Who makes the best fish fry?

Zats Crispy Southern I’ll be using 4 boxes today frying trout and gator. Crowd pleaser fo sho.

Louisiana Blue

Zatarain's unseasoned and I season it myself.
I don't like the seasoned.

My preferences:

Louisiana Blue Bag
Crawcane

I like the Crawcane flavor, but it is more "floury", and I like a bit more cornmeal, so many times I'll mix the above two.

I've used LA Red Bag a couple times, but my preference is to sprinkle some cayenne pepper on the fish fillets or shrimps themselves, then sit in the fridge a few hours, rather than all the heat be in the batter. Tend to find the red bag too overpowering for the good seafood flavor. Would probably work best for frying something like gator or crawfish tails.

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Louisiana Blue Bag

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presume red is spicy and yellow is added lemon. I prefer lemon with my fish, is all else the same between the batters?

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No, they are not the same with different seasoning. Some have higher concentrations of corn meal and others have more corn flour.

I am not a huge fan of Louisiana blue bag. But I am probably in the minority.

Depends on what fish I am frying and what I will be doing with it.

For a delicate sweet fish like sacalait I prefer a batter with more corn four like Zatarains with lemon. However I only like using this in small batches. It doesn’t maintain its crunch in big batches.

For fish poboys or cooking for large groups of people I like a crunchier batter. For a crunchier batter with more corn meal I like Zatarains southern style or more recently Creative Cajun Cooking’s Back Porch Fish fry which has a good lemon flavor.

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Some have higher concentrations of corn meal and others have more corn flour.

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If anyone is interested in making their own fish fry, there is a grind in between corn flour and corn meal called cream meal. It's ideal for fried fish in my experience but it's hard to find retail.

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