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Question: Assuming you eat fish, do you eat SM bass in Q/BW


Yes, without a second thought 39 (46.4%) Sometimes. It's no big deal. 20 (23.8%) Rarely and only in a pinch. 17 (20.2%) Never. Why would you? 8 (9.5%) Total votes: 84 « Created by: PhantomJug on: Apr 30^th, 2011 at 9:55pm »

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JChief Inukshuk Offline Posts: 196 Location: Ohio Joined: Mar 29^th, 2009	Re: SM Bass consumption Reply #40 - May 3^rd, 2011 at 8:34pm	Quote Print Post
	Puckster wrote on May 3^rd, 2011 at 1:51am: I think another factor is cultural. I caught a whitefish in Pickerel Lake once...looked like a rough fish, almost like a carp. Similar experience on a canda trip out side of the Q. Caught 2 whitefish which to my then uneducated eye looked like a cross between a shad and a carp and promptly released them. When I got back to the dock I saw a canadian couple with a few of the shad/carp on a stringer so I had to ask. In their opinion, whitefish was the only fish to keep for eating purposes. I still haven't tried it other than smoked but live and learn. Or is it learn and live? J


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SaltedLeech Jr. Member Offline Posts: 54 Location: Michigan Joined: Jan 19^th, 2011	Re: SM Bass consumption Reply #41 - May 3^rd, 2011 at 8:54pm	Quote Print Post
	Duck wrapped in Bacon tastes good ....Throw away the duck and eat the bacon. If you have to smoother any fish in suace, spices or marinade it is only good for smoking. I have never had smoked fish I didn't like. I will admit I do love catching the Lakers in Qt they are a great fight. In the Great lakes they are like realing in an old shoe. I think I will pass on trying the LT unless thats all we catch.


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solotripper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 8103 Location: clarkston MI Joined: Mar 14^th, 2005	Re: SM Bass consumption Reply #42 - May 3^rd, 2011 at 10:57pm	Quote Print Post
	JChief wrote on May 3^rd, 2011 at 8:34pm: Puckster wrote on May 3^rd, 2011 at 1:51am: I think another factor is cultural. I caught a whitefish in Pickerel Lake once...looked like a rough fish, almost like a carp. Similar experience on a Canada trip out side of the Q. Caught 2 whitefish which to my then uneducated eye looked like a cross between a shad and a carp and promptly released them. When I got back to the dock I saw a Canadian couple with a few of the shad/carp on a stringer so I had to ask. In their opinion, whitefish was the only fish to keep for eating purposes. I still haven't tried it other than smoked but live and learn. Or is it learn and live? J Did a trip into the White Otter one year, when a old paddling companion was recovering from a serious closed head injury. Stayed in Cabin run by Canoe Canada, on little lake off of White Otter. Stroll thru woods put us in WO with boat and motor. One of the guys reeled in a Whitefish, much to my surprise. He didn't know what it was and almost let it go. I recognized it and we got onto a school and caught a few more. They were spectacular grilled in foil with onions and Cajun Blackened Fish seasonings Seasonings/Sauces/Marinades IF done right add to the flavor of fish, not take away. If all you taste is the seasoning you might as well get a piece of freezer burned cod and chew on that


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Westwood Inukshuk Offline Posts: 669 Location: Was Minnesota Now Iowa Joined: Mar 4^th, 2005	Re: SM Bass consumption Reply #43 - May 4^th, 2011 at 3:44am	Quote Print Post
	Always interesting to read what other people think. My preference is lake trout, walleye, small mouth bass and then go without. If all we have is northern, we just don't eat fish. I have eaten northern a few times, but just don't like the bones. I know, they say you can fillet northerns. But even if I got the bones out, I am not crazy about the taste. Actually, I think bass is a close second to walleye. One plus to eating small mouth is that you are removing an invasive species. One problem with lake trout is if you're a group of two, the trout is often too large (over 24 inches) for only two people. Westwood


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jaximus Senior Member Offline Posts: 343 Location: wisconsin Joined: May 12^th, 2010	Re: SM Bass consumption Reply #44 - May 4^th, 2011 at 3:55am	Quote Print Post
	im not a big fan of the taste of unskinned pike either. i always skin it and to deal with the bones you cut it into fish sticks. take the fillet with the skin on it and then cut it like a piano keyboard, about 1/2 inch wide keys. then move the skin and the bones will fry right out. this method works with pike up to 25 or so inches. beyond that, the Y bones are too thick and dont dissolve in the grease. i wouldnt eat a pike over that size anyway.


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PhantomJug Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 2855 Location: 1/2 way there Joined: Feb 12^th, 2003	Re: SM Bass consumption Reply #45 - May 4^th, 2011 at 4:05am	Quote Print Post
	NP are not hard to fillet or de-bone but it does take practice. I can find little difference between walleye and pike in northern climates; taste and texture wise. Both are white, firm and flakey and taste identical IMO. I have seen many instructions and videos on filleting pike but none are much use. You have to see someone do it and then do it yourself a few times. Once you have it down the mystery is gone.


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Android Jr. Member Offline Posts: 69 Location: Wright County, MN Joined: Apr 19^th, 2010	Re: SM Bass consumption Reply #46 - May 4^th, 2011 at 6:21am	Quote Print Post
	Westwood wrote on May 4^th, 2011 at 3:44am: One plus to eating small mouth is that you are removing an invasive species. Westwood Westwood, Really? Invasive? Maybe nonnative. If they were invasive would the Minnesota DNR make the end of the SM season catch and release if they were an invasive species? I think we are beyond invasive and into non native game fish. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)


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wally Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1987 Location: Minni-soda Joined: Apr 3^rd, 2003	Re: SM Bass consumption Reply #47 - May 4^th, 2011 at 7:49am	Quote Print Post
	no, smallies are definatly invasive little .... probably the next Q rule coming down the pike...mandatory consumption of smallmouth! PJ, your taste buds? pike=walleye?


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Snow_Dog Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1858 Location: Twin Cities Joined: Jul 11^th, 2003	Re: SM Bass consumption Reply #48 - May 4^th, 2011 at 11:03am	Quote Print Post
	I'm pretty close to agreeing with PJ here on pike flavor. I wouldn't call it nearly identical to walleye but it is a close second in my book. My strong preference to stringer up walleye over pike is more due to the bones than flavor. The bones are not a huge nuisance...if you know how to attack the fillet with your fork you can strip 'em 100% out very easily...but hey, I'm lazy and walleye ARE easier to eat and to fillet.


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Bart Inukshuk Offline Posts: 129 Location: Iowa Joined: Jan 2^nd, 2004	Re: SM Bass consumption Reply #49 - May 4^th, 2011 at 11:27am	Quote Print Post
	PhantomJug wrote on May 1^st, 2011 at 6:32pm: Consider this . . . A 15" walleye is about 3 yrs. old; a 15" SM is about 12 yrs. old. From my perspective, Walleye (and Pike) were made for eating, but the Bronzeback was made for trophies. Ok, fillet me!


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