Red and I are partial to walleye but smoked is our favorite way to eat them. I just baste them with olive oil and sprinkle lemon pepper and toss them on the grill with the skin left on.
Well I got 1 keeper walleye yesterday and several really nice crappie. I cleaned most of them today but filleted one and left the skin on. It went on the smoker with the walleye. I left the biggest ones on ice till we gave the smoked crappie the old taste test.
They were as good as the smoked walleye. So I went back and cleaned the rest of them leaving the skin on. They got rinsed and patted down with paper towels. Now they are in freezer bags waiting for me to thaw and smoke next week.
I'll be keeping more like this is thawing and smoking is as good as just smoking right off the cleaning table.
