Like all things ponds "that depends". My grandma would scale them, gut them, cut off their heads, roll them in flour and fry them. She'd clean fish down to 5"-6" long. Personlly I'd like them bigger to fillet them. 8" or bigger.

LMB, same goes, depends on how you want to clean them. Scaled, gutted and beheaded, 10" or larger cook just fine. 8" too!


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