I'm going to assume that we've all fried a bunch of fish. I for one, employ a variety of different batters and seasonings. It all depends on the people I'm cooking for, and what type of fish I've got. My two mainstays are seasoned cornmeal for catfish and beer batter for walleye. Beyond these, I'm pretty flexible.
My question is simple. What is your favorite? I don't mean an itemized list of your favorites for every fish you catch. I mean your favorite. Assuming that all you have is a fryer and some oil. What would you bread with, and what fish would you use?
This summer on a fishing trip I had to come up with a shore lunch for 17. The nearest town, Havelock, Ontario was an hour south. On a trip to town the second day, there were three things on my list. Rapalas, beer and fish breading. After getting the first two we made our way to a very small grocery store. They had one choice in breading, Rocky Madsen's Original Fish Crisp. I'd seen it at Cabela's before, but it wasn't Drake's or Andy's so I had seen no reason to buy it.
The next day, dinner was as silent as a church. 17 people obliterated 12 pounds of perch and sunfish. I might never have a better fry than I had that day.
From now on, for me, it's Rocky Madsen's Original on panfish.
