Penguino Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 90% of the time I usually eat crappie and bluegill. But I have a bunch of local ponds that are overfilled with 1lb bass. I'm guessing I should cull some of the bass, and I don't want to waste any of the meat. Has anybody ever eaten Largemouth bass before and how does it taste? Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted February 21, 2015 Super User Posted February 21, 2015 Yes. It's OK - not my favorite, but OK. btw - it does not taste like chicken. A-Jay 3 Quote
Super User Catt Posted February 21, 2015 Super User Posted February 21, 2015 They taste great! Zatarain's Seasoned Fish Fry 2 Quote
Super User *Hootie Posted February 21, 2015 Super User Posted February 21, 2015 Many times. Years ago, that's what fishing was about. Dinner, not a trophy, or a photograph. Hootie 1 Quote
Suspendingjerk Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 Kind of bland compared to crappie or red ear. I'm in the same boat. Culling my pond. Quote
Super User slonezp Posted February 21, 2015 Super User Posted February 21, 2015 Had some last night. Baked with garlic powder, butter, shredded Italian 5 cheese blend, and crumbled potato chips 2 Quote
RB 77 Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 Yes. It's OK - not my favorite, but OK. btw - it does not taste like chicken. A-Jay This. I havent eaten Largemouth Bass since I was a wee youngster 25+ years ago. Although I LOVE fish, all I eat these days comes from the ocean. Tuna, Yelowtail, Doardo, Rockcod, etc. Now thats some good eats! Quote
Super User everythingthatswims Posted February 21, 2015 Super User Posted February 21, 2015 It's a great fish to bread & fry. The only times I eat bass are when I am camping or thinning the herd in a pond. Quote
Super User MarkH024 Posted February 21, 2015 Super User Posted February 21, 2015 Had some last night. Baked with garlic powder, butter, shredded Italian 5 cheese blend, and crumbled potato chips From the Chain? Should I call a Dr for you now? 3 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted February 21, 2015 Super User Posted February 21, 2015 If I'm going to keep, clean, prepare and fry up some freshwater fish, it's going to be the sweet meat of bluegill, flakey white walleye, might be decent pile of crappie or believe it of not, a couple of mid sized cool water pike fillets. Even a mess of over sized yellow perch fillets are good eating. A-Jay 2 Quote
Super User *Hootie Posted February 21, 2015 Super User Posted February 21, 2015 Catfish, gimme, gimme, gimme!! Hootie Quote
yugrac Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 The best way to cook a largemouth bass is to season it with salt and pepper, soak it with lemon for 15 to 20 min. Then place the fish on a cedar plank and cook it slowly on low heat, when the outside begins to brown, remove it from the oven , throw it away and eat the wood plank. 11 Quote
Super User *Hootie Posted February 21, 2015 Super User Posted February 21, 2015 The best way to cook a largemouth bass is to season it with salt and pepper, soak it with lemon for 15 to 20 min. Then place the fish on a cedar plank and cook it slowly on low heat, when the outside begins to brown, remove it from the oven , throw it away and eat the wood plank. I could add one thing. Ranch dressing, cedar is so much better with ranch dressing. Hootie Quote
Josh Smith Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 Bass are OK. I generally don't eat them, but tend to agree with A-Jay with regard to good eatin' fish with the addition of catfish. Josh 1 Quote
paangler13 Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 They make some nice fillets. They are pretty firm and flakey. I keep 5 or 6 a year, but I prefer walleye, striper or perch. They are easy to fillet too! Jim Quote
Jay Ell Gee Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 I don't have any reservations keeping a few for the fryer every now and then. Mr. Catt and I are from the same neck of the woods and its actually extremely common in south La for guys to be upset when they don't limit on "keepers" in some river and bayou systems. If I'm fishing a very small fishery, ill cull a few little ones every few trips. If I'm fishing river systems, I don't mind keeping a couple. Now... Spotted bass from our clear river waterways like the Amite River? Yummy. I use the same fish fry as Catt. Quote
Turtle135 Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 Seems like once every couple of years I either deeply hook one or pull one from so deep it can't stay down. In that case, I do not waste and I will have a greenie for dinner. Fresh fish is always pretty good eating. Quote
Super User gardnerjigman Posted February 22, 2015 Super User Posted February 22, 2015 I've got a private lake that I have exclusive permission on that I'll pull some 1-1.5 lbers out once a year. Hot grease and Andy's fish fry does the trick! Quote
Captain America Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 Thinly sliced and deep fried. I generally don't eat bass; they're not as good as panfish, but if on swallows the hook bad, I'll eat 'em no problem. Quote
Super User RoLo Posted February 22, 2015 Super User Posted February 22, 2015 "Anybody Ever Eaten Largemouth Bass Before?" Before What? 4 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted February 22, 2015 Super User Posted February 22, 2015 "Anybody Ever Eaten Largemouth Bass Before?" Before What? LOL ~ Before they had scales, cameras & Bassmasters . . . . A-Jay 2 Quote
Super User slonezp Posted February 22, 2015 Super User Posted February 22, 2015 LOL ~ Before they had scales, cameras & Bassmasters . . . . A-Jay Did you see the post Sam made a couple weeks ago of the 1971 Classic? Stringers full of bass brought to the scales. I can only guess there was a fish fry afterwards. Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted February 22, 2015 Super User Posted February 22, 2015 Did you see the post Sam made a couple weeks ago of the 1971 Classic? Stringers full of bass brought to the scales. I can only guess there was a fish fry afterwards. Though I did not see that specific post, I am familiar with some of the photos from those early tournaments. All the fish just hanging there - and they all look so surprised . . . . . (dead). A-Jay Quote
Super User slonezp Posted February 22, 2015 Super User Posted February 22, 2015 Though I did not see that specific post, I am familiar with some of the photos from those early tournaments. All the fish just hanging there - and they all look so surprised . . . . . (dead). A-Jay http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/150437-first-bassmaster-classic-pictures/ Some really neat pics 1 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted February 22, 2015 Super User Posted February 22, 2015 http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/150437-first-bassmaster-classic-pictures/ Some really neat pics Thank you. A-Jay 1 Quote
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