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Mahi, Rockfish, Snakehead, Flounder
A lot to cover in this thread.
I like pan fish. Lake perch is the king. After that they all run about equal including walleye. Haven't eaten a lot of salt water fish but can't say I have had any I'd turn down. I do wish I liked salmon more.
I do look forwards to Culver's walleye in the spring, but the dinner not the sandwich. For a fast food restaurant, that is one heck of a meal and they do NOT skimp.
Someone mentioned bass if it wasn't muddy. That is the best thing about living in the north. Fish caught through the hard water (ice) The lake has been undisturbed for a couple months the water is crystal clear and the fish are firm and clean. I'll take winter caught pan fish over most anything.
I like pan fish. Lake perch is the king. After that they all run about equal including walleye. Haven't eaten a lot of salt water fish but can't say I have had any I'd turn down. I do wish I liked salmon more.
I do look forwards to Culver's walleye in the spring, but the dinner not the sandwich. For a fast food restaurant, that is one heck of a meal and they do NOT skimp.
Someone mentioned bass if it wasn't muddy. That is the best thing about living in the north. Fish caught through the hard water (ice) The lake has been undisturbed for a couple months the water is crystal clear and the fish are firm and clean. I'll take winter caught pan fish over most anything.
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RugerForMe
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Fried walleye, perch, sunfish, bluegill and crappie. I do like Trout & Bullheads but are subject to size, prefer them on the smaller side. Almost forgot to add cooking anything over your campfire adds something special to your dinner..
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Blackened anything is good. That's the only way I eat any fish I don 't bread and fry.
No walleye in my neck of the woods, so fresh caught crappie or farm raised catfish are my favorite. I won’t turn down fresh caught Opelousas cats either.
My son from years ago. I taught that boy how to fish but he surpassed me !
My son from years ago. I taught that boy how to fish but he surpassed me !
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Crappie, Crappie & more of the same !
Ocean bottom fish is my favorite. Sea bass, ling cod, yellow eye, cod, halibut, all off my area of the North Pacific.
I have fished extensively my whole life. Although I've caught and given away so many Salmon, I don't care for it. It's too fishy.
I also very much like crab and lobster. Lobster of course is shipped in, but dungeness crab proliferates in our ocean. It's very available, and for folks lucky like me, we could easily catch limits of crab while we were salmon or bottom fishing.
I have fished extensively my whole life. Although I've caught and given away so many Salmon, I don't care for it. It's too fishy.
I also very much like crab and lobster. Lobster of course is shipped in, but dungeness crab proliferates in our ocean. It's very available, and for folks lucky like me, we could easily catch limits of crab while we were salmon or bottom fishing.
Halibut salmon to smoke trout
Walleye, Crappie/Panfish, Catfish...The fresher the better!
I pretty much like eating any kind of fish except for Salmon, which I got so sick after eating once many years ago, that I still cannot eat it to this day.
I tried it again a few years ago...Nope!
I pretty much like eating any kind of fish except for Salmon, which I got so sick after eating once many years ago, that I still cannot eat it to this day.
I tried it again a few years ago...Nope!
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I have a buddy who is quite the fisherman. He gets a lot of fresh fish, snapper, Mahi and other pelagics. However, he too loves the Mc Donalds fish sandwich. Yes, I like them too.
Mahi, red snapper, grouper, salmon are all good as are crappie & bass. Catfish can be okay if you catch them but most I've ever had in a restaurant tasted like mud. Tuna can be wonderful. The stuff in the can is kind of alright too.
coachk64
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Grilled it's Pacific salmon, fried it's walleye or cod, but the only fish I've ever had that I wouldn't order again was some scrod. I've enjoyed every other type of fish I've had, not matter how it was cooked.
One of my most memorable meals was in Barbados. They have a bunch of shacks right near the pier where all of the commercial fishermen dock. You just pick a shack, order off the handwritten menu and they go to the pier and pick it out and cook it. I had broiled flying fish just because I'd never tried it before. It was fantastic.
One of my most memorable meals was in Barbados. They have a bunch of shacks right near the pier where all of the commercial fishermen dock. You just pick a shack, order off the handwritten menu and they go to the pier and pick it out and cook it. I had broiled flying fish just because I'd never tried it before. It was fantastic.
Hankus
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Fried (freshwater) catfish, grouper, cobia, snook, smoked mullet! Fresh and smoked salmon sushi, tuna sushi!
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dadstillsurfs
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Fresh Tuna is killer, but so is fresh Ling Cod, Halibut, and Striped Bass (best fish tacos!). My absolute favorite ocean fish is Cabazon. They eat lots of rock crab, so they have a pronounced crab flavor to me.
Best flavor crab EVER is a dungeness crab. Bite-for-bite, pound-for-pound, there's nothing better than a steamed Dungey, a little butter, a squeeze of lemon, a loaf of crusty Sourdough, and a schooner of Firestone-Walker Ale (because Anchor Steam is outa business).
New England can claim for Lobster, but the West Coast / Alaska OWNS crab.
Best flavor crab EVER is a dungeness crab. Bite-for-bite, pound-for-pound, there's nothing better than a steamed Dungey, a little butter, a squeeze of lemon, a loaf of crusty Sourdough, and a schooner of Firestone-Walker Ale (because Anchor Steam is outa business).
New England can claim for Lobster, but the West Coast / Alaska OWNS crab.
Mercury on a bun.
Ive only had it in Alaska but man that's good.
Agreed!Deep fried catfish, hush puppies and coleslaw. Anything else is just in second place.
We eat a lot of bass and crappie too.
But I like most fish, except for maybe trout. Never thrilled me much for some reason.
Depending on whether I want fish caught in the surf, off a pier or from a boat, fresh fish is mere minutes to an hour or so, depending on how far out I go.
If I listed the species I would use up the entire internet.
As to shark, the species has a lot to do with flavor and it's important to bleed them.
If I listed the species I would use up the entire internet.
As to shark, the species has a lot to do with flavor and it's important to bleed them.
For me
For me it's whatever fresh fish is on the menu, breakfast, lunch or dinner, at any eatery in Hawaii...
For me it's whatever fresh fish is on the menu, breakfast, lunch or dinner, at any eatery in Hawaii...
Killer Bee
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Kodiak several years ago. hit our limit of 2 kings and 10 silvers daily by noon.
I don't really have a favorite, I like all sea creatures, salt and fresh.
Any fresh fish other than Tilapia.
Dolly varden trout in Adak was pretty good especially pulled out and thrown into a cast iron skillet. ( although those with eagle claw marks may not be as presentable) Walleye fresh out of the Boundary Waters, Tuna without Shark bites on Midway Island. Coho & Smelt out of Lake Michigan, Fried Mudcat from the Mississippi right off the skinning tree. Artic Char off the rack.
The local catch was always best, but currently there are enough heavy metals along the California Coast that those days have passed. Currently raw Oysters are a crapshoot, and abalone is even dicey. One claw lobsters in Maine have always been an affordable delicacy, yet once the reach six pounds the taste seems to change. Sardines are best when packed in Louisiana Hot Sauce, and Smoked White Fish is still to die for. Peruvian Sea Bass, Grouper, Bonita are just mouth watering.
Guess I just can't make up mind, so give me the local catch of the day, even if it's still wiggling in Japan.
Dolly varden trout in Adak was pretty good especially pulled out and thrown into a cast iron skillet. ( although those with eagle claw marks may not be as presentable) Walleye fresh out of the Boundary Waters, Tuna without Shark bites on Midway Island. Coho & Smelt out of Lake Michigan, Fried Mudcat from the Mississippi right off the skinning tree. Artic Char off the rack.
The local catch was always best, but currently there are enough heavy metals along the California Coast that those days have passed. Currently raw Oysters are a crapshoot, and abalone is even dicey. One claw lobsters in Maine have always been an affordable delicacy, yet once the reach six pounds the taste seems to change. Sardines are best when packed in Louisiana Hot Sauce, and Smoked White Fish is still to die for. Peruvian Sea Bass, Grouper, Bonita are just mouth watering.
Guess I just can't make up mind, so give me the local catch of the day, even if it's still wiggling in Japan.
Ah, Tilapia. MIL lived on a 20-40 acre lake in Fl. FIL & I watched a couple guys netting the heck out of some kind of fish. We motered out there & found out they were Tilapia, a boat full. Long story short, we wound up with enough fresh fish to feed the 8 or so family members at the house that day. I filleted & MIL knew exactly how to cook them. They were very good with all present in agreement.
Fast forward to back home in Ky & realized the Tilapia at the grocer was sewer ditch raised in Thailand or Cambodia. Asked the wife not to bring any more of it in.
Fast forward to back home in Ky & realized the Tilapia at the grocer was sewer ditch raised in Thailand or Cambodia. Asked the wife not to bring any more of it in.
Only fish I know of that provides less nutrients than it takes to gather & clean. Definition of a garbage fish. Folks that don't like the fishy taste of fish should eat Pollack. Better for you, and even Gordon's Parmesan Breaded frozen fish sticks have a better taste. JMHO YMMV.
My daughter swears Fugu is awesome, but while I am an adventurous eater, I ain't that adventurous.
[Fugu is a type of pufferfish that is highly valued for its taste and texture, but also contains a deadly toxin that requires skilled preparation. ]
[Fugu is a type of pufferfish that is highly valued for its taste and texture, but also contains a deadly toxin that requires skilled preparation. ]
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I hear walleye are great, we dont have them here so I have to go with crappie for freshwater and for saltwater, red snapper.
