Who all goes to catch fish for a fish fry ?

[kentuckykingfisher]

I crappie fish during the spring and load up several messes of fish for the summer cookouts and do the same thing in the fall and keep fish for the winter. Really thats about all ill keep except for the occasional hybrids i catch. I assume to let the larger keeper sized catfish and largemouths go.

[Hlleonard]

I enjoy fishing and also enjoy eating them, like to have a couple fishfrys during the year, like an earlier poster said, catching them is half the fun, the only fishing I do in the last few years is crappie with the exception of bluegill on the beds, I was a bass fisherman for 30 years or so and I also kept what I wanted of those also and used them the same way... Bass fishing is likely as good today as it was then and I never did understand all the concern about bass population, I suspect there are many more crappie taken than bass and there seems to be no shortage of those guys, why are bass any different and if you think there are more bass fishermen than crappie fishermen, next time you are on the lake, open your eyes and have a look see.

[Drew1233]

There are 3 parts to a great fishing trip. 1. Catching them 2. Cleaning them and 3. Eating them. At least that's the way my family does it. You have to have a spring fish fry, a summer fish fry, a fall fish fry and a winter one! Those are some of my best memories as a little kid and its a great time always!

[RIBLUEFISH]

I only eat saltwater fish. Never really cared for the taste of any fresh water fish other than trout. I like to grill or pan sear fish and saltwater varietys tend to hold up to these cooking techniques better.

[fishinfreak]

I'll keep crappie cats and a occasional hybrid. The only time I keep bass is if they swallow the hook. I'd rather eat it then it go to waste once I let it go and it bellies up. I'll take a few crappie trips in the spring and fall and that usually holds me over for the year.

[stripernut1]

im kind of picky.....the only fish i like to eat are stripers, white bass , hybrids, ky bass, crappie, bluegill, walleye, channel cats, medium flatheads, rainbow trout, brown trout, shellcrackers, drum, and sauger......i wouldnt dare eat a small mouth, like i said, im picky

[Fishin is life]

This thread alone has me wanting to thaw out a mess of crappie and fry em up

[dt16]

There ain't nothing that taste as good as a. 5lb brownie or a 7lb large head.

[BubbaBass1]

there ain't nothing that taste as good as a. 5lb brownie or a 7lb large head.

here we go....

Bb1

[jcb]

here we go....

Bb1

Hey for once maybe no one's biting on the troll attempt!

[sweetwater]

I only eat saltwater fish. Never really cared for the taste of any fresh water fish other than trout. I like to grill or pan sear fish and saltwater varietys tend to hold up to these cooking techniques better.

I'm with you. There's no trout locally so walleye instead of trout. Nothin better than dolphin (Mahi Mahi). Well, maybe mangrove snapper, red snapper, grouper, tripletail, whiting, snook, black sea bass, door mats, redfish, triggerfish, speckled trout and my favorite, a fresh caught, frying pan size pompano breaded and fried whole (no guts) in lard grease.

[DJD]

I only eat saltwater fish. Never really cared for the taste of any fresh water fish other than trout. I like to grill or pan sear fish and saltwater varietys tend to hold up to these cooking techniques better.

I don't keep freshwater fish to eat, I just see to many pollutants like batteries, car parts, personal garbage in the creeks and rivers plus the mercury warnings. We hear of fecal matter being release into the small streams and rivers and that can't be good. I know many people eat freshwater fish and that's a personal choice....I just can't bring myself to do it.

I will eat most saltwater fish and have many favorites but my all time favorite is mahi mahi. We grill it after its been marinated in our home made recipe and it is the best I have ever had. Just had some the other night!!!!