Eating bass

[rboat]

I don't keep or eat bass. Saltwater fish I think taste better. Most of our lakes have mercury warnings. I do not need to glow in the dark, or start growing extra appendages. 

Here we do not need anglers to thin the bass population. We have so many predators that are much better at it. Each time on the water I see one of mother natures creatures eating bass. I believe that is how it is probably supposed to be.

[Mobasser]

I don't intentionally fish for catfish much any more, but sometimes catch them.while bass fishing. I'll skin them, and fry them whole or in chunks. With crappie,I keep a small cooler with ice in the canoe or boat, and fillet them with an electric knife at home. For just a few fish, a standard fillet knife works fine.

[J.Vincent]

Nope , only Fish and seafood I eat is Perch, Cod, Tuna, Tilapia, Salmon, Lobster and King Crab. But to each their own !

[LxVE Bassin]

3 hours ago, scaleface said:

I eat bass , especially in the slot limit lakes . Those slots dont work to grow bigger bass if  the anglers dont do their part .

The water you were fishing allowed a 6 fish limit?

[rod snapper]

bass are fine, i will eat them, but chicken nuggets beat all.

[MN Fisher]

2 minutes ago, LxVE Bassin said:

The water you were fishing allowed a 6 fish limit?

He's in Missouri and they have a 6-fish limit on Black Bass...here in MN we also have a 6-fish limit on Bass.

[Mobasser]

7 minutes ago, rod snapper said:

bass are fine, i will eat them, but chicken nuggets beat all.

Chicken nuggets? I'd take a piece of fried bass any day. Kind of like McDonald's fish sandwich- made from only the finest carp available

[scaleface]

8 minutes ago, Mobasser said:

made from only the finest carp available

I have ate many a carp . They were popular   here along  the river . The union I belonged to use to sell fried carp sandwiches  during  4th of July celebrations downtown . We sold hundreds a day , a very lucrative fund raiser .

[Mobasser]

1 minute ago, scaleface said:

I have ate many a carp . They were popular   here along  the river . The union I belonged to use to sell fried carp sandwiches  during  4th of July celebrations downtown . We sold hundreds a day , a very lucrative fund raiser .

My grandma used to cann carp. I never cared for it too much. I liked fried catfish much better. I've never eaten fried carp, but I've heard some folks like them

[MN Fisher]

8 minutes ago, Mobasser said:

Chicken nuggets? I'd take a piece of fried bass any day. Kind of like McDonald's fish sandwich- made from only the finest carp available

Chicken Nuggets - made from only the finest left-over pieces of the chicken during butchering.

 

Fried? FRIED!? HOW CAN YOU ABUSE A FISH LIKE THAT BEFORE EATING IT?!?! Broiled, grilled, or if you must - baked. Covering a fine eating fish with bread-crumbs and dunking it in oil is abuse...pure and simple.

[scaleface]

8 minutes ago, Mobasser said:

My grandma used to cann carp. I never cared for it too much. I liked fried catfish much better. I've never eaten fried carp, but I've heard some folks like them

The wife and I use to can carp .  They made great carp patties .

 

The best bass I ever ate . It was a white bass though .

[Mobasser]

4 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Chicken Nuggets - made from only the finest left-over pieces of the chicken during butchering.

 

Fried? FRIED!? HOW CAN YOU ABUSE A FISH LIKE THAT BEFORE EATING IT?!?! Broiled, grilled, or if you must - baked. Covering a fine eating fish with bread-crumbs and dunking it in oil is abuse...pure and simple.

Well, to each his own. When I announce on 4rth of July, that we're frying crappie fillets, EVERYONE shows up, and theres very few ever left. Give them a couple of shots of Louisiana hot sauce, and it's the best tasting fish ever! But, that's just my opinion

[billmac]

I've never had or caught a carp, but some of my earliest fishing memories were bank fishing at night (with kerosene lamps no less) for redfin mullet.  I think we kept and cleaned them but I don't remember eating them.

[MN Fisher]

Just now, Mobasser said:

Well, to each his own. When I announce on 4rth of July, that we're frying crappie fillets, EVERYONE shows up, and theres very few ever left. Give them a couple of shots of Louisiana hot sauce, and it's the best tasting fish ever! But, that's just my opinion

Must be a culture thing. I grew up on grilled/broiled fish. First time I had fried fish I actually asked 'Is this really fish? Because it doesn't taste like fish.'

 

As a youngster in MA and fishing a local stream for brookies, I'd take matches with me and sometimes gut, skewer and cook a brookie or two over an open fire right at streamside. So for decades I've been use to 'unadulterated' fish, can't handle it any other way.

[Bankbeater]

I don’t like the taste of bass. I prefer panfish and catfish. 

[Junger]

I don't eat sweet potatoes, only white potatoes.

[Catt]

9 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

. I grew up on grilled/broiled fish. First time I had fried fish I actually asked 'Is this really fish? Because it doesn't taste like fish

 

The problem is most people over cook fried fish.

 

Fish is not a "dense" meat like beef & is done long before most people think.

 

Grilled/broiled fish is cook with lower temperatures & is harder to over cook.

 

Kinda like over frying pork chops or an over cooked steak, it's dried out & lost all it's flavor.

[slonezp]

10 hours ago, LxVE Bassin said:

The water you were fishing allowed a 6 fish limit?

My home water has a 6 bass limit, my home state has a 5 bass limit unless otherwise noted. This is why checking your regulations is important. 

10 hours ago, rboat said:

I don't keep or eat bass. Saltwater fish I think taste better. Most of our lakes have mercury warnings. I do not need to glow in the dark, or start growing extra appendages. 

Here we do not need anglers to thin the bass population. We have so many predators that are much better at it. Each time on the water I see one of mother natures creatures eating bass. I believe that is how it is probably supposed to be.

Top of the food chain predators eat what they want. Humans are at the top, most of the time. I eat what I choose and do my best to not be eaten. That is how it's supposed to be. 

[WVU-SCPA]

15 hours ago, The Bassman said:

Get bit by one while you're cranking and it'll give a whole new perspective.

Get bit by a carp cranking... it'll give you a whole new perspective.

[the reel ess]

I will eat bass from time to time. I fish one place where they're stunted. The average is under a lb. I keep everything there. But I'll usually leave all of them in my buddy's basket. It's a private pond and the water source is a spring that comes right out of the ground. It's clean. The bass from it taste better than crappie from most public lakes.

[NYWayfarer]

I don't eat Bass. There are too many species of fish I can catch that I like better for eating. Trout, Fluke and Flounder come to mind.

 

 

 

 

[Obi_Wan]

I prefer crappie and walleye, but I've eaten a lot of bass in my life.  Never once had one that tasted like mud.  Those 12-15 inchers fry up nice and are tasty.  

 

Like others, if its legal, don't see the issue.

[Paul Roberts]

No. Only bc there are much tastier fish out there.

[Heartland]

I have eaten many bass, it is not my general practice any longer, but it is the way I was raised.    I prefer sunfish, crappie or walleye.   But if I wanted a good fresh piece of fish I would not hesitate to eat a bass within the legal limits of the lake I was fishing.  I prefer pan fried in butter, salt and pepper.

[GReb]

I grew up eating them and like the taste. But it’s not worth the trouble. I’m surrounded by fried catfish on every corner cheaper than my time cleaning fish. 

 

Instead I’ve started transporting slot limit fish to the 5 acre lake behind my house.