how do ya'll cook your bass

[FatBoy]

Tell me more bout dem cheeks.  What portion do you cut off the fish?  I know, the cheek  ;D.  But where exactly do you make the cuts.  

Only time I've ever had that was when eating at a Chinese restaurant with some Asian people.  They just pick it off the fish served whole.  Apparently, the guest of honor typically gets the cheeks.  It's considered the best part of the fish.  

[Guest ouachitabassangler]

I took a steel tablespoon and sharpened the edges razor sharp, then mounted it in a wood handle. It's something you wouldn't want mixed in with regular tableware, ever  :'( , so make sure it looks weird. I use it to scoop the cheeks out after skinning the sides of a walleye head. It works good on gar too, scraping out nuggets off the backstrap after skinning. The round spoon tip follows between rib bones, very little waste. It's easy to find a cheek nugget, about the only part of the head that will dig out. Run your finger over the side with some pressure to feel a soft spot to locate it. There isn't much there, so be careful not to waste. It's worth the effort. The taste is most delicate of all the rest of the fish, resembling lobster or shrimp (opinions vary) when lightly fried in butter.

Ya'll quit listening to ME about this. I'm way over-weight.  : Cooking is a major hobby, and I eat what I cook. I'd be quiet about the subject, but heck, it's here and at least I didn't start it.... ;D

Jim

[RODBENDER]

The head and lower jaw meat on a big flathead is really good ...Just takes a lot of time to trim it out ..

[FishinChef]

I took a steel tablespoon and sharpened the edges razor sharp, then mounted it in a wood handle. It's something you wouldn't want mixed in with regular tableware, ever :'( , so make sure it looks weird. I use it to scoop the cheeks out after skinning the sides of a walleye head.

Ya'll quit listening to ME about this. I'm way over-weight. : Cooking is a major hobby, and I eat what I cook. I'd be quiet about the subject, but heck, it's here and at least I didn't start it.... ;D

Jim

Good idea with the tablespoon cheeks probably just pop right out.  Hey Jim, I can talk about cooking as much as I can talk about fishing.  Sounds like you know your way around a kitchen.

[BLUESKY]

Fillet, cut into chunks, dip in beer batter, cook in hot oil till they float. Especially tastey are the cheeks.

[Guest ouachitabassangler]

"Sounds like you know your way around a kitchen."

Maybe too well according to my wife. She doesn't think I need to discuss nutrition until I lose 40 pounds I spent two years buying cypress timber in south Louisiana, my constant sidekick & guide/interpreter a genuine cajun that taught me a lot about the way they fish and his wife showing how they cook down there. When we lost our cook at camp I took over to stop the senseless waste of good food, and the food began to get eaten instead of left for dogs to drag off. They got tired of cajun cooking, so I inserted BBQing the right way, cooking deer and boar without making charcoal out of it, and stopped the terrible waste of good fish cooked so dry they could bounce it off a wall. Our camp was on Big Island, near Montgomery Point on the Arkansas River where it dumps into the Mississippi. I fished mornings, cooked up lunch, then deer hunted while everyone else was in for the middle of the day. Being the cookie got my dues paid and got good food on my plate.

Jim

[Guest the_muddy_man]

Hey Jim 13 years ago I lost 135 Lbs in one day I GOT DIVORCED

[jomatty]

jim you have led an interesting and varied life.  it seems im always learning something knew about something interesting you have done.

matt

[Bankbeater]

I can't stand the taste of bass myself but i have always wondered how two fish mixed in the skillet would taste. I' thinking cat and bluegill here.

[Guest ouachitabassangler]

Matt, most natural resource workers have had an interesting life, especially foresters and fisheries biologists unless stuck in research. I got to travel extensively, worked in forests around the nation, studied wetlands management in many states, fished wherever I landed from Alaska to Florida. But now I'm just worn out, ready for that "second childhood" to kick in  8-)

Jim  

[BassKing813]

I think bass taste really good. I don't know about the bigger ones, as I have only eaten them up to three pounds, but they are very tasty. I just fry em with a bunch of different seasonings and add some lemon juice.

[Wildbillb]

There are lots of ways I cook my bass.  Here is a list; forget anniversary, forget birthday, forget some other "important holiday or event", not listen to well and list list goes on.  

Whoops you said "cook my bass", I guess I misread that ;D

[Troutfisher]

Easy folks - this thread isn't about catch and release. That subject has already been over-debated on this site without resolution.

Keep in mind the topic of today and stay focused on that.

Thank you.

Glenn

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