On the bone butterflied....Cut a slit on both side the head ...Stick knife point in by top fin and cut to end of fin...Use catfish skinners and pull skin off...Cut about 1/4 in. down on top n bottom fin and pull from tail to head...All fin bones come out...Cut off head n gut...Cut from top to ribs on each side backbone....Do not cut off tail...Fry back side down first....

I'm with this guy ! :cheers:

I once called my grandmaw n grandpaw and asked them if they wanted some fried perch...Well I fillet'ed them and brought them and got my butt chewed wanting to know where the perch was.....According to them it was a waste to fillet a perch or sac a lait....I guess it was better than the butt woop'n I got for other things.....ha ha ha ha ha.....

Sumpin wrong with ^^^^^^^^^ guy too :grinpimp:

Yep, love bream but my favorite on the bone is goggle eye

Them goggle eyes are great fish. There's a small pond just a couple miles from the house that has some good ones in certain spots. Once I find em with crickets I like to start throwing a jig to them. I really want to get a fly rod and catch them on that.

LoL ... Ate my share of bream and goggle eyes as a kid living in Marksville.

Throw in "shoe" pick and gar both fried, on a grill, or in patties ... Goo in white gravy to catfish in red gravy.

The older I get the more I lean on baked fillets of 14" bass or trout only with an occasional flounder.

Mostly a catch and release guy now days though.

But gotta say ... If I had to have bream now ... It better be fried whole so I can pick the bone and eat the crunchy tail and fins ! :D

Goggle eye are fun to catch too