice because of the extra weight/expense....so I put a stringer in the box-you can use mine as the stringer control group!!
Good luck and enjoy

[Cane Pole]

I think ya'll are all full of hooey. I can tell the difference all day long on how the fish are handled. Yes sir, there's only one way to settle this once and for all.

Here are ya'lls assignments: Each of you bring 2 pounds of fish cared for in your respective way that you think is best - Ice, livewell, bag with 2 liter bottles, frozen in water or vacuum packed dry.

We'll meet up at my house Monday night at 6PM and Whitecap will cook them all. I'll sample a generous portion from each batch and I'll be able to tell you on the spot exactly how it was handled and probably which lake and depth it came from as well as the ph of the water. And if I'm even wrong one time, I'll say I'm sorry.

There, the gauntlet is thrown down. Now who's gonna cowboy up?

Wannabe...

Pretty much a livewell deal or ice for me. I can't taste the difference myself.

[joejv4]

A basket while I'm on the lake, transfer to a bucket for the 5 minute drive home.

I'll be happy to provide the taste-testing for folks a bit farther North. Gonna need a cook, then I'll give y'all the same stats as Wannabe does for the southern gentlemen.

[Matt Smith]

There, the gauntlet is thrown down. Now who's gonna cowboy up?.

Anyone who has bad tasting fish because those like me won't just give up good fish!

hehe

[ad1974]

I just throw mine in the livewell,they taste good when cleaned and cooked.

[TxBigRed]

Wannabe,just got back from the Post Office,couldn't afford overnight,so your 2# of crappie are coming regular ground delivery.They should be there mon/tue they said.
Couldn't use ice because of the extra weight/expense....so I put a stringer in the box-you can use mine as the stringer control group!!
Good luck and enjoy

Now that there is funny.............

Dave

[Sea Nymph]

Any Body Ever Scale A Few, Leaving The Skin On Is Not To Bad For A Change.

[jimdiana]

I'm not very good at fillet so I almost always leave the skin on a crappie. I've had them both ways and couldn't tell enough difference to make taking the skin off worthwhile.