Anyone ever actually eat the bait? - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

ctfphoto · 10-12-2011, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBentRod

Did you scale them? How easy are they to butterfly?

I left the scales on, and what happened is when I cleaned and beheaded them, I noticed a large backbone as the bait was quite large. I grabbed the backbone at the head end and pulled it and it came out nicely ending in a butterfly. Did the same for the other two and worked just as good. Leaves a few small bones you can eat or discard.

pchen911 · 10-12-2011, 01:11 PM

Smelt and Grunions are essentially the same.

I go through hundreds of them during grunion run season.

Easiest way to prepare is to scale, salt, dust in flour, and deep fry. Then just eat around the bones and gut.

No need to gut them or fillet them. Easy to prepare when you have a bucket of hundreds at a time.

People have been eating them this way forever. Not so popular now, but in the 70s and 80s it was a very popular thing to do. Goes great with beer.

10-12-2011, 01:11 PM	#2
pchen911 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 218	Smelt and Grunions are essentially the same. I go through hundreds of them during grunion run season. Easiest way to prepare is to scale, salt, dust in flour, and deep fry. Then just eat around the bones and gut. No need to gut them or fillet them. Easy to prepare when you have a bucket of hundreds at a time. People have been eating them this way forever. Not so popular now, but in the 70s and 80s it was a very popular thing to do. Goes great with beer.