• Thaw fish, if using frozen.
• Cut each fillet of thawed fish into 4 pieces. You should end up with 16 sticks that are 1 inch wide by 2 inches long.
• Pat dry with paper towels.
• In a medium sized bowl, whisk together whole wheat flour, paprika, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Set aside.
• In another bowl, whisk together eggs and lemon juice.
• In an additional bowl, whisk together panko and old bay seasoning.
• Dunk each fish piece into the flour mixture, then the egg mixture, and lastly, the panko mixture.
• Make sure each piece of fish is getting fully coated at each step. You may need to press the panko mixture into the fish to get it to stick. 
• Spray tops with cooking spray to encourage browning.

For the air fryer: recommended method!

• Hit “ON” on the air fryer.
• Then hit “PRE-HEAT”. 
Set the temperature to 400 degrees F and set the timer to 10-12 minutes.* I'd start with 10 minutes.
• Hit “START”.
The air fryer will beep at you when it’s finished preheating.
• Once preheated, spray the basket with cooking spray and place in approximately 6 pieces of fish. Make sure they aren’t touching.
• After 5 minutes, carefully flip each piece of fish, then continue cooking for the remaining 5 minutes.
• Remove from air fryer, sprinkle with more salt (if necessary, I definitely needed more salt) and a generous squeeze of lemon.
• Repeat with remaining fish.
• Serve with tarter sauce!

For the oven:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F and line a rimmed baking sheet with a silicone baking mat.
• Place prepared fish onto prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven for 12-15 minutes, flipping halfway through. You may want to broil at the end to get these more crispy. 
• Remove from oven, sprinkle with more salt (if necessary, I definitely needed more salt) and a generous squeeze of lemon.
• Serve with tarter sauce!
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