The dish consists of a mouth-watering pile of battered and fried seafood, comprised of local white-flesh favorites like striped bass, cod, and halibut, plus shrimp, octopus, squid, scallops ...

Whether you live close to the ocean with easy access to cod, halibut, and striped bass, or you grew up in the Midwest feasting on perch, walleye, and bluegill, a big fried fish dinner is a beloved ...