Fishing in the ozarks

[Ozarkshunter95]

We do somethings a little different in the hills this is sucker gigging the best part if the fish fry on the bank after you kill a mess suckers and carp only

 

[Scott85]

I heard they had too many bones but are good canned.

 

[Ozarkshunter95]

I heard they had too many bones but are good canned.

We score the meat before we fry they are also good canned

 

[R.K.]

I heard they had too many bones but are good canned.

That's the "northern" way of doing it. The method called "scoring" is basically scaling the fish, filleting it skin-on, then slicing it into chips (on the skin), breading and deep frying. The hot oil essentially softens the small bones, and the scoring allows the oil to penetrate deep enough to soften them. Redhorse and hogsuckers are probably some of the best eating suckers, and bled-out buffalo close behind that. The best fish are from clean water, bled, and iced down- some can get a bit muddy/fishy if you're fishing a mud pit.

Quick tutorial below.

 

[Ozarkshunter95]

We have ascoring machine makes every cut at once and no mud here to worry about they are good eating

 

[Bullshot]

I am crying right now at all the suckers I have NOT kept in my life.