Fish Taste

[MOPanfisher]

There are very few commonly eaten fish I don't like.  Even carp ain't bad, maybe not good but not bad either.

[Mitch f]

Just now, MOPanfisher said:

There are very few commonly eaten fish I don't like.  Even carp ain't bad, maybe not good but not bad either.

I actually do like drum prepared correctly 

[rps]

32 minutes ago, Mitch f said:

I actually do like drum prepared correctly 

The man has named the key! Prepared correctly.

One example I read once: Scale and gut the trout and then butterfly them. Put them flesh up on a cedar plank. Generously salt and pepper the top side and use melted butter to coat the flesh. Convect bake at 400 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove the plank from the oven, discard the trout, and eat the plank.

 

[rps]

BH, and others for that matter, if you plan to travel to Tulsa, message me and I will feed you. Bring me walleye and I will teach you fishburgers.

https://www.ozarkrevenge.com/2016/05/summer-special-fish-burgers-with-fruit.html

[ColdWaterFshr]

I've found the Steelhead from Aldi's to be pretty durn good on cedar planks, and stuffed mushroom caps.  Paired with Morpho Gin from 4Hands with a splash of club soda.

 

[netboy]

I'll take a fresh red snapper, grouper, flounder, speckled trout, black drum, mahi or cobia over any fish that swims. 

[Mitch f]

17 minutes ago, netboy said:

I'll take a fresh red snapper, grouper, flounder, speckled trout, black drum, mahi or cobia over any fish that swims. 

I’ll add Sea Bass to that list

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40 minutes ago, netboy said:

I'll take a fresh red snapper, grouper, flounder, speckled trout, black drum, mahi or cobia over any fish that swims. 

Red drum?

[netboy]

11 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Red drum?

Used to catch lots of redfish when we lived on North Padre Island. As far as eating, I would rank them lower than the other bay species down there. The meat was rather bland and a bit coarse for my taste. Problem was a smaller redfish around 16 to 18" was great eating, but Texas put a minimum size limit of 20" and most that we caught were in the mid 20 inch range.

Now as far as catching them and the fight they put up, I would rank them number one on the list. They were fun to stalk on the shallow flats with a fly rod or small topwater plug. 

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37 minutes ago, netboy said:

Used to catch lots of redfish when we lived on North Padre Island. As far as eating, I would rank them lower than the other bay species down there. The meat was rather bland and a bit coarse for my taste. Problem was a smaller redfish around 16 to 18" was great eating, but Texas put a minimum size limit of 20" and most that we caught were in the mid 20 inch range.

Now as far as catching them and the fight they put up, I would rank them number one on the list. They were fun to stalk on the shallow flats with a fly rod or small topwater plug. 

I love chasing red fish.   I looked through old pictures and I’ve only eaten smaller ones mainly around NOLA.  Some in FL.  I could see where a big one could be tough.