Favorite way to cook redfish?

On the half shell

Half shell is the best IMO. Hard to mess that up.

It is hard to mess up any cooking of fish if you ask me. I filet mine all the way out, cut in about a 4 inch piece, season with whatever, Tony's or so, high hot and fast in a black iron skillet then in an onion or Kaiser roll toasted, tartar sauce, lettuce and tomatos.

Grilled on a cedar plank topped with a citrus and horseradish sauce.

Cedar plank redfish

IMO not as good on the half shell when not fresh. If in the freezer awhile I'm going to pan fry, blacken or deep fry.

I cook it all the time and I am not a fan of 1/2 shell.
There is a lot of blood on the meat next to the scales which doesn't taste very good to me.

I filet it leaving just a sliver of meat on the scales and out comes pure white meat. Very little trimming is needed.

Baked topped with crab meat or etouffee is my favorite.

depends on the size of the redfish in question

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Never understood why people generally prefer fried trout over redfish. Redfish has such a better flaky texture. No contest for me.

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Quite the opposite for me. I won't eat redfish at all because, plain and simple, it doesn't taste good to me.

Love to catch them though.

Plain cracklin, or pork skins, is a good sub for crackers.