Filleting Reds

[catch.and.fillet]

Before I had a boat and fished no more than twice a year with my dad and fada-in-law below Houma, I'd keep the belly meat off of the slot reds and fry dat up. The bones were big and spaced out so it was easy to pick the meat. They are some small bones at the top that we'd cut away...I'd freeze 'em and throw in the pot when frying turkeys at Thanksgiving for the neighborhood, along with oysters, cornish hens, rabbit and froglegs...These days, it ain't wasting meat - it's about time and hassle, and I don't fry as much anymore.

Looks like he's cutting good reds on the half shell to me....I'm trying this next time...