I caught some crappie on a popper?

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Slow bass fishing at the lake this morning. However, weirdly enough, I caught two chunky crappie.... on poppers?

Is that a thing? When I think crappie fishing, I think underwater flies/lures. Not popper flies.

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M_D said:
How do you cook/ prepare them?
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As I remember (it's been a long time), just scale 'em, slit the belly from the arse hole to the gills & remove the organs, cut the head off, & fly 'em in Crisco/lard. Thinking about cleaning & cooking them brings back so many fond memories of fishing Southern Indiana gravel pits with my Grandparents with cane poles and crickets & worms......

Watch out for bones & enjoy. :):):)

EDIT - Forgot the fins......... cut all the fins off.......
 
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For a change of pace, crappie with crushed up Tim's jalapeno potato chips as breading are excellent. Works good on other panfish / bottomfish as well.
SF
 
Stonedfish said:
For a change of pace, crappie with crushed up Tim's jalapeno potato chips as breading are excellent. Works good on other panfish / bottomfish as well.
SF
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As someone who has to minimize carb intake I discovered this year that crushed up pork rinds works very well for this as well. They come in all sorts of flavors, and you can actually buy tubs of finely crushed rinds specifically for this purpose as well.

Game changing for someone like me.
 
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Nick Clayton said:
As someone who has to minimize carb intake I discovered this year that crushed up pork rinds works very well for this as well. They come in all sorts of flavors, and you can actually buy tubs of finally crushed rinds specifically for this purpose as well.

Game changing for someone like me.
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Nick,
Good to know as I've been on a weight loss and carb reduction crusade lately.
SF
 
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