Keeping some fish to eat

Perch filets are also good. Pickerel is a tasty fish if you have the
patience to debone. But there is absolutely, without question, nothing
better than native brook trout.

"J Buck" wrote in message
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Perch filets are also good. Pickerel is a tasty fish if you have the
patience to debone. But there is absolutely, without question, nothing
better than native brook trout.


I dunno. Bluegill are awfully good.

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Good point Craig, I have this small lake near me with no pressure other than
me. No one is keeping any fish and over the past four or five years I have
not caught anything bigger than 4 pounds with most in the pound to pound and
a half range, so if I was to keep some fish and give them away, what size
would I be looking to give away? 12? 13? 14? 15+?, or am I better off giving
away the pickerel that rule this lake? They are consistent at 15-24 inches,
catch way more juvenile pickerel at this lake than bass, any ideas? I would
like to see some bigger bass in the years to come. It could definetly
support the bigger bass, I just think it might be a case of too many fish in
the lake competing for the same food
"Craig Baugher" wrote in message
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Very Cool John! While I practice catch & release, I appreciate those that
catch and keep the 14" to 18" bass. The bass population needs to be
thinned
out too. Otherwise the bass in that body of water will continue to get
smaller and smaller as the population grows. So by taking your legal
limit.
you are actually helping the small bass to survive better (because of less
competition) and allowing the bigger bass to get bigger.

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J wrote:
But there is absolutely, without question, nothing
better than native brook trout.

Couldn't make me eat a trout. I remember liking the taste of bass, but they
are worth far more to me in the lake than in the pan or stomach, and I
haven't killed one to eat in maybe two decades. In fresh water, crappie are
tops in my book, followed by walleye, yellow perch, bluegill & channel cat.

My wife on the other hand, likes kokanee salmon, any other salmon, crappie,
walleye, then brook or rainbow trout.

Still, I prefer flounder to any of them, and cod to most.

RichZ©
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Very Cool John! While I practice catch & release, I appreciate those that
catch and keep the 14" to 18" bass.

I was talking to someone today at work about fishing and stated that I only
caught and released fish. I failed to remember that there was a co-worker near
by who is a total vegitarian. She, we know eachother, came right over and said
"Dan,
you know that phrase should be changed to injured and released with a big hole
in it`s mouth from the hook." I wanted to laugh out loud at that.....but she
is the daughter of the company owner. I let it go though. Then wondered how
do large mouth bass know to jump out of the water and try to throw the hook.
They all seem to know how to do this.
Dan.

I haven't kept a fish in over 15 years for no other reason than it's more
trouble storing, transporting, cleaning and cooking than it's worth to me.
Perch, sunfish and walleye are good, I always thought largemouth tasted like
garbage, but maybe it was my lack of culinary skills.

ROEB...rec.outdoors.eating.bass

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"J Buck" wrote in message
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Perch filets are also good. Pickerel is a tasty fish if you have the
patience to debone. But there is absolutely, without question, nothing
better than native brook trout.


I dunno. Bluegill are awfully good.

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Trout is not one of my preferred foods. Maybe the fact 50 years ago, I
ended up at the Herrick Hospital ER with a trout bone stuck in the throat.
And they could not get it out. Pushed it deeper. May still be there
waiting to get me. I like the white meat fish better.
Bill

there is absolutely, without question, nothing better than native brook
trout

Couldn't make me eat a trout

Wow. Can't fathom that, but to each his own.

Still, I prefer flounder to any of them, and cod to most

Cod, eh? How about mackerel or striper? I'm not a fan of mackerel...way
too oily, though they're a kick to catch on a Xmas tree. Striper's good.
If I couldn't have a brook trout, I'd settle for swordfish.

She, *snip* came right over and said "Dan, you know that phrase should
be changed to injured and released with a big hole in it`s mouth from
the hook." I wanted to laugh out loud at that.....but she is the
daughter of the company owner. I let it go though

Doncha just hate not being able to put an idiot in their place just 'cos
they're the daughter of the boss? LoL

I've always followed the practice of keeping a few sunfish or perch every now
and then, to control the population a bit. These days I have a simple rule of
thumb: If the fish is hooked in the lip or jaw, it gets released. If its
hooked in the gills and bleeding, it gets kept. (this is mostly for trout, as
they tend to go belly up if hooked in the gils and released.)
As far as eating quality, yellow perch and chain pickerel are tops for me,
with crappie, rock bass, bluegil, pumkinseed sunfish also being good. But I
think the body of water the fish comes out of can greatly affect the table
quality. The best tasteing fish I have ever eaten have come from clean, clear
mountain lakes or streams. Fish from murky, algae-infested, or other wise
discolored waters vary from barely OK to downright aweful.

-Zimmy