How Many of you Keep Bass to Eat??

[Jale]

At least a half of my fishing in the summer is bass fishing. I will admit that I usually will bring home a fish or two for my wife and kids as they absolutely love it. Personally I don't generally eat fish unless it's a shore lunch while fishing.

I never keep larger ones to bring home, always a smaller one. This is mostly to keep the wife happy.

As others have stated I never freeze fish, defeats the point of having fresh fish in my opinion. Anything that I bring home is always consumed either that night or the next morning.

Joe

[squig69]

when i was a kid id just go bass fishing for the fun of it fishing from shore. my family didnt target them all that much, we targeted mostly walleye and trout. i've fished bass late last year and kept some for the table and was suprised at how good they tasted, the wife's an awsome cook. i dont catch my limit of anything very often so when i catch a few ive enjoyed the meal. will i eat bass again? yup!

chris

[big-o]

Thanks Guys for being honest so far so good...need more input fro the Lurkers

[Canadian Bacon]

I am just not a fan of Bass....Love to fish it but never really liked the taste..might be time to try it again.
I do like a good Walleye, Pike, Catfish, Crappie and especially perch..Oh I can tell you I have some great Blackend Seabass that was incredible tasting!

[FLOATFISHIN]

Big suprise to those who know me But I am allergic to fish Shocking yes, but I am....


Now I kept a bass for Roxy last year, and have kept a few for my Stepfather over the years, and have to say, my Step-pops, kinda grew out of the taste, and Roxy wasnt to tickled bout it either.

Though if she had enjoyed the taste, I would have kept a few smaller ones for her then and times to come.

F.F


Big-O your a meat fisherman?????

[grumpy7790]

I keep one limit a year usually to donate to our annual camp "Fish Chowder" meal. Those fish are usally in 14-16" range, larger ones go back. That's it, the rest of the time they all go back.

I mentioned this before, releasing all fish may not be what's best for a fishery. Selective harvasting has shown very positive results on some bodies of water.

G

[steve-hamilton]

i eat fish that are put and take fish....like walleye.

i personally believe a healthy bass Shouldn't be kept in most cases, but thats just me. We've kept them when fishing in the north backpacking, but we really had no choice.

i know places like nanticoke, where there are 10, 000 bass under 2.5 pounds, its ok to keep them.

but i'd really like to see A LOT of water made C&R ONLY for bass....but once again, thats just my personal opinion.

I think with the amount of stocking of trout/salmon/walleye, they should be eaten. They, for the most part, aren't even natural.

I always wince when i see bass on a stringer, especially 3lbs+ bass....but whatever.

As for fall bass fishing, the best day of bass fishing i've ever had was Sept 30th. Not sure if that counts as fall yet, as its not Oct or even Nov, but the bass were putting on the feed bag.

with local fisheries like simcoe, teaming with perch, and BoQ loaded with pickies, i dont see the need to keep bass (ESPECIALLY AT QUINTE!).

but i close this with the preverbial, each to their own.

[Legend]

I guess I've never really kept a lot of fish in my lifetime and Bass are way down the list due to a bad experience with a Trent Canal L/M. But like everything else, this is subject to change.

I have found a sauce that could make a mooneye taste good, and I found it in a Chinese/Vietnamese grocery store. They had an aquarium in there with about 200 channel cats swimming happily away. The sauce is reffered to as a sweet chilli sauce.

And... I'm bringing a bottle to Westmeath!

Legend

[Cracker]

That sounds real good, Legend! I'm also hoping that Markus brings some of his smoked specialties that he brought last year.
Personally, I only eat perch... or wallys when someone can catch one for me (cause I can't )

[big-o]

Cracker Wrote:

or wallys when someone can catch one for me (cause I can't )

Come to the Quinte trip this fall....we will take care of that

[topraider]

I sometimes take a single largemouth (never smallmouth) home if I catch one towards the end of the evening and I'm hungry.

I kill maybe a dozen a year, tops. And never one over 2.5 lbs.

And only the stupid ones who hit muskie lures.

[Scum Frog]

I usually like to bring home a fish or two home for a meal for the family. I rarely bring home a limit, but I have the odd time of walleye. As far as bass goes, I prefer the taste of smallmouth over largemouth, but I eat either one.

[Carl]

I typically don't eat bass cause I rather eat different fish but yeah I do eat bass each year when camping with friends. Kind of a traditionnal fish fry, Bass and Pike for us or on other lakes its bass only.

I typically through the bass back due to taste. I do eat fish of all species though.

Carlco

[topwater]

I'm amazed at the number of people that refer to bass tasting inferior to other fish , I used to keep and eat bass as of last season I opted to release them all,but this is in no way because of the taste . I started off releasing them because my partner at the time woudn't allow bass kept in his boat and have since come to the conclusion that I will no longer freeze fish and as I am the only fish eater in the house I find small walleye and panfish are better suited to me.

Having said that If I was keeping for a shore lunch and that was what I was catching then a feed of bass it would be

[moondog]

Most of the bass i get come from a very shallow lake on the bruce peninsula.
They are usually wormy-so we don't really keep any-fun to catch though.
As for the taste-i like it -nothing wrong with the taste of bass!!