Baked Pompano Stuffed with Crabmeat

In my opinion, pompano is the most distinctive and succulent of all Southern fish. While I’ve caught them myself in the surf as far north as the Outer Banks of North Carolina, by far the finest, fattest specimens are landed off the Florida and Gulf coasts. Perhaps the most famous pompano dish is richly sauced pompano en papillote (baked in parchment), created many decades ago at Antoine’s restaurant in New Orleans. But since the white, slightly oily fish is so sturdy, it also lends itself p