I think the best fish I ever ate was flounder which we gigged out of Choctawhatchee Bay. My friend coated them with flour instead of corn meal and to my surprise it was better that way. We did deep fry them.
There used to be a place in Pensacola which served a cheap but delicious mullet platter. When they got it just right they were about as good as it gets.
Take about a 5 pound flounder, after gutting and scaling cut an X on the fleshy side, peel back the meat from the spine, fill with a crab stuffing and bake at 350 for about 45 minutes, absolutely heaven.
Halibut and halibut ‘cheeks’ are just amazing cooked several different ways.
Hubby and I had about 85 pounds of halibut filets and he wanted to give them away vs. taking them home to TX. I told him over my dead body! He didn’t grocery shop so when I told him it was going for about $23/lb. we bought boxes and shipped them back with us on the plane! It was funny as most people in the ticket line at the airport in Anchorage have fish boxes! The TSA guy was asking everyone about their fish stories so I am sure he could write a great book!! Nothing like the rock fish, halibut and canned fresh caught salmon. The cat got some salmon and juice each jar and now she’s a gourmet cat.