Freezing panfish whole and cleaning them later….

  • mrglax
    Posts: 48
    February 13, 2010 at 11:49 pm #1266085

    Yea or Nay?

    Really hate to waste fish, and really hate to get stuck cleaning a couple at a time. There’s 3 frozen on my basement floor right now that I don’t want to deal with. Think I’m just gonna start taking a bucket of water out on the ice with me.

    matt_grow
    Albertville MN
    Posts: 2019
    February 13, 2010 at 11:52 pm #842194

    I’ve let all kinds of fish sit frozen for 3 or 4 days and then clean them. I soak them in a 5 gallon bucket inside for a few hours and clean them at my leisure.

    Not an issue at all.

    mrglax
    Posts: 48
    February 13, 2010 at 11:56 pm #842197

    Good,in the freezer they go then. I’m sure it will be more than 3 or 4 days but oh well, frozen is frozen right

    brian_peterson
    Eagan, MN
    Posts: 2080
    February 14, 2010 at 2:41 am #842234

    I’m with Matt, I’ve let fish sit for a few days before cleaning, no problems here.

    love2fish
    Shoreview, Grand Rapids, MN
    Posts: 1024
    February 14, 2010 at 4:15 am #842252

    Brian you have to remember. Matt is GOD

    John

    Brian Lyons
    Posts: 894
    February 14, 2010 at 4:21 am #842254

    I’ve found that they make much better gravy if you let them hang a few days before cleaning

    Mocha
    Park Rapids
    Posts: 1452
    February 14, 2010 at 3:14 pm #842321

    Freezing and then thawing them later is fine but expect a ton of slime. It doesn’t matter what the species is you will have a ton of slime.

    Whiskerkev
    Madison
    Posts: 3835
    February 16, 2010 at 2:51 pm #842914

    Fine to do but not recommended from my point of view. I like my fish to be fresh fish. I think fish loses a bit of flavor once it has been frozen. Just yesterday I cleaned 10 perch most were still alive and they sure were tasty 3 hours after they were caught.

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    February 16, 2010 at 2:58 pm #842917

    Quote:

    Fine to do but not recommended from my point of view. I like my fish to be fresh fish. I think fish loses a bit of flavor once it has been frozen. Just yesterday I cleaned 10 perch most were still alive and they sure were tasty 3 hours after they were caught.

    X2

    If you don’t feel like cleaning a catch, play catch and release

    mrglax
    Posts: 48
    February 16, 2010 at 5:55 pm #842966

    Quote:

    If you don’t feel like cleaning a catch, play catch and release

    Well that’s fine and all in the summer time but after they lay on the ice for 4 hours all I’m releasing them too is the Eagles or the neighborhood cats.

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    February 16, 2010 at 6:32 pm #842978

    It’s called a 5 gallon bucket and water.

    Don’t take it the wrong way, if you are catching fish and keeping them, why not clean them when you get home? Especially if your talking leaving 3 lay around, what 5 minutes, 8 minutes top to get done? My bet is the longer they lay the more likely the become food for the neighbors cat anyways
    Just my 2 cents worth….you need not like the answer

    Pat Howard
    Sparta Wi
    Posts: 1523
    February 16, 2010 at 7:15 pm #842990

    Catch more fish

    mrglax
    Posts: 48
    February 16, 2010 at 11:52 pm #843078

    Quote:

    Catch more fish

    I’m a little disappointed it took so long for someone to say that, I was expecting that to be about the 3rd of 4th response

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