My husband and boys went ice fishing Saturday and caught nearly 20 fish. However, they only brought home 12, 11 large perch and a trout. While trout don't have scales (something I didn't know, in spite of the large number of trout I have consumed in my lifetime). Perch have large scales that I ended up cleaning off the fish so that I could cook them for dinner. Because it was so cold outside, I had to do this in my kitchen prep sink. Now I have scales all over my kitchen!
@lynnilou Thanks. They were fabulous! Most of them are in the freezer, but the 2 perch and half a trout we ate were really yummy. My husband doesn't really like fish, but even he said they are good. I've been telling him for years that fresh fish taste nothing like frozen, breaded fish you buy in the store.
