OT: WHAT ARE THE 3 BEST TASTING FRESHWATER FISH?

Bogie35 · Post by **Bogie35** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:44 pm

Hey fellas! I hope we have fun with this one.

My favorites are:

Crappie
Bream (Bluegill)
Channel Catfish

How about you?

bogie

Mich Hunter · Post by **Mich Hunter** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:47 pm

Perch
trout
salmon

Post by **Hobie** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:50 pm

#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)

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:58 pm

Catfish
Perch
Walleye

nralover · Post by **nralover** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:59 pm

Bogie35 wrote:Hey fellas! I hope we have fun with this one.

My favorites are:

Crappie
Bream (Bluegill)
Channel Catfish

How about you?

bogie

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!

reo · Post by **reo** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:00 pm

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.

hammerman · Post by **hammerman** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:49 pm

Here's my pick:

1. Salmon
2. Trout
3. Perch

I pretty much like all fish, but my least favorite is catfish.

HEAD0001 · Post by **HEAD0001** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:04 pm

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.

1886 · Post by **1886** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:16 pm

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.

Borregos · Post by **Borregos** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:26 pm

Walleye
Laketrout
Perch

spaceman spiff · Post by **spaceman spiff** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:36 pm

1. Yellow Perch
2. Walleye
3. Smelt

Duff L Bagg · Post by **Duff L Bagg** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:42 pm

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.

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:48 pm

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.

Old Time Hunter · Post by **Old Time Hunter** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:52 pm

spaceman spiff wrote:1. Yellow Perch
2. Walleye
3. Smelt

+1

Rimfire McNutjob · Post by **Rimfire McNutjob** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:54 pm

Specks
Catfish
Bream

roundup · Post by **roundup** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 7:22 pm

1. Columbia River Salmon

2. Crappie

3. Channel Catfish

Bob A · Post by **Bob A** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 7:50 pm

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.

Bob A

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:09 pm

nralover wrote: Man, fried crappie and morels, hot sauce and a Mich Light to wash it down!

If I didn't know better, I'd think you've been spying on my backyard fish frys!

That is exactly what my last fry consisted of right down to the brew.

rjohns94 · Post by **rjohns94** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:18 pm

perch,
catfish
crappie

new pig hunter · Post by **new pig hunter** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:42 pm

Bob A tells it perfectly: trout, trout, and more trout !!

Cheers,

Carl

BigSky56 · Post by **BigSky56** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:05 pm

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

deerwhacker444 · Post by **deerwhacker444** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:09 pm

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...

Pop Watts · Post by **Pop Watts** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:17 pm

#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.

bogus bill · Post by **bogus bill** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:24 pm

My dad would smoke carp that you wouldnt belive! Walleye, pearch and other pan fish.

Post by **Chuck 100 yd** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:47 pm

I wondered when someone would say Carp ! I have had smoked carp that was very good.

deerwhacker444 · Post by **deerwhacker444** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 10:09 pm

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.

m.wun · Post by **m.wun** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 10:31 pm

As the old saying goes,smoke the carp on a cedar plank for 2 hours then eat the plank...

Bogie35 · Post by **Bogie35** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 10:48 pm

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...

Thanks a lot! You made me forget the topic!

That looks fantastic!

bogie

Bogie35 · Post by **Bogie35** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 10:52 pm

m.wun wrote:As the old saying goes,smoke the carp on a cedar plank for 2 hours then eat the plank...

Old Time Hunter · Post by **Old Time Hunter** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 10:56 pm

bogus bill wrote:My dad would smoke carp that you wouldnt belive! Walleye, pearch and other pan fish.

Darn, forgot about smoked chubs! And a good ole' fashion Door County fish boil (Whitefish), add some walleye and that's eat'n!

Bogie35 · Post by **Bogie35** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:19 pm

So far the leading scores are:

Trout 13
Catfish 9
Bream 7
Crappie 7
Perch 7
Walleye 6

Thanks!

bogie

Warhawk · Post by **Warhawk** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:38 pm

Crappie
Walleye
Striper

Tycer · Post by **Tycer** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:44 pm

Cutthroat Trout
Walleye Pike
Muskellunge

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 12:02 am

I grew up on crappie, yum, yum. Ate to much salmon while trolling Alaska. Getting around to accepting it again.

marlinman93 · Post by **marlinman93** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 12:32 am

Walleye
Perch
Bulegill

Pepe Ray · Post by **Pepe Ray** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 1:23 am

Horned pout (Mainer's catfish)
Small Mouth Bass
Large Mpoth Bass

In that order.

Jaguarundi · Post by **Jaguarundi** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 2:27 am

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).

thornblom · Post by **thornblom** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 3:25 am

The 3 best

Bruce · Post by **Bruce** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 5:22 am

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.

ceb · Post by **ceb** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 9:11 am

Catfish (Channels or Black Bullhead I don't care which)
Bluegill
Crappie

Not always in that order, depends on whats biting!

joe in fl · Post by **joe in fl** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 9:15 am

1. Catfish
2. Speck's
3. MORE CATFISH

Oh did mention I like catfish
just add hushpuppies, cole slaw and cold beer.
Joe

dr walker · Post by **dr walker** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 12:33 pm

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.

WCF3030 · Post by **WCF3030** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 12:53 pm

You can certainly tell who the Michigan boys are.

mescalero1 · Post by **mescalero1** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 1:10 pm

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.

Post by **Old Savage** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 1:11 pm

Bluegill, Bass, Pickerel.

mescalero1 · Post by **mescalero1** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 1:18 pm

Old Savage,
I caught 1 pickeral in my life, my great uncle's pet raccon made off with it & ate it!

Modoc ED · Post by **Modoc ED** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 1:46 pm

1. Trout
2. Catfish
3. Crappie/Bluegill

plinkin pete · Post by **plinkin pete** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 2:10 pm

TedH wrote:
nralover wrote: Man, fried crappie and morels, hot sauce and a Mich Light to wash it down!
If I didn't know better, I'd think you've been spying on my backyard fish frys!

That is exactly what my last fry consisted of right down to the brew.

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 2:38 pm

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.

Bruce · Post by **Bruce** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 3:48 pm

AJMD429,

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.