I was wondering if anyone knows of an efficient way to prepare small bluegill. Catching bluegill to keep my pond in balance is lots o fun, but I really hate wasting fish. Does anyone know of a good way to prepare small bluegill (ones that are too small to fillet practically)? I heard that you could clean/scale them and put them in some type of meat grinder and eat the patties (bones and all). Anyone else have any experience with this?