Bass Recipes

[Bluegillslayer]

53 minutes ago, WRB said:

Our coastal white sea bass, stripe bass and halibut are good eating fish. Off shore fresh tuna like Albacore, Dorado and Wahoo are my favorite fish to catch and eat.

Living on a island allows me to have access to saltwater fish. In my opinion, saltwater fish are way better then any freshwater fish that are in lakes and ponds in my area. I would take a flounder. lingcod, or sanddab over a bass or rainbow any day. 

[QED]

Fish from the SJ County delta system have high levels of mercury and other pollutants so one ought not eat them regardless of one's view on catch-and-release.

[TnRiver46]

1 hour ago, Tackleholic said:

Catch and release Bass fishing is No Kill Hunting.

Never heard of no kill hunting 

[WRB]

1 minute ago, TnRiver46 said:

Never heard of no kill hunting 

Shooting using a camera.

Tom

[TnRiver46]

26 minutes ago, Captain Phil said:

  If you like to eat fish, there are much better choices.  

That is an opinion. Largemouth is my favorite freshwater fish to eat 

2 minutes ago, WRB said:

Shooting using a camera.

Tom

I call that photography 

[WRB]

3 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

That is an opinion. Largemouth is my favorite freshwater fish to eat 

I call that photography 

Got be out in the field hunting animals to shot a photo.

I hunted and killed lots of animals like deer, elk, quail, ducks and geese for over 60 years. Today the only weapon I own is a bed side pistol.

Photographs work at my age and friends give me wild animal meat to eat because they know we like it.

Tom

 

[PressuredFishing]

Bass are better tasting than trout in my opinion, plus when you fillet them they dont have the annoying pin bones, have not ate many bass in my life, personally I just dont like the hastle of cleaning them, but they are amazing. Crappie are even better. We have clear water lakes here in SOCAL and the bass taste very good. we cook them simply by rolling them around in egg, and shaking them in a bag of flour, salt, and pepper. fry them in vegetable oil or whatever oil we got laying around.

[TnRiver46]

Just now, PressuredFishing said:

Bass are better tasting than trout in my opinion, plus when you fillet them they dont have the annoying pin bones, have not ate many bass in my life, personally I just dont like the hastle of cleaning them, but they are amazing. Crappie are even better. We have clear water lakes here in SOCAL and the bass taste very good. we cook them simply by rolling them around in egg, and shaking them in a bag of flour, salt, and pepper. fry them in vegetable oil or whatever oil we got laying around.

That’s top notch eating right there!!!

[Darth-Baiter]

I’ll occasionally eat a LMB. Mostly because of accidental kill.  They are okay.  I do a whole steamed fish Cantonese style. 
 

My fav freshwater fish to eat is the walleye. 

[the reel ess]

3 hours ago, Tackleholic said:

Bass which are caught and released are easiest to digest, while Bass on a plate turn my stomach.  Why kill the object of my favorite sport?

Why do people kill deer? You can't grill it till you kill it.

[TnRiver46]

17 minutes ago, the reel ess said:

Why do people kill deer? You can't grill it till you kill it.

Ok now I’m hungry 

[scaleface]

If harvested responsibly bass are good table fare . 

[T-Billy]

Y'all are killin me!!! I'm out of backstraps. My cousins talked my elderly aunt into selling the farm. Lost my happy hunting ground last month. I've had 76 acres of prime whitetail woods to myself for years. Oh well, it was awesome while it lasted. End of an era.

This thread got me hankerin for a fish dinner too. I think I'll keep a limit of bass later this week and try that mustard fried recipe the Robertson's are always talkin about.

 

[TnRiver46]

1 minute ago, T-Billy said:

Y'all are killin me!!! I'm out of backstraps. My cousins talked my elderly aunt into selling the farm. Lost my happy hunting ground last month. I've had 76 acres of prime whitetail woods to myself for years. Oh well, it was awesome while it lasted. End of an era.

This thread got me hankerin for a fish dinner too. I think I'll keep a limit of bass later this week and try that mustard fried recipe the Robertson's are always talkin about.

 

Come on over! my buddies said I could have two does from last fall and some of the elk they just got in Wyoming 

[Fallser]

I can't remember the last time I ate a largemouth.  Probably back in the early-mid 70's when I was in college in NW Tennessee.  My buddy and I had access to ponds on farms our professors owned.  We didn't have much money and any fish we caught was a bonus meal.  Though I did learn that keeping large fish wasn't worth it.  They tasted lousy.  I still fish with him and a couple of other guys.   These days bass aren't on the menu when we fish locally.  If we keep anything to eat it will be sunfish, perch, chain pickerel.   

  I've been making a trip up to a lodge in NE Ontario for over 30 years.  The guys I fish with have joined me several times.  Main target was walleye but we always brought a couple of smallies and pike back along with the walleye.  This year two of us went up, and slot walleye (14-17 inches) were hard to come by.  The ones we caught were either too small or too big.

  We couldn't keep the smallmouth off the hook and we each brought back our limit(6 fish each).  All between 13-15 inches.  The other guy doesn't like fish, so I got both limits.

 I have no qualms about keeping a few for dinner, in this case.  I've been enjoying them for the last two months.

I have this view that fresh water fish were born to be fried.  I mix fine yellow cornmeal(Goya) and sifted flour.  Add bit of salt and pepper.  Dip the fillets in egg wash.  And drop them into hot oil.  I prefer peanut oil.  They come out crispy and the coating doesn't absorb the oil.

[T-Billy]

2 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Come on over! my buddies said I could have two does from last fall and some of the elk they just got in Wyoming 

Elk is AWESOME!!! I'll whack a couple does at my buddies, but I'll never be able to replace my aunt and uncles farm. Lots of great memories there and four nice bucks in the last five years with the crossbow. We're house hunting though, so I'm glad they sold it before I screwed up and bought a place in town.

Back on topic: I saw in a video, John Godwin smeared a bunch of fillets up with sour cream, rolled 'em in flour and fried 'em. Said better than mustard fried. Anyone tried this?

[TnRiver46]

1 minute ago, T-Billy said:

Elk is AWESOME!!! I'll whack a couple does at my buddies, but I'll never be able to replace my aunt and uncles farm. Lots of great memories there and four nice bucks in the last five years with the crossbow. We're house hunting though, so I'm glad they sold it before I screwed up and bought a place in town.

Back on topic: I saw in a video, John Godwin smeared a bunch of fillets up with sour cream, rolled 'em in flour and fried 'em. Said better than mustard fried. Anyone tried this?

My mom used to cover a salmon in sour cream and then bake it in the oven. It’s great 

[OldManLure]

3 hours ago, Tackleholic said:

Catch and release Bass fishing is No Kill Hunting.

Catch and release hunting is called wildlife photography.

[Smells like fish]

Don’t you guys like a McFish sammich? Get you a McTea and McFries and Mcdiarrhea  

I’d release those McFish sammichs if they swim away

[TnRiver46]

15 minutes ago, OldManLure said:

Catch and release hunting is called wildlife photography.

I don’t count taking a photo as catching anything…….

 

I catch animals for a living and I don’t think the customers would pay me for a picture 

 

my wife is a professional photographer and I don’t think she has ever mentioned catch and release or no kill hunting in the photography realm. Are y’all yanking my chain or is this some new made up terminology???

[Smells like fish]

Tn calls catch and release hunting… work lol

[TnRiver46]

3 minutes ago, Smells like fish said:

Tn calls catch and release hunting… work lol

In fact the customers often send photos and say “I need this animal caught!”

[OldManLure]

3 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

I don’t count taking a photo as catching anything…….

 

I catch animals for a living and I don’t think the customers would pay me for a picture 

I guess it depends whether they are in the woods or in the attic.  I have a family member out west who hunted and trapped into his early thirties.  He gave it up and started using his knowledge and skills for outdoor photography.  He also guides other photographers.  And he can ‘capture’ the same animal more than once.  I had no idea it could be so lucrative.

[MAN]

I used to only fry bass and other fish with the basic corn meal until I started traveling to China/Asia annually. That opened my mind up to so so many much more ways to prepare fish. Like the original posters recipe among many more.  My favorite is called squirrel fish dish which basically consist of fried fish and ketchup but in a unique way.    

[Skunkmaster-k]

1 hour ago, T-Billy said:

I saw in a video, John Godwin smeared a bunch of fillets up with sour cream, rolled 'em in flour and fried 'em. Said better than mustard fried.

Whaaaa ? That’s a bold statement! I’m going to have to try that.