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Posted: **Mon May 25, 2015 5:40 pm**

Gday Folks
So had the fam on the boat yesterday looking for crappie and ran into a honey hole of rock bass... there were some serious fish commin' up, between the four of us we caught easily 30 rock bass.
So my question is, are they good eatin' and worth the trouble. Well they werent any trouble.

Also a story to believe or not.... so as i said we were out fishn yesterday and the 10 yr old was with us, he decided a red gummy bear was enticing to the fish so he put one on his hook with a worm. After catching numerous panies he lost his gummy bear.
About 45 min later I reeled in a good size rock bass, as i was takin it off the hook and I crap YOU NOT the red gummy bear came out of his mouth and landed on the seat beside me !!!!!
We were in awe and laughing our heads off at that fact that this could even happen, never mind the odds .....
This my friends is no fish tale but a true story !!!!

Posted: **Tue May 26, 2015 5:07 am**

Re:eating Rockies,,YES,YES,YES!!All "Panfish" are Good Eat'n!! Besides it saves our other species for catch & release!! Well mostly! Walleye are the exception to me!!

Posted: **Tue May 26, 2015 6:32 am**

Nice report. I have no idea if they are good to eat or not...

Posted: **Tue May 26, 2015 6:32 am**

Rock Bass are Excellent table fare. Thumbs will be sore after cleaning 30 of them though.

Posted: **Tue May 26, 2015 6:44 am**

I echo the comments above....Rockers are extremely good to eat and make excellent table fare.

Posted: **Tue May 26, 2015 7:06 am**

They are good to eat, they seem to have a little bigger ribcage so you dont get as much meat off of them as you do the equivalent sized crappie but its still worth the effort. Probably get the same amount of meat as you would a bluegill or pumpkinseed and they taste just as good.

Posted: **Mon Jun 15, 2015 10:45 am**

Got into a big mess of 'em Saturday evening we are gonna cook em up tonight and see how they are, Thanks All ...

Posted: **Mon Jun 15, 2015 11:20 am**

Hosseye wrote:Got into a big mess of 'em Saturday evening we are gonna cook em up tonight and see how they are, Thanks All ...

Let us know !

Posted: **Mon Jun 15, 2015 7:22 pm**

If the rock bass have been feeding on gummy bears I cannot see how they would not be good to eat.

Posted: **Mon Jun 15, 2015 8:15 pm**

People will eat anything lol! I once seen a guy bite the head off one and chew on it for a couple seconds he said it wasn't that bad...

Posted: **Fri Jul 08, 2016 7:15 am**

Hehehe lol I LOVE that story dude! One of those, "you had to be there" to believe it things eh.

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Eatin' Rock Bass - and a (true) tall tale !!

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Re: Eatin' Rock Bass - and a (true) tall tale !!

Re: Eatin' Rock Bass - and a (true) tall tale !!

Re: Eatin' Rock Bass - and a (true) tall tale !!