bass recipes

[eyemaster]

has anyone got a good recipe for bass? I have been told that if you clean them and cook them right they are good...I have never eaten one, but am curious

[cybermuskie]

Just cook it the same as you cook anything else,and you'll be ok. I grew up eating it, and it was just fine!

[Bobb-o]

I personally think that when you get them out of colder water, like through the ice that they taste just like crappies, but i have never eaten anything over aboot 1 1/2 lbs. I just fillet them like i would a walleye and fry them in shore lunch

[Fishin Beast]

Keep the 12-14 inchers out of colder water and you shouldn't have a problem.

I dont keep bass, usually enough sunfish and crappies around. But if I needed a meal and that was all that was around I would take one or 2, and only if that lake had a larger percentage of smaller fish.

[Whopper Stopper]

Bass taste like they smell. In summer your hands smell like Bass for a day after you are done fishing (man I love that). If you want to eat some and you want to have them taste good here is a trick, soak them in milk. If you leave them in milk overnight all the smell and bass taste is gone ( works on Northern also). We then put them on the grill and sprinkle on some seasonings and get set for a divine meal. Yep, Bass off the grill, great!

WS

[winona walleye]

the only way bass taste good is by kissing them on the lips and throwing them back, jimmy houston has known this for years

[Jackpine Rob]

I have heard that soaking them in milk prior to cooking can greatly improve the flavor of the larger bass. People really should eat more bass, and take the pressure off the walleyes and sunfish. Lots of meat on a 5 lb. bass!

[iamgmc]

Better than walleye !!

[FoolNFish]

I do the same with muskies...soak in milk overnite and bake on grill..MMMmmmmmmm

[tacklebox7FF]

I catch some bass and keep usually the smaller ones around 2 pounds or so... Then scale them so the skin is still on them and fillet the bass.. then put them in a grill basket and cover fillets with a mixture of butter and lemon juice.. sprinkle some lemmonpepper and some Joe Bucher Fish seasoning or any other fish seasoning you want to trow on it.... cook the fillets on the skin side till the skin turns dark and flip the flat basket over and cook or just get some brown grill marks on the fillets..

it usually takes like 6-8 minutes on both sides.... but keep adding a little butter and lemon juice to the open side of the fillet...

The bass when done flakes right off the skin and pretty dang good... My old man uses the same recipe for trout..

[fisherman]

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I have heard that soaking them in milk prior to cooking can greatly improve the flavor of the larger bass. People really should eat more bass, and take the pressure off the walleyes and sunfish. Lots of meat on a 5 lb. bass!

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That would make them bass guys happy!

[primetime49]

Growing up at a lake where every kind of fish known to man swam in we had to learn how to feed or eat our resort patrons fresh catch.often bass was deboned lets say 4-6 1to3 lbs. fish,and in a camp fry pan we would i lbs. butter and about i can cheap beer .this is going to sound strange but about the time the liquid turns to sauce you put in about half bottle ketchup take off heat let it coolas you mix it and serve it like barbecues on bread or buns,years ago many people ate all their bass at our place but i never really liked it unless it was done like this or grilled.