Chicago Sunfish

[Bill "Musky" Modica]

On occasion, I work in the windy city.....one of my superiors asked me if I wanted to see a cool fish market...I said yes. We stopped at the corner of Halsted and Fulton Place for a peek....this place was awesome....it was literally a self serve fish market.....all types of fresh fish laying on crushed ice....everything I put a nose to smelled very fresh....Walleyes, Crappies, Sunfish, Striped Bass, Perch....this place was the bomb....grab a pair of gloves, a plastic bag....grab what you want, bring it to the weighing official....get your ticket, and pay the man....I bought 3/4 lb of fresh filleted lake perch for $8.....breaded them, and fried them like a concerned cardiologist....they were awesome!......I had to take these pics...@ 60% waste...the sunfish would be comparable.

[Vince Fusco]

This is a first for me as well, Jim. They do look fresh.

[Jim Gronaw]

What's the scoop? Are they commercially caught, or brought in by the Spoon Chuckers Association of America?

I have never seen sunfish in any fish market in the Mid Atlantic. Cool!