White Bass

[PRFISHER]

Anyone eat them?

We are going to try and smoke them, would they be good any other way

[Finns]

Cut the red meat out and fry them. Also good pickled.

Every October we make a pilgramage to Okla. for them.

Finns.

[tunrevir]

Fillet them with a bit of finesse and you'll have great eating. 1. Fillet the meat of the fish like normal. 2. When cutting the meat off the skin rather then scalping right to the skin try and fillet it 3/16ths off the skin. This will take care of much of the red meat. 3. Once skinned turn the fillet over and look for the red fatty areas. Follow along the fat towards the center of the fillet making a shallow v-cut. On bigger fish you end up with a v shaped fillet. On smaller fish you'll end up with the backstrap and a potatoe chipped size piece that most sunfish people will be proud of.

4. Clean any excess red meat from the fillet, again by cutting along the lateral line and slightly into the center of the fillet. 5. Once the red stuff is gone cook like you would any other panfish! If you leave the (fat) red meat you'll get a strong fishy flavor. Do it right and your neighbors won't know the difference. They also grill well and work with alot of the same recipes as trout and salmon.

Tunrevir~

[ChompChomp_YANK]

A friend of mine told me they where good, so last year I threw a couple in the livewell with my walleyes. I kept a few of the smaller ones they usually have less fat along the skin. I cubed them up along with my eye's, and threw them in the deep fryer. We could'nt tell the difference. So if I'm doing a fish fry & I'm a couple walleye short of a meal I'll throw a couple silvers in the box.

[LOWinEYEin]

Does anyone have any White Bass pics? I believe I caugt one yesterday. frome teh Vermillion River (dakota co). Eat or no eat?

[DTro]

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Does anyone have any White Bass pics? I believe I caugt one yesterday. frome teh Vermillion River (dakota co). Eat or no eat?

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