Whole Fish Cooking

[SportFishStaff]

Hey Gang,
Whats your opinion on cooking whole fish.

Salt Crusted?



Whole deep fried? This is very good but you need to be set up for it.


Grilled? I had a whole sea bass grilled at Lucky Bones in Cape May this winter it was very good, but a little pricy


What fish do you use?
I've done sea bass and snappers, I'd like to do stripers but with the size restrictions that is a tough one to do.
Thanks Tim

[Kahi]

I love whole fish on the grill..branzino marinated in Olive oil, lemon and fresh herbs....score the flesh and grill on a super hot grill...I also love whole smelts, deep fried....

[Patudo]

Small whole pompano dolphin, often quite common and easy to catch by running a tiny lure back in the spread. Totally delicious grilled.