Never hunted but I have fished. Honestly I've never seen the appeal - seafood is mid at best, cleaning and gutting fish sucks, and I could never seem to get all the little bones out. I guess there was a time when throwing a net in the water would allow one person to feed an entire village in a place where crops didn't grow, but the time for that is long since passed (and we've overfished so much that it isn't economical anymore unless you already own the boats). The best I can figure is that fishing is the closest thing humanity had to gacha/lootboxes before video games - you pay a lot in terms of time and you get randomly rewarded for it - and it tickles the same part of the brain.
There are small fish like anchovies, which are fantastic when fresh and don't require gutting.
In my part of Europe Gilt-head bream (apparently called in English), or "Dorade/a", is easy to clean and you can even make fillets easily, while using the leftovers for the soup or bouillon.
Never hunted but I have fished. Honestly I've never seen the appeal - seafood is mid at best, cleaning and gutting fish sucks, and I could never seem to get all the little bones out. I guess there was a time when throwing a net in the water would allow one person to feed an entire village in a place where crops didn't grow, but the time for that is long since passed (and we've overfished so much that it isn't economical anymore unless you already own the boats). The best I can figure is that fishing is the closest thing humanity had to gacha/lootboxes before video games - you pay a lot in terms of time and you get randomly rewarded for it - and it tickles the same part of the brain.
There are small fish like anchovies, which are fantastic when fresh and don't require gutting.
In my part of Europe Gilt-head bream (apparently called in English), or "Dorade/a", is easy to clean and you can even make fillets easily, while using the leftovers for the soup or bouillon.
Use that bouillon when making a shrimp risotto.
All that is fairly simple and quick to make...