Catch, Clean & Cook Small Bream & Crappie The Old Fisherman Way 

If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a shortage of fishing poles.

It’s a shame that America has gotten away from the simple life. Thank you for making this video. I fish almost every day here in Central Texas. Sometimes I’m the only person on the lake while everyone else is busy chasing bill money. Live simple. Love God.

Looks very yummy. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication. You give a lot for us to enjoy . God bless . Life is good . Ii just turned 78 the 30th of August and I’m still fishing and enjoying life . God has really blessed me .

The Lord provides us with so many good thing on this planet. Gracias

That is so sweet of you to feed your Sissy! What a great brother you are!

Excellent video! Thank you. The Lord's plan is for you to be the great fisherman that you are, and educate others through your videos. You've been a big influencer for me.

I really like these Old Fisherman cooking videos. Makes me hungry just watching.

“Wut you done caught!” 😂 Love it

Hey brother, this is one of the best bluegill and crappie fishing videos I have ever watched. Great job. God bless you and your family.

Thanks for all that video work! Not many people go the full monty and show all the work that goes into being... the old fisherman!

That was much appreciated! Just wished I could have pulled up a chair and had a bite. Thanks for taking the time to show the rest of us how to make a proper mess of fish. 😊👍

I'm sorry for your loss my friend. Thank you for sharing your trip & recipe with us. God bless you

Awesome. You are making me hungry. I know you enjoyed yourself. Thank you for sharing

Phenomenal job sir and please remember to keep pushing with faith and your continuous prayers

Great video!! Best eating are the bream in my opinion! Thanks Steve!!!

Great video old fisherman God Bless you Old Fisherman

I am from Alabama my father and I would enjoy catching bass for the tuggle war and throw them back for another day. But agree with you crappie and bream stayed in the boat. Crappie is excellent, but nothing compares to the sweet meat of bream. Mother alway used your recipe being a Louisiana woman. Nothing compares ! Thank you for teaching others what Southern Delights are all about!

Plain corn meal hands down best way to do it. Any seasoning takes away from that great panfish taste

First time I've come across one of your videos. I have to tell you, I did triple-take when I saw you in the kitchen. You are a dead ringer for my last manfriend. You could be twins, I swear. I enjoyed the video because I live on a lake where I can catch these fish all day long. I enjoy seeing how others clean and cook them. I feel most any fish caught and eaten the same day is the way to go. Otherwise, I make chowder. To freeze, I put water in the bag with the fish. They don't get frost-bitten that way. Nice video, Sir!

The 2 fork method is the best way to do it!

Lol , Old Fishermen didn't have remote trolling motors and forward facing sonar. Love your shows.

You cook those fish up like I would cook up the yellow belly bullhead catfish , looks tasty 😋

I lost my Fishing Buddy in 2015 & haven't Fished or Crabbed since, we were a Team. Your video is just Fabulous & WOW your fish cooked looked amazing. I would be so proud to sit at your Table if invited. Cheers Denise- Australia

Howdy, old fisherman! Thank for taking us with you on your fishing adventure and for the awesome knowledge you provide to the fishing community especially the youngsters like me who's goal is to enjoy fishing and processing it the right way. Keep up what you do and happy catchin' and cookin'. Cheers from a fellow fisherman in the Nevada Desert! God bless.

Yep You got Me hungry also!! Great video!🐟🐟🎣🎣

One of the most realistic video's I have ever seen on RU-vid. I appreciate you. You remind me of my brother-in-law Stoney. He always fixed his fish like that and ate the tail as well. He called them fish chips.

Oh my, this takes me back. We never notched the fish but I will now. Beautiful. Thank you so very much.

Now I'm hungry at 530 am this morning 😅

My grandma taught me that the tails and fins were the best part, lol. Fantastic eating fish, especially with those tail and fin chips.

My mouth is slobbering watching this video and I am with you. Fried bream of any kind is the best eating fish period.

WOW that was really fast cleaning 👍!! I will definitely try to get em done with your technique!! Thanks and God Bless you 🙏

Grew up eatin em fried whole like that….. video brought back some great family reunion memories. Keep it up and God bless you and your family!!

Great video, Mr. Steve! I myself enjoy eating bream! I’ve never cut the fins out, but I’m definitely gonna try it!

Great video! I grew up in the country and our neighbor about a mile down the road lived an old man who had grown up in the community and had always fished in our pond long before we owned it. After my parents bought the place in the 80's, he continued to fish there just like he always had. I remember my dad saying that he had more right to those fish than we did. The old man would sometimes invite us over to eat fish and this is exactly how he would fry them up. As a kid, I didn't appreciate the bones much but now it's a great memory. RIP Mr. A.J. Harris -East Caney TX

Awesome job Old Fishman 👏. Keep it coming.

Just found you and subscribed thats whst I grew catch and estting with my fsther and mother their in heaven now but you bring back so many wonderful memories thank you so much hungry in Alabama God bless you

You made my day!I love fishing, water is so polluted in Massachusetts I don't freshwater fish catch clean and cook,i miss Alabama ==

Brings back a lot of great memories with my mom and grandparents

looks absolutely delicious!! that's a nice mess of good eatin' size bream. thanks for the video 👍

My Mom And Dad Lived During The Depression! He Always Said If Dey Got Eyes Dey Satisfies lol! Love Dem Fried Tight Eyes!!

Thank you! It makes me wanna go out there and fish. Best way to clean and cook them. Subscribed!

Those look so good! Made me fish hungry. That's exactly the way I cook them except I put corn meal in a zip lock bag and after I salt & pepper I throw the fish in and close the bag and shake it around. It coats them really good and it's faster. Thanks for the video

Thats my favorite way to clean and eat fish too! More people should try it.

Great job 👍👍 good complete instructions on catch clean and COOK!! Thanks!

45:36 I'm super glad I watched!!! The tail is the best, its like a crispy fish potato chip! I somehow knew you were going to eat it! Love this video and the recipe and cook'in show!

Other than catfish, I have never had any other type of freshwater fish. I now have the opportunity to do some freshwater fishing in Arkansas on a regular basis and am now looking forward to catching some and cooking it exactly the way you do! Thanks for the videos.

My daddy never had a boat so he would pond fish. He loved bream and that is about all he would fish for. Hard to beat the taste of bream. You have some of the best size here to eat. Man o man.

great job old fisherman, hope you made it through the storm ok!

Plateful of fried panfish looks delicious.

Great video Mr Steve Thanks for sharing 👍🎣🎣👍

You remind me of my grandpa....we would fish out of his 14ft aluminum semi-v with an old Johnson 9.5 hp pull-start...we would go to a shady cove and fish with worm and bobber usually...He would keep and clean most any fish.. back in the early 70's in Arkansas...These guys who just fish for bass and throw them back are strange in my book....my grandpa and me ate many a bass....to me the whole point is to catch them....then eat them....grandpa never froze fish...usually ate that day....he also had a blue toolbox...and could fix almost anything with the tools in that one toolbox

Great video sir!! Thank you for your time and effort!

THANK YOU CAPTAIN 😊🙏💓❤❤!!!!!!!!!

Cheers from London! Nice catch. Happy fishing! 👍

You're the best Steve! Makes me hungry!

Man, I would love to get on a big school of bream/bluegill like that. You fried them up the same way I do. Mr. Steve, the way my mama used to do!

I love the way you have cameras set up at your house.

You’re a lot of fun to watch. Always wanted to learn how to cook bluegill, like your way of cleaning and cooking looks good. Have to go now and catch some bluegill. From Missouri the “Show me State” and you do a pretty good job of doing it too.

Great video! I agree with you that bluegill and shellcracker bream the best to eat! I love to catch too!

Yes sir, that right there is some mighty fine eating. Love the tails too.

Amazing! Thank you very much sharing ❤

Thank you sir! My granddaddy used to take us fishing and we’d have a big fish fry. Mmmmm that fish baptized in hot grease is so good. Hoping to take my young son fishing soon

Always enjoy your videos. Thanks

Steve those fish sure looked good. Made me hungry for some myself. Might have to get some ready to cook later this afternoon. I sure enjoy the videos. Love to watch you catching those strippers on the flutter spoon. I guess that might work on the hybrids up here in Lake Norman North Carolina. I usually fish the Yadkin chain for crappies. Thanks for sharing.

Can't get any better eating than that

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Another Good One Old Fisherman!

Like number 168. Well you gone and done it this time . You made the perfect video. That was awsome . Now that's what I call a complete video from the lake to the table. Loved it brother 👍🏻🎣🎣🙏

Great tutorial from start to finish. Yelp, that's good eating. Enjoying one of God's many creations. Keep that film rolling 🎣 🎥.

Old Fisherman you are the man. I fish Lake Wylie and Wateree. Would love to meet up with you sometime and go fishing

Good catch! First time watching!

Heading to Lake Okeechobe in the morning to do some bass and crappy fishing with my son, can't wait.

Really like the catch , clean and cook bream

You got to love that!! Great video.

6:49 that was a big bluegill!

Hopefully one day soon Ill be fishing everyday, just gotta get this last kid out of high school, then its time for Sunburns, and fish guts.

Got ta love it lol thanks for another great video Steve

Fine cooking Brother, hope you have some coleslaw and french fries you be ready for a nap

I enjoyed the video,now that's my kind of eating

Beautiful fish cooking nice 🙏🏼🥘

We having fish tonight . Thanks for the tips 👍

awesome vid. ty and God bless

GOD BLESS YOU TO BOSS✨☺❤❤❤!!!!!!!!!

The Trout Magnet & Glup Alive 1" Minnows is a great combo, I catch lots of fish with it . . nice vid :)

Yes sir

Very familiar stuff. Keep it up. I love it.

This is classic...salt, pepper, and cornmeal. I might have added some Old Bay to the cornmeal. It doesn't matter, it don't get more basic or delicious than this. This is the fish my Grandpa made, and I remember the dozen or so relatives that spent the whole weekend at his house loving it. Big huge pot of beans, a ton of cornbread, maybe some fried rabbit, all kinds of fish fried in this manner, big, huge skillet of fried potatoes, and whatever was ready from the garden. All the kids sleeping on the living room floor. Lighting farts in our underware in the dark and laughing so hard it hurt ...had to throw that in lol

I filet one side, score the other side..frys up most of the bone..been doing it like this for years...going to get some bream soon

Greatest fisherman I know

were having a family fish fry tomorrow luv your videos 👍

Liked and subscribed 👍enjoyed your channel Aloha and happy new year 🤙

fried up some lake greenwood shellcracker today like this and it was delicious. can't beat fresh fish 👍

The fins are the best part lol good catching though keep it up

++Goodness gracious ypu just took me back to when I was a young boy and plain cornmeal is great.

Nice videos. I just wanted to say that if you're into self made tools you can screw some metal bottle caps to a stick and use it as a fish scaler. I used a shaped piece of cedar with 3 bud light caps to make mine and it works great.

Bluegills taste great. Awesome video.

Great video!!!

I’ve never fished but I enjoyed this video made me wanna buy a boat n catch fish

First time viewer and I'm already a fan.

Really good video ol fisherman

👍😊😍❤️🥰👏 watching from Philippines 🇵🇭