Ozark_Basser Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 Depends on how clean that pond is. I eat bass out of streams all the time, but rarely ever out of lakes or ponds. Quote
RHuff Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 I eat some small mouth that are river caught locally. They taste good because their primary food source is crawfish. The largemouth bass from lakes around here have a high mercury content so the WV DNR advises you to limit the amount you eat per month. For some reason I can't get the urge to eat largemouth. Don't know if it's because I spend so much effort catching one to kill it or if I just don't trust how clean they are around here. Quote
powerduster Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 I tried it a couple times and they taste okay, but not really worth the effort preparing in my opinion. It reminds me of striped bass in that it was very bland. Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted February 22, 2015 Global Moderator Posted February 22, 2015 I grew up eating everything we caught that was keeper sized, had to because we may not have had anything else to eat that day. It's right up there with the worse tasting things I've eaten but when you're hungry you eat what's offered to you. Quote
wytstang Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 They tend to have a bit of a muddy flavor to them if you leave the skin on so heavy flavor seasonings is needed imo (when baked/grilled not fried). I tend not to keep and eat fresh water fish, I favor salt water fish for keeping and eating. Quote
Super User scaleface Posted February 22, 2015 Super User Posted February 22, 2015 Those small bass will be delicious . I eat them often. A lake I frequent has a slot limit and I harvest 11 inch bass . Deep fried with Andys red is a good way to prepare them . Quote
Super User Lund Explorer Posted February 22, 2015 Super User Posted February 22, 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. So if you get a piece of that wood stuck between your teeth, what do you use to dig it out of there? Isn't it already like having a toothpick wedged in there already? Quote
z7master167 Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 Bass is excellent, fillet them, throw em on a skillet with butter, old bay ,garlic, salt and pepper and a splash of lemon juice, one of my favorites besides crappie 1 Quote
Josh Smith Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 In Indiana, still water requires 14" to keep 'em. Rivers have a slot limit of 12" to 15", so I"m guessing the 10" and 11" from the rivers would be the better-tasting fish? Thanks, Josh Quote
Todd2 Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 Old Bay, a little lemon juice, and some Slap Yo Mamma seasoning makes bass taste great. Not as good as crappie though. 1 Quote
Super User geo g Posted February 22, 2015 Super User Posted February 22, 2015 In south Florida there have been warning signs for over 20 years about mercury levels of bass, south of Lake Okeechobee. There are at least 10 fish that taste a lot better then bass. We have an old dump site that was on the super fund list for the worst in the country. It has two good size lakes full of bass, and I have seen people take home bass from these two lakes. I will warn them of the danger, and tell them, "just don't feed them to someone you love". Quote
Super User Catch and Grease Posted February 22, 2015 Super User Posted February 22, 2015 I like largemouth bass, I eat it all the time. 1 Quote
WildmanWilson Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 I can't believe some think they are not good to eat. Sure, not my top pick but how can it be bad rolled in corn meal and fried to golden perfection. 1 Quote
Jtrout Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 I like largemouth bass, I eat it all the time.[/quoteHow do u season and cook them seems like frying them would be best Quote
Super User Catch and Grease Posted February 22, 2015 Super User Posted February 22, 2015 I like largemouth bass, I eat it all the time.[/quoteHow do u season and cook them seems like frying them would be best I just put salt & pepper on them and fry em' up! Nothing fancy lol Quote
Catch 22 Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 It was 25 years since I ate a lmb, until last fall.I was many miles from food,so a coupla fishermen I met at the ramp invited me to their camp. We had deer back straps and lmb==and beer. Excellent meal just pan fried with butter. I later went out back ,got on my knees and prayed heavily to the fish gods to forgive me for eating some of their most coveted creatures. I do eat fish on a regular basis,but they come from salt water.Overall it depends on where any fish comes from and how it is prepared. C22 Quote
Hyrule Bass Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 i dont eat any fish at all. but i did eat fish when i was a young kid, then one day just decided i didnt like it anymore. we ate the bass we caught. mostly from a stocked pond down a mile long or so trail in the woods at river bend/great falls nature conservency. we caught bluegill and bass out of the pond. from the pond there is a trail to the right that leads you to the potomac river, we also caught and ate bass from there, all from the bank and using only nightcrawlers. lots of current there and the water level fluctuated greatly. if you hit it right, you just toss your nightcrawler with a small 1/8oz weight, let it flow down current and then start reeling back in and a lot of the times you had a bass on the hook... Quote
Patrick Morrow Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 I have heard bass doesn´t taste that good. My favorite is and will probably always be perch. Smoking and eating them right away is perfect. Quote
Super User F14A-B Posted February 22, 2015 Super User Posted February 22, 2015 Crappie & Bluegills for me.. Or sea-bass, flounder or yellowtail or red snapper, lol.. No LMB! Quote
countryboy65 Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 ame="Jtrout" post="1708408" timestamp="1424632844"] I just put salt & pepper on them and fry em' up! Nothing fancy lol totaly agree. i don't like andys or zatarans, corn flower instead of corn meal. Also use peanut oil. goggle eye and flathead catfish are my favorites Quote
hawgenvy Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 The larger ones can taste kind of mossy, especially here in south Florida. I don't eat them anymore; but I used to soak thinly sliced filets in cold milk, salt, Tabasco, and white pepper for a half hour, then coat with corn flour and deep fry. Eat with lemon slices, tartar sauce and a beer. I can tell you, great blue herons like bass a lot. Today I was tossing a senko in a local canal for a half hour. From the bank. I hooked a dink bass on the opposite shore, water skied him in and threw him back. A great blue heron apparently saw what happened. The beast had about a six foot wingspan. Anyway, he dove from the sky right at me, and with fanfare, and screeching mad, landed with a dramatic whoosh on the shore not 5 feet from where I stood. "I'm sorry man!" I pleaded rather loudly, "I swear I didn't see you till it was too late. I would have given you that fish, really!" He stared at me silently with one big eye, and wasn't gonna move till someone gives him a fish. "You know, these are post-front conditions and it's going to take a few casts, but I'll get you a fish." He stood absolutely motionless but I could see his eye was on me -- and he was still mad. A few more casts, and nothing. "Okay," I said, "please be patient, give me a chance, I'll make it up to you." He didn't move a muscle. He was clearly counting on me, but he was also, I imagined, skeptical of typically hollow human promises. On the next cast I landed a dark chunky little 12 oz largemouth. I unhooked it and held it out to him. "See! I told you! Now, is this guy too big for you?" All he did is crouch down a little. Didn't say a word. "Okay, I'm gonna drop it right on the shore near your feet and then it's up to you, understand?" No answer. I dropped the fish like I said. He angled his eye downward only slightly; he seemingly didn't want to acknowledge the gift. The fish flopped around a couple of times at the water's edge, then righted himself and started off through the weeds. He did not get very far. Within a millisecond the bird speared his prey faster than a human eye could see, and a second after that the blue aircraft was flying away with the bass I tossed him in his beak, soaring off through the trees. He didn't look back, but did emit one last extremely loud squawk, perhaps for my benefit. It didn't sound at all like a "thank you." It was more like "SUUCKERRR!" Anyway, his recipe: Speer a fish, fly to safe ground or onto a tree, and swallow it head first. Burp. 3 Quote
Super User F14A-B Posted February 23, 2015 Super User Posted February 23, 2015 ^^^ Um, I heard about Timothy Leary in a Moody Blues song once.. Maybe your familiar with his study's? JK... 1 Quote
hawgenvy Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Old Bay, a little lemon juice, and some Slap Yo Mamma seasoning makes bass taste great. Not as good as crappie though. I always keep that little red can of spicy Slap Yo Mama by the stove. I think it might neutralize all the mercury and pesticides that concentrate so heavily in our Florida bass, and it sure makes it taste good too! It will give yur mama a slap indeed! Quote
hawgenvy Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 ^^^ Um, I heard about Timothy Leary in a Moody Blues song once.. Maybe your familiar with his study's? JK... I know what you're thinking, but it's the 'Slap Yo Mama' that makes me talk to birds. 1 Quote
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