I swear I like these better than crappie
Bass supper
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Looks good!
Looks great.
yeah ive gotten to where i like crappie less and less unless they are less than 11" and fried whole bone in. no matter what i do thick "slabs" fall apart or break in half even if i cut them in two. plus, to me, crappie just has a strong fish smell.
lol guess ive gotten spoiled to spots, bluegill and gasper goo. fiddler blue cats are fine too.
lol guess ive gotten spoiled to spots, bluegill and gasper goo. fiddler blue cats are fine too.
looks very good by the way.
Man that looks good
TheLBLman
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Different is good!
I like them both equally!
Rather have both than either!
THOSE look AWESOME!
What is "gasper"?
DrumDifferent is good!
I like them both equally!
Rather have both than either!
THOSE look AWESOME!
What is "gasper"?
Chief44
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Nothing wrong with that
FLTENNHUNTER1
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Shhhhhh!
Catch and release! Catch and release!
Catch and release! Catch and release!
Union Co. Boy
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Good grub!!!
Displaced_Vol
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I've posted on other threads but after trying some spotted (KY) bass a couple years ago I am a believer in those. We've got a small pond that needs fish removed from it so I'll be trying some largemouth this summer for sure.
I hear that the bass fishermen are putting a hit out on you! 
Honestly, the place I caught these REALLY needs some bass taken out.I hear that the bass fishermen are putting a hit out on you!
Way too many 12-14" fish.
JCDEERMAN
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Bass filets are mighty fine if they are the right size fish
as long as the water is not stagnated or nasty they are good. they are sunfish like bluegill and crappie.
nasty water will make any fish taste nasty. my ex bil and his daddy caught 1000 crappie out of the big sandy dewatering area. he didnt handle them correctly and they had 2000 nasty filets in their freezers. they are reason my wife wont eat any fish out of the lake.
The first bass I ever ate was from a mess that my son and I caught out of a pond at the country club.
Nasty is putting it nicely.
Never ate another bass for YEARS.
Last year my best friend said he wanted to try a bass. I told him they were nasty but I would catch and cook him some.
I tried it and was amazed.
Looking back it is rather obvious as to why they tasted like poop but at that time I had clean and cooked maybe 5 fish in my life.
I actually do prefer them over crappie due to crappie fillets having very little flavor.
Won't turn down either though. :D
I'm that way about trout. The stockers they put in Tellico and Citico from the hatchery taste bad to me. I've heard it described as tasting like dog food. I don't know what dog food tastes like but I can say they are probably right. I guess it's because of them being in those dirty poop filled flumes their whole life and not having time to "get it out of their system" when dumped into the river. The trout from other streams taste really good. If you get some from the Hiwassee or Ocoee that have been in there a while, they have a totally different taste to me.
Headhunter
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geez there are all kinds of poison in those country club ponds. i used to dive for golf balls and that is some nasty water.
some years on ky lake we have some algae blooms, i wont keep any fish unless i find some clean water.
UCStandSitter
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Glad to see I ain't the only one who likes ketchup on my fried fish. Wife makes fun of me.
My favorite way to eat freshwater fish is in taco form though. Lil bit of spicy slaw and some mango salsa (or heck any salsa), I can eat my weight in em.
My favorite way to eat freshwater fish is in taco form though. Lil bit of spicy slaw and some mango salsa (or heck any salsa), I can eat my weight in em.
Displaced_Vol
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Any way to negate the taste if they come out of a dirty old pond? Soak in saltwater? bleed em?
I don't know but that's what I've got. Like I said it needs fish taken out of it anyway but I hate to waste em. Kept several small bluegill the other day and just froze them whole to use for bait later this year.
I don't know but that's what I've got. Like I said it needs fish taken out of it anyway but I hate to waste em. Kept several small bluegill the other day and just froze them whole to use for bait later this year.
UCStandSitter
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Soakin em in salt water in the fridge overnight tends to knock that taste down for me. Everyone's taste buds are different though. Wife doesn't like em that way
A guy I know catches lots of crappie and catfish.
He said he always soaks his catfish in white milk overnight.
Might work for bass, dunno?
thirdwilliam
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nice meal. 12"-16" are hard to beat
pretty much do. run into wads of them occasionally. they are psycho like a woman. can be 4ft deep one minute and 60ft deep hugging bottom the next. biggest one ive caught yet was about 2 1/2 to 3 pounds. most are just good eating size.
The pic of the "decent" bass is labeled 6.5lbs.jpg. I knew you were a big fish machine, but catching thirty 6 and a half pound bass in a day is remarkable. If I was that good at catching 6.5 pounders I probably wouldn't even take pics of them labeled with the weight. I would just be like "ho hum, another 6.5 pounder." In another thread a month ago you said "bass is truly a non factor in being a "fighting" fish. Well smallmouth put up a decent fight, but largemouth are for sure "slugs" in comparison." So, are these "decent" bass (6.5 pounders) fun as you said above, or are they non fighting fish and slugs? You can probably understand my confusion after reading seemingly contrary descriptions of largemouth bass.
Headhunter
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Compared to a hybrid, bass are slugs, they basically are a non fight.
Never said I don't like catching bass, I love catching bass, actually catching bluegill and crappie are 2 of my favorites not only to eat but catch, but that is correct, "bass is truly a non factor in being a "fighting" fish. Well smallmouth put up a decent fight, but largemouth are for sure "slugs" in comparison."
I will say one advantage is seeing bass jump, especially like the one my brother is holding. I love to see them jumping. Hybrids will jump, but it usually only happens a time or 2 a year.
As far what I truly think, I rarely fish for bass in April and May anymore (other than when my friend with the place in the pics calls and says come up), why because I am chasing hybrids instead those "slug" bass. I have caught some really nice bass while fishing for hybrids, one smallie was just over 5 lbs and several largemouth 4, 5, and over 6 lbs. When I catch the smallmouth, that is a good fight. When I catch a largemouth, even over 6, seems like a non event, especially when it happens on the handful of times each spring when I am catching hybrids over 10 lbs.
Absolutely no comparison.
Never said I don't like catching bass, I love catching bass, actually catching bluegill and crappie are 2 of my favorites not only to eat but catch, but that is correct, "bass is truly a non factor in being a "fighting" fish. Well smallmouth put up a decent fight, but largemouth are for sure "slugs" in comparison."
I will say one advantage is seeing bass jump, especially like the one my brother is holding. I love to see them jumping. Hybrids will jump, but it usually only happens a time or 2 a year.
As far what I truly think, I rarely fish for bass in April and May anymore (other than when my friend with the place in the pics calls and says come up), why because I am chasing hybrids instead those "slug" bass. I have caught some really nice bass while fishing for hybrids, one smallie was just over 5 lbs and several largemouth 4, 5, and over 6 lbs. When I catch the smallmouth, that is a good fight. When I catch a largemouth, even over 6, seems like a non event, especially when it happens on the handful of times each spring when I am catching hybrids over 10 lbs.
Absolutely no comparison.
Headhunter
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I have caught a few "decent" bass in my, just a few.:)
Forgot, that pic with my brother, it was one of the best, added a few more pics from his place. They were killing topwater, although it is what I would call "cheating" because it is a private managed lake. Never ever stocked, he is talking about stocking Florida strain in a lake or two, maybe even walleye in one, but all the fish have been there since he bought the farm.
Forgot, that pic with my brother, it was one of the best, added a few more pics from his place. They were killing topwater, although it is what I would call "cheating" because it is a private managed lake. Never ever stocked, he is talking about stocking Florida strain in a lake or two, maybe even walleye in one, but all the fish have been there since he bought the farm.
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