Who likes to eat bass!?

[The Meat Fisher]

The title says it all.

If you couldn't tell by my name, I do! Please tell me you favorite recipes and you favorite type of bass to eat .what size of bass do you find acceptable to eat and are you a practitioner of filleting and releasing?

[Bill M]

Ya gotta be kiddin me right??Dont think this site fits your needs.

[Jim80]

Bill you will find that while most do catch and release there are just as many members that keep fish in the 1-3 pound range to eat which there is nothing wrong with think before you blast somebody and tell them that our site is not for them . I personally practice catch and release but there are many contributing members that eat a couple bass here and there i would ask bamabassman if he has any recipes lying around and welcome to the site .


jim

[MallenManson]

Personally, I think bass aren't very good eating. With perch and gills so much tastier and so much easier to catch, I throw all bass back

[tmlrock2001]

I like to eat some ( not a whole lot) and I like them with Uncle Bucks hot and spicy breading on them. You buy it at Bass Pro

[1/4 stick]

I'll keep a few of the smaller keeper sized bass. If they're much bigger than a couple pounds the flavor isn't as good in my opinion. Still not a big fan of bass though. I'd explode eatting bream and crappie though if I could.



GRILLED SMALLMOUTH BASS WRAPPED IN CORNHUSKS

Ingredients
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2 ears fresh corn
2 pounds smallmouth bass fillets, cut into four pieces
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut Into chunks
Juice of 1 lemon (about 3 tablespoons)
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Lemon wedges

1. Preheat the grill.
2. Carefully peel away the cornhusks and set aside. Pull all silk off each cob.
3. Holding the cobs upright, slice downward with a sharp knife, cutting off the corn in rows. Discard the cobs and set the cut corn aside.
4. Spread out and press flat two or three husks per fillet. Sprinkle a layer of corn on the leaves and lay a fillet at right angles to the husks, one on top of each "packet."
5. Cover the fillets with the remaining corn. Dot the corn with the chunks of butter.
6. Sprinkle the lemon juice over each fillet and season with salt and pepper.
7. Fold the husks over the top of the packets on all sides (to form an envelope shape) and secure with toothpicks.
8. Lay on the grill for about 6 minutes; turn carefully with a spatula and cook 6 minutes longer, or until husks are slightly charred.
9. Serve immediately with the lemon wedges.

[REDBULLCUBAN]

NO 10char.

[bamabassman]

sorry bill, we eat bass as much as we can. which ain't much if i am the one to depend on catching em, hahahaha. but we eat em fried, southern style. wanna try em grilled again, been a long time. we use zateran's southern style batter mix. if we grill em, we use lemon pepper over em. gently spread melted lemon and pepper on em as they grill. if you prepare largemlouth right before you fry or grill em, they are very tasty, no fishy taste at all. fillet em, put em in water with lemon juice (lemon juice takes out the fish taste). then cook em. ask the folks that attended the get together how the bass was, they will tell you, lmao. ol kevin didn't know he was eating bass till i told him, hahahahaha. ol bigbassin144 ate all the gills, lmao.


and meat, ol bb is a great cook too. he helped in the kitchen and did a FANTASTIC job.

[WTL]

Yesterday I went fishing and I kept 26 bass over 4 pounds. The secret was using a big enough treble to properly snag them off the beds.


Just kidding of course. I dont think it is an outrage to keep a bass to eat, I enjoy eating bass. Moderation, compliance with the law and efforts to preserve the quality and quantity of fishing should take precedence over harvest though.

[Lancer6]

Originally Posted by The Meat Fisher

...are you a practitioner of filleting and releasing?

Please provide some stats on the survival rate for bass that have been filleted and released.
Geez!

Lancer6

PS: Whatta maroon.

[Bassboss]

Sup! Welcome to the forum!

anyways, me and my dad de this very simple, very good, hodgepodge of ingredients (wont say recipe because we never measure anything)!

First fillet and skin the bass like you should always do. (make sure to lay about ten paper towels on a cookie sheet to place the bass on when you're done frying them - soke of the XS oil!)

than take a pot poor it about half way with veggi oil. heat on high

next mix these together in a small bowl

Bread crumbs
corn meal
instant mashed potatoes flakes
little bit of salt/pepper (less salt then pepper)
a shake of paprika

(some times we'll also add flour to the mix!)

turn oil on med high heat.

when you're done mixing it into the bowl, take a gallon size bag and put the mix into it.

once you get that all mixed together in a bowl, take another bowl and crack two eggs in to it. add a slash of water, mix.

take your bass fillets and dip it into the egg wash. put it in the bag and and shake the fillet with the wash around in there, and put it into the hot oil, do the same thing with the rest of the fillets! You'll know they're done when the float to the top and are golden brown.

[BigBassin144]

Originally Posted by MallenManson

Personally, I think bass aren't very good eating. With perch and gills so much tastier and so much easier to catch, I throw all bass back

Of course, but most of them southern boys haven't tasted a nice yellow perch or a walleye, so let them eat their bass, lol.

Occasionally, we'll keep one or two, but I ALWAYS throw big ones back, but I never catch big ones... so if I did, I'd throw them back. besides, the
15-16" bass taste better.

BB

[CMorg]

Originally Posted by WTL

Yesterday I went fishing and I kept 26 bass over 4 pounds. The secret was using a big enough treble to properly snag them off the beds.


Just kidding of course. I dont think it is an outrage to keep a bass to eat, I enjoy eating bass. Moderation, compliance with the law and efforts to preserve the quality and quantity of fishing should take precedence over harvest though.

Fantastic , you should be the stand up entertainment at the next get together...

[Christopherkeene9]

Originally Posted by BigBassin144

Of course, but most of them southern boys haven't tasted a nice yellow perch or a walleye, so let them eat their bass, lol.

Occasionally, we'll keep one or two, but I ALWAYS throw big ones back, but I never catch big ones... so if I did, I'd throw them back. besides, the
15-16" bass taste better.

BB

Us Southern guys have a lot tastier things to eat such as: Yfin tuna, gator, swordfish, dolphin, grouper, snapper, trout, redfish, shall I keep going?

[WTL]

Originally Posted by Christopherkeene9

Us Southern guys have a lot tastier things to eat such as: Yfin tuna, gator, swordfish, dolphin, grouper, snapper, trout, redfish, shall I keep going?

Thats true, I have several trout that i'm thinking of grilling tonite.

But the yanks have walleye and pike - oh yeah, pickeral are good eating. We can take pressure off bass by keeping other species like pickeral snakehead or bream.

[bamabassman]

along with, deer, pig, possum,coon,squirrel,dove,quail,etc,etc.........ha hahahahahhaha.

[Bubba_Bruiser]

MF, we tend to keep our limits and eat them or give them to family and people who are unable to fish. We don't usually keep anything over 2 lbs for the catch and release....into grease. We usually just use some corn meal batter with some mustard splashed in. Just a typical southern fish fry like Bama said.

[MallenManson]

Originally Posted by Christopherkeene9

Us Southern guys have a lot tastier things to eat such as: Yfin tuna, gator, swordfish, dolphin, grouper, snapper, trout, redfish, shall I keep going?

Trout are abundant up north as well. Not to mention salmon

[The Meat Fisher]

Originally Posted by Christopherkeene9

Us Southern guys have a lot tastier things to eat such as: Yfin tuna, gator, swordfish, dolphin, grouper, snapper, trout, redfish, shall I keep going?

Most of these fish require a boat to catch and a boat is something I don't have. Also saltwater fishing is about 3 to 5 times more expensive than freshwater and the price tag only increases when you get offshore tackle excluding gas and the boat itself. However I certainly agree that saltwater fish in general taste at least a million time better than bass.

[bamabassman]

hahahaha, then meat fisher...you need to come here and let me and the mrs. bamabassman cook you some bass my friend. you'll never know it from flounder. and the mrs was raised in mobile, al. we lived there for 17 of our almost 20 years together.

[MallenManson]

Originally Posted by bamabassman

along with, deer, pig, possum,coon,squirrel,dove,quail,etc,etc.........ha hahahahahhaha.

Pass the buffalo please

[bamabassman]

mallen...... i too have had bison, VERY nice. really a sweet sorta meat compared to beef. loved it.

[WTL]

Originally Posted by MallenManson

Trout are abundant up north as well. Not to mention salmon

Salmon? Really? Atlantic Salmon?

Might need to pay you a visit sometime if so. I have an affinity for Salmon fishing. My personal best atlantic salmon is only about half a foot, but I still had a blast.

[nofearengineer]

I have found Atlantic Salmon not to be that tasty, which makes sense, as it is not really related to the Pacific salmon species, which are indeed fine table fare.

As far as Southern/Atlantic species go, I've had most, and while I do confess a fondness for flounder and redfish, they really are no match (and nothing else is either) for walleye. All perch are flaky, white fleshed, and walleye is just the biggest true perch, so you get the biggest, most satisfying fillets.

That being said, I haven't tried any raccoon or 'possum, Bama (or should I say Jed? )

[bamabassman]

nofear... never? aaaaawwwwwww man, then you need to try it, and then some turtle soup too. hahahahahaha, had ot eat this stuff at least once as a kid. just to say i did.