OT: WHAT ARE THE 3 BEST TASTING FRESHWATER FISH?
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OT: WHAT ARE THE 3 BEST TASTING FRESHWATER FISH?
Hey fellas! I hope we have fun with this one.
My favorites are:
Crappie
Bream (Bluegill)
Channel Catfish
How about you?
bogie
My favorites are:
Crappie
Bream (Bluegill)
Channel Catfish
How about you?
bogie
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Perch
trout
salmon
trout
salmon
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#1 is the fish my kids caught.
#2 is the fish I've caught.
#3 is catfish (farm raised)
#4 is trout
#5 is catfish (or their cousins bullheads)
#2 is the fish I've caught.
#3 is catfish (farm raised)
#4 is trout
#5 is catfish (or their cousins bullheads)
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Catfish
Perch
Walleye
Perch
Walleye
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I'd say you opened this debate and closed it in the same post. Those would certainly be my three picks. I have been told that walleye are good also, but I haven't had any. Man, fried crappie and morels, hot sauce and a Mich Light to wash it down!Bogie35 wrote:Hey fellas! I hope we have fun with this one.
My favorites are:
Crappie
Bream (Bluegill)
Channel Catfish
How about you?
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Crappie and bluegill top the list and when I get to the North Fork of the Clearwater a couple times a year, Cutthroat.
This is one of many my daughter and I caught in the spring of whats left of this year.
This is one of many my daughter and I caught in the spring of whats left of this year.
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Here's my pick:
1. Salmon
2. Trout
3. Perch
I pretty much like all fish, but my least favorite is catfish.
1. Salmon
2. Trout
3. Perch
I pretty much like all fish, but my least favorite is catfish.
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Crappie, Walleye, Perch. In that order.Sunfish is also great, but they are just to small for a good fillet. Channel cat deserves honorable mention. Tom.
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Catfish, catfish, and catfish wish hush puppies and plenty of brew. There is or was a place in Murray, Ky. called Granny's Porch that would have one licking one's fingers and one's plate. YUMBO! No good catfish in N.H. 1886.
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Re: OT: WHAT ARE THE 3 BEST TASTING FRESHWATER FISH?
Walleye
Laketrout
Perch
Laketrout
Perch
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Re: OT: WHAT ARE THE 3 BEST TASTING FRESHWATER FISH?
1. Yellow Perch
2. Walleye
3. Smelt
2. Walleye
3. Smelt
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Re: OT: WHAT ARE THE 3 BEST TASTING FRESHWATER FISH?
Trout
Bluegill
Catfish
crappie
white bass
Grunion
ect
ect
ect
I like fish!!!
Ok, Grunion aint zackly fresh water fish but they sure are alot of fun to catch and eat.
After fishing for grunion you kinda know how a bear feels when in a strean full of fish.
Bluegill
Catfish
crappie
white bass
Grunion
ect
ect
ect
I like fish!!!
Ok, Grunion aint zackly fresh water fish but they sure are alot of fun to catch and eat.
After fishing for grunion you kinda know how a bear feels when in a strean full of fish.
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I don't eat fish that often, but I do like Catfish, Trout and Sucker. Don't ask me what a sucker is, I just know it tastes good breaded and deep fried.
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+1spaceman spiff wrote:1. Yellow Perch
2. Walleye
3. Smelt
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Specks
Catfish
Bream
Catfish
Bream
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1. Columbia River Salmon
2. Crappie
3. Channel Catfish
2. Crappie
3. Channel Catfish
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1.Trout, fried up with new potatoes on opening day in Hope Valley on the West Fork of the Carson River with my friend Ralph and my son Matt.
2. Trout, fresh from the Elwah River, cooked with a portable camp stove in the rain 10 miles up river from the trail head.
3. All other trout.
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2. Trout, fresh from the Elwah River, cooked with a portable camp stove in the rain 10 miles up river from the trail head.
3. All other trout.
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If I didn't know better, I'd think you've been spying on my backyard fish frys!nralover wrote: Man, fried crappie and morels, hot sauce and a Mich Light to wash it down!
That is exactly what my last fry consisted of right down to the brew.
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perch,
catfish
crappie
catfish
crappie
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Re: OT: WHAT ARE THE 3 BEST TASTING FRESHWATER FISH?
Bob A tells it perfectly: trout, trout, and more trout !!
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1 Brookies
2 Kamaloops trout
3 burbot (fresh water ling)
I take horses ride into backcountry mountain lake and catch brookies , salt pepper pat of butter and a cap full of white lea & perrins sauce wrap them in tin foil and bake in a campfire . danny
2 Kamaloops trout
3 burbot (fresh water ling)
I take horses ride into backcountry mountain lake and catch brookies , salt pepper pat of butter and a cap full of white lea & perrins sauce wrap them in tin foil and bake in a campfire . danny
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Honestly, after eating fresh caught Mahi-Mahi grilled over oak and hickory, touched up with fresh squeezed lime, I haven't eaten any fresh water fish. Nothing I could catch in landlocked OK would compare to that.
The best seafood I've ever had was in a little grass hut restaurant in La Paz, Mexico.
Clockwise: octopus, squid, clams, fish, and shrimp with rice and fresh vegetables and a fresh squeezed Margarita. I'll never forget that trip.
Sorry for the hijack...
The best seafood I've ever had was in a little grass hut restaurant in La Paz, Mexico.
Clockwise: octopus, squid, clams, fish, and shrimp with rice and fresh vegetables and a fresh squeezed Margarita. I'll never forget that trip.
Sorry for the hijack...
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Re: OT: WHAT ARE THE 3 BEST TASTING FRESHWATER FISH?
#1 - Barramundi
#2 - Sooty Grunter (Black Bream)
#3 - Trout
Come on over, there aren't just shrimps on the barbie.
32 degrees C in Sydney and I am just about to throw a T-Bone on the barbie for lunch.
Cheers, Pop.
#2 - Sooty Grunter (Black Bream)
#3 - Trout
Come on over, there aren't just shrimps on the barbie.
32 degrees C in Sydney and I am just about to throw a T-Bone on the barbie for lunch.
Cheers, Pop.
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Re: OT: WHAT ARE THE 3 BEST TASTING FRESHWATER FISH?
My dad would smoke carp that you wouldnt belive! Walleye, pearch and other pan fish.
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Re: OT: WHAT ARE THE 3 BEST TASTING FRESHWATER FISH?
I wondered when someone would say Carp ! I have had smoked carp that was very good.
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Re: OT: WHAT ARE THE 3 BEST TASTING FRESHWATER FISH?
BigSky56 wrote:
I take horses ride into backcountry mountain lake and catch brookies , salt pepper pat of butter and a cap full of white lea & perrins sauce wrap them in tin foil and bake in a campfire . danny
I sure would like to come up your way sometime Danny. A fella might get spoiled on a trip like that.
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Re: OT: WHAT ARE THE 3 BEST TASTING FRESHWATER FISH?
As the old saying goes,smoke the carp on a cedar plank for 2 hours then eat the plank...
What in the wild world of sports is going on here
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Thanks a lot! You made me forget the topic!deerwhacker444 wrote:Honestly, after eating fresh caught Mahi-Mahi grilled over oak and hickory, touched up with fresh squeezed lime, I haven't eaten any fresh water fish. Nothing I could catch in landlocked OK would compare to that.
The best seafood I've ever had was in a little grass hut restaurant in La Paz, Mexico.
Clockwise: octopus, squid, clams, fish, and shrimp with rice and fresh vegetables and a fresh squeezed Margarita. I'll never forget that trip.
Sorry for the hijack...
That looks fantastic!
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Re: OT: WHAT ARE THE 3 BEST TASTING FRESHWATER FISH?
m.wun wrote:As the old saying goes,smoke the carp on a cedar plank for 2 hours then eat the plank...
Sadly, "Political Correctness" is the most powerful religion in America, and it has ruined our society.
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Darn, forgot about smoked chubs! And a good ole' fashion Door County fish boil (Whitefish), add some walleye and that's eat'n!bogus bill wrote:My dad would smoke carp that you wouldnt belive! Walleye, pearch and other pan fish.
Re: OT: WHAT ARE THE 3 BEST TASTING FRESHWATER FISH?
So far the leading scores are:
Trout 13
Catfish 9
Bream 7
Crappie 7
Perch 7
Walleye 6
Thanks!
bogie
Trout 13
Catfish 9
Bream 7
Crappie 7
Perch 7
Walleye 6
Thanks!
bogie
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Re: OT: WHAT ARE THE 3 BEST TASTING FRESHWATER FISH?
Crappie
Walleye
Striper
Walleye
Striper
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Cutthroat Trout
Walleye Pike
Muskellunge
Walleye Pike
Muskellunge
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I grew up on crappie, yum, yum. Ate to much salmon while trolling Alaska. Getting around to accepting it again.
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Re: OT: WHAT ARE THE 3 BEST TASTING FRESHWATER FISH?
Walleye
Perch
Bulegill
Perch
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Re: OT: WHAT ARE THE 3 BEST TASTING FRESHWATER FISH?
Horned pout (Mainer's catfish)
Small Mouth Bass
Large Mpoth Bass
In that order.
Small Mouth Bass
Large Mpoth Bass
In that order.
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Re: OT: WHAT ARE THE 3 BEST TASTING FRESHWATER FISH?
In this order 1.Sturgeon(smoked) 2.Steelhead Salmon 3.Striper all matter of personal taste.Local caught in bama waters would be 1.Striper 2.Jackfish (Grass Pike) 3.Specks(Crappie).
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The 3 best
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Catfish
Bream - which includes specks (crappie)
Hush Puppies and grits
As I have to remind my wife occassionaly. I like fish anyway you cook it - as long as it is fried outside. I like any fish you cook - as long as it is catfish or bream.
Fish in an oven just ain't right.
Bream - which includes specks (crappie)
Hush Puppies and grits
As I have to remind my wife occassionaly. I like fish anyway you cook it - as long as it is fried outside. I like any fish you cook - as long as it is catfish or bream.
Fish in an oven just ain't right.
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Re: OT: WHAT ARE THE 3 BEST TASTING FRESHWATER FISH?
Catfish (Channels or Black Bullhead I don't care which)
Bluegill
Crappie
Not always in that order, depends on whats biting!
Bluegill
Crappie
Not always in that order, depends on whats biting!
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1. Catfish
2. Speck's
3. MORE CATFISH
Oh did mention I like catfish
just add hushpuppies, cole slaw and cold beer.
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2. Speck's
3. MORE CATFISH
Oh did mention I like catfish
just add hushpuppies, cole slaw and cold beer.
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You all are making me hungry.
I like catfish most. Crappie are good. Come to think about it all fresh water fish I have eaten were either good or needed more BBQ sauce.
I like catfish most. Crappie are good. Come to think about it all fresh water fish I have eaten were either good or needed more BBQ sauce.
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I'm not big on fish, but BigSky's method sounds like one I would stand in line for, I would even clean them for him.
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Re: OT: WHAT ARE THE 3 BEST TASTING FRESHWATER FISH?
Bluegill, Bass, Pickerel.
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Re: OT: WHAT ARE THE 3 BEST TASTING FRESHWATER FISH?
1. Trout
2. Catfish
3. Crappie/Bluegill
2. Catfish
3. Crappie/Bluegill
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TedH wrote:If I didn't know better, I'd think you've been spying on my backyard fish frys!nralover wrote: Man, fried crappie and morels, hot sauce and a Mich Light to wash it down!
That is exactly what my last fry consisted of right down to the brew.
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I like the taste of bluegill, but never got good enough at cleaning them fast to justify the labor to get a couple tablespoons of meat that likely still has bones in it...guess I need more practice, or to watch someone else do it firsthand.
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For bream (bluegill etc..), scale them with a dull knife or large spoon, cut off the head right behind the front fin (on the side) and gut them. Wash - Salt/pepper and cover with corn meal/flour mixture (1 part meal to 2 parts flour) and deep fry. In the old south, we put the meal/flour mixture in a paper bag and drop in a few prepped fish and shake the bag to get a good coverage. When they are done, break off the tail about an inch from the rear. Then pull out the fin on the fish's back. (Pull from the rear of the fin - kinda up and forward from the rear to the front at the same time). You will then be able to pull the meat off the with your fingers w/o any bones coming out. I start with the little bit of meat on the tail section we just broke off then work from the back to front on each side. You should get a pretty good chunk of meat off of each side with very little effort. I do catfish the same way except they are skinned.
As a side note, I know plenty of old timers who will eat the whole fish, bones and all if it is a "little" bream. They just cook it well. There are still places where you can get a bream sandwich, which is eaten that way.
All this has me now wanting to go fishing. I live within eye sight of the great Suwannee River, which has some of the best tasting catfish.
BTW, another southern thing is that "Bream" are "all" of the panfish family. We only speak the official language - Bluegill, Red Belly, Specks (crappie), Warmouth etc.. if we are trying to brag.
For bream (bluegill etc..), scale them with a dull knife or large spoon, cut off the head right behind the front fin (on the side) and gut them. Wash - Salt/pepper and cover with corn meal/flour mixture (1 part meal to 2 parts flour) and deep fry. In the old south, we put the meal/flour mixture in a paper bag and drop in a few prepped fish and shake the bag to get a good coverage. When they are done, break off the tail about an inch from the rear. Then pull out the fin on the fish's back. (Pull from the rear of the fin - kinda up and forward from the rear to the front at the same time). You will then be able to pull the meat off the with your fingers w/o any bones coming out. I start with the little bit of meat on the tail section we just broke off then work from the back to front on each side. You should get a pretty good chunk of meat off of each side with very little effort. I do catfish the same way except they are skinned.
As a side note, I know plenty of old timers who will eat the whole fish, bones and all if it is a "little" bream. They just cook it well. There are still places where you can get a bream sandwich, which is eaten that way.
All this has me now wanting to go fishing. I live within eye sight of the great Suwannee River, which has some of the best tasting catfish.
BTW, another southern thing is that "Bream" are "all" of the panfish family. We only speak the official language - Bluegill, Red Belly, Specks (crappie), Warmouth etc.. if we are trying to brag.
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