And breading,
What's up with that?

Why bother?
It's going on bread, why additional bread ?
Skip breading all together, please.

Not on fish ,not on pork tenderloin , just skip it.
It does nothing to enhance anything.

Assumption parish Fish Fry has the best cod filet, catfish and even lobster. If you want a sandwich, it’s served without lettuce!

We served 2058 meals tonight, our second best ever!

I love fish sammiches. Walleye rocks! I’m not crazy about lettuce on it but what I don’t understand is why anyone would shred lettuce? For anything. It’s screws up the texture and makes a mess. That’s pointless. Warm soggy lettuce is pointless too.

Burritos on the other hand give me the opposite problem. I can’t remember the last hot burrito I’ve had. Someone takes some nice hot steak off a grill and puts it in a warm tortilla, and proceeds to slather it with a ton of stuff that just came out of a 40° cooler! Cold burritos suck!

Fried Walleye is just killer. But this time of year I wand Cod, coated by someone who perfected their beer batter, fried to perfection, and served on a great bun. No cheese, no veggies, just tartar on the side with Frank's Original Red Hot and I'm a happy man.

Blackened grouper sandwich from “The Grumpy Grouper”in Myrtle Beach.

When you order, ask for the sandwich without the bale of hay.

I’m still fond of the McDonald’s filet of fish. However, the grill at one of our local golf courses makes a fantastic grilled redfish sandwich.

About half-way through this clip is a pretty funny bit about fish sandwiches.

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:

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Originally posted by BRL:
Best fish sandwich I’ve had was fresh grouper in FL.

Yep. Fried grouper sandwich in the Keys. Best one I've had, by far.

Blackened grouper from The Navigator on the Peace River was better than any fish I had in the Keys. Not that you can’t get good fish in the Keys, it’s just my wife always wanted to eat at restaurants on the water and the waterfront restaurant we could afford had mediocre food. My wife once even pointed out that the sandwich at The Navigator was better and half the price.

I solve the lettuce problem at Culver’s by ordering the dinner.

True, things are pricier in the Keys, especially in Key West itself. Marathon is a bit more reasonable.

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Originally posted by bendable:
And breading,
What's up with that?

Why bother?
It's going on bread, why additional bread ?
Skip breading all together, please.

Not on fish ,not on pork tenderloin , just skip it.
It does nothing to enhance anything.

How are you supposed to fry it then?

On a griddle

Fish falls apart

Flakes. It flakes if it’s properly cooked.

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
In a couple of novels I’ve seen sturgeon sandwiches favorably mentioned. I’d like to try one, but I’ve never seen sturgeon offered in San Diego fish markets.

No one else has mentioned sturgeon sandwiches, so apparently no one has had one.

Good luck on that.

Sturgeon fishing goes like this in Nothern Michigan:
Michigan 2025 sturgeon fishing on Black Lake lasts 17 minutes

Michigan's shortest fishing season was back in 2025, but only for 17 minutes.

The 2025 lake sturgeon fishing season on Black Lake in Cheboygan and Presque Isle counties began at 8 a.m. Saturday and ended at 8:17 a.m., when the quota of six sturgeon was reached.

Within three minutes of the season opening, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources sent a text message alert that the first fish had been harvested. It was caught by Gavin Green of Onaway, according to the Cheboygan Daily Tribune.

The rest of the allotted harvest came quickly.

Alerts for additional harvests were sent at 8:05 a.m., 8:07 a.m., 8:08 a.m., 8:14 a.m. and 8:17 a.m.

The largest sturgeon harvested this year was 64 inches long and weighed 78.3 pounds, according to the nonprofit Black Lake Chapter of Sturgeon for Tomorrow, which posted results on social media. It was caught by Austin Dreifuerst, the Cheboygan Daily Tribune reported.

According to the group's post, these are the measurements of the sturgeon in order of harvest:

1. 45.7 inches, 18.8 pounds harvested by Deborah LaLonde
2. 43.5 inches, 18.2 pounds harvested by Gavin Green
3. 46.1 inches, 19 pounds harvested by Keegan Freel
4. 64 inches 78.3 pounds harvested by Austin Dreifuerst
5. 56.7 inches, 41.9 pounds harvested by Dan Sheppard
6. 51 inches, 25.5 pounds harvested by Jared Guelig
7. 60.5 inches, 47.8 pounds harvested by Richard Markowski

Black Lake anglers were allowed to harvest one lake sturgeon and had to report the catch immediately to DNR personnel on the ice.

The season closes after the sixth fish is harvested or five fish have been harvested at the end of any fishing day. If neither scenario had been met, the season would have closed at 2 p.m. Wednesday.

Anglers are notified via text message and on the ice by DNR when the season is over. They also get text messages each time a fish is taken by an angler.

The season includes spearing and hook-and-line fishing. There's no size limit for the lake sturgeon caught.

Last year, the season was canceled for the first time ever due to marginal ice conditions and depeletion of ice on Black Lake.

In 2023, the season lasted 65 minutes and the largest fish caught was a 55.5-inch female that weighed 35.5 pounds.

In 2022, the season only lasted 36 minutes.


History of lake sturgeon in Black Lake

Lake sturgeon are one of the oldest species in the Great Lakes.

The DNR and several entities have been working to rehabilitate lake sturgeon populations in Michigan after they declined dramatically since the 1800s due to habitat loss and degradation and overfishing, according to the DNR.

Michigan prohibited the taking of lake sturgeon statewide in 1928, according to a 2016 management plan for lake sturgeon in Black Lake.

Beginning in 1948, a limited sport fishery for lake sturgeon was allowed on inland lakes open to spearing, which included Black Lake. Anglers were allowed to harvest two sturgeon of at least 36 inches in length during a two-month season that took place in January and February. The minimum length changed to 42 inches in 1952.

In the late 1990s, there were concerns about an apparent decline in the species' population in Black Lake after declining harvest.

Highly restrictive lake sturgeon harvest regulations were placed on Black Lake in 2000. From 2000-09, the fishing season was capped at either nine days or until a five-fish quota was met. The minimum fish size was set at 36 inches and only a limited number of anglers could participate.

In 2010, the number of anglers allowed to participate became unlimited and the season was set at five days or until the state harvest quota was met. The size limit for harvested fish was also removed to help reduce the harvest of mature females. Participation has ranged from 197-330 anglers since the 2010 rule changes.

However, in 2011, four fish over the state limit were harvested and safeguards were put in place to ensure the quota was not surpassed.

Rehabilitation efforts are working, according to the DNR. The population has increased in the past 20 years due to lake sturgeon rearing and stocking efforts, research and protection of spawning adults.

I can't even begin to know how many pounds of Walleye I have caught and eaten. Prepared in every way you can think of. But once you eat fresh Perch out of a frozen lake you will throw every Walleye back.

Fresh crisp lettuce is the key, not old soggy crap. Best fish sandwich I have had is Fiddlers crab on the river Savanah. My favorite local fish sandwich is Rusty Bellys Tarpon Springs and of course Frenchy's Clearwater beach or Dunedin. Always ordered blackened!

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Originally posted by trapper189:
Good luck on that.

Sturgeon fishing goes like this in Nothern Michigan:
Michigan 2025 sturgeon fishing on Black Lake lasts 17 minutes
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Thanks for that info. I’ll quit looking for sturgeon.