Fish taste test
 

I taste tested 5 species of fish today for lunch. I had spotted bass, bluegill, crappie, catfish, and yellow bass. Below is the list of the flavors and textures. I will rank them also.

1. Spotted Bass from cool water-Tasted as mild as crappie but firmer
2. Crappie- tasted very mild and melt in your mouth flavor but mushier that spotted bass
3. Bluegill- Mild with a almost nutty flavor
4.Catfish- Mushy texture with a watery flavor
5. Yellow Bass- firm and fishier than crappie

My preferences are:

1. Walleye

2. Sauger

3. Spotted bass

4. LM Bass

5. Smallmouth bass

6. Crappie

7. Yellow bass

8. Bluegill

My preferences are

1. Perch
2. Striper/hybrid
3. Old hick tilapia
4. Northern pike
5. White bass
6. Winter crappie
7. Bluegill
8. Walleye/sauger
9. Catfish
1896. Largemouth bass
2743. Smallmouth bass

Never tried spotted bass yet.

I can't really rank as I just love fish....but spotted bass are great.....I like them better than crappie but I don't want to give up any for the other....LOL.

Regards

I like to make a habit of eating nothing but 20+" Smallmouth Bass and 24+" Brown Trout. :D

In all seriousness:
1- Walleye
2 - Bass
3 - Trout
4 - Crappie (only above white bass because they're easier to fillet)
5 - White Bass/Striper/Hybrid

Here we go:

#1-Common Carp
#2-Sheepshead (drum)
#3-Skipjack
#4-Gar
#5-Gizzard Shad

Okay, seriously:
#1-Perch
#2-Walleye
#3-Crappie
#4-Hybrid (have striper in the freezer, havent tried yet)
#5-Trout
#6-Catfish (2-3lbs)

I can put you on some gar during the summer months. I thought about trying gar balls sometimes but the way those things stink, I am afraid to eat them.

I cant say ive ever actually caught a gar....thumped plenty of them with my bow, snagged a few below old hickory, but never caught one.
gar head would make a cool skull mount though, all them teeth!

It is a blast fishing for them. It's one of those things that the hotter the better with the weather. I have a spot here in murfreesboro on the stones that you can hook into one on every cast. They put up a heck of a fight and can jump like a smallmouth. My best was 58" and it put on a show. I did it once in my kayak but almost had the fish jump into the yak with me, last time I did that.

How can you tell which is a boy gar to get the "gar balls" you mentioned?

There is a muddy trail below the boy gar when in shallow water.

If anyone wants to load the boat with gar just fish the mouth of White's creek. It is only a few yards up from Briley Pkwy. bridge and Ford Glass.

Jimmy, I think you will eat any fish that swims. :)

I wouldnt mind rigging up for some gars! that would be fun!

* Sauger/Walleye
* Red Snapper
* Grass Pickerel
* Catfish
* Crappie
* White Bass
* Blue Gill
* Shark
* Monk Fish
* Smelt
and most others