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Step 4 of 5 · Catch, Keep, and Cook a Panfish

Pan-dress if fillets feel like surgery

Pan-dress if fillets feel like surgery — step 4 of 5 in Catch, Keep, and Cook a Panfish. Gut, rinse the cavity, scales off with a spoon toward the head, head off if you like. Pan-size bluegill cook whole just fine.

Pan-dress if fillets feel like surgery — step 4 photo from Catch, Keep, and Cook a Panfish

Free fishing tip: Pan-dress if fillets feel like surgery (step 4 of 5 from "Catch, Keep, and Cook a Panfish").

Gut, rinse the cavity, scales off with a spoon toward the head, head off if you like. Pan-size bluegill cook whole just fine. You are allowed to be a beginner with a whole fish.

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