fishing reports

[Bill]

Bill bluegill are excellent table fair. Second would be perch for freshwater. That said once you get above 9 inches you really have to worry about pfas.

I can’t eat tuna in a restaurant any longer. Can’t even buy it at the store and cook it. I suspect many fish are the same. Once you’ve had it the day it swam you’re ruined.

Tile fish are becoming my favorite salt water fish so far. Ate some last week that we caught in August and vacuum sealed. Still good. Tuna only lasts 4 months sealed.

 

[SwampCat]

I can’t eat tuna in a restaurant any longer. Can’t even buy it at the store and cook it. I suspect many fish are the same. Once you’ve had it the day it swam you’re ruined.

Tile fish are becoming my favorite salt water fish so far. Ate some last week that we caught in August and vacuum sealed. Still good. Tuna only lasts 4 months sealed.

My opinion, of course - people are often talking about what is the best tasting freshwater fish - is it walleye, crappie, catfish, etc. There are many saltwater fish better than the best tasting freshwater fish

 

[Telemark]

My opinion, of course - people are often talking about what is the best tasting freshwater fish - is it walleye, crappie, catfish, etc. There are many saltwater fish better than the best tasting freshwater fish

Most of the freshwater fish in the perch and sunfish families aren't significantly different on flavor or texture. When I did a side by side test, yellow perch won for flavor.

I also prefer saltwater fish, but it's about $100 per box to take it with me. Cod and halibut are my favorites, followed by haddock and pollock.

In a side by side taste test, I preferred rainbow trout over Atlantic salmon. I don't buy salmon anymore unless it's on sale.

 

[Telemark]

I'll add that bass skin does have off flavors, so it's best to skin it, whereas you can scale perch.

Growing up, no one liked bass that much. I watched a CD that came with a filet knife my grandfather purchased, and it recommended skinning bass. It was a revelation. Now we generally prefer bass to walleye, so it's pretty much all we catch, also because they are much easier to catch than walleye, and the perch and rockbass have become hard to find due to the cormorants.