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Eat Largemouth?
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05/23/17 03:33 PM
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SwampyMarsh
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Do people eat largemouth bass? I've never kept one before, always considered them too magestic or something. Only way I'm keeping one personally is if it's a mounter! I've always targeted crappie, white bass, catfish and walleye for my eating fish. Number one would be walleye, but not many lakes have them down here.
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Re: Eat Largemouth?
[Re: SwampyMarsh]
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05/23/17 03:34 PM
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lipjerk
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Re: Eat Largemouth?
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05/23/17 03:36 PM
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Buddy E
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yes and they are tasty...
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Re: Eat Largemouth?
[Re: SwampyMarsh]
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05/23/17 03:36 PM
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Jeezy
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I love them. I like them better than crappie. Versatile fish that can be prepared several different ways. I usually keep them between 14 and 16 inches. And I keep those same size while prefishing for a tourney. It's just a fish.
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Re: Eat Largemouth?
[Re: SwampyMarsh]
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05/23/17 03:38 PM
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RedRanger
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We used to harvest some from Monticello in the winter time, would make fish stew with them.
Sometimes if we camped out at the lake for a few days, we will harvest some and fry some up for dinner, Fresh fish is hard to beat.
Usually I just throw them back, I am not into cleaning fish after a day of fishing regardless of the species.
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Re: Eat Largemouth?
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05/23/17 03:41 PM
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Ranger1
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Absolutely, we have a large fish fry every weekend on Fork with Black bass.
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Re: Eat Largemouth?
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05/23/17 03:51 PM
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Catfish-hunter
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Cut down length ways in two pieces,then angle cut the red meat out and cook like any other. I kept 2 off Somerville once because I opened my mouth to coworkers that I would bring fresh crappie to work and they would fry. Tail end of spawn so bass was coming up the creek to eat the fry. I kept a 3 & 4-1/2lb and upon filleting,you couldn't tell which fish the fillets came from. 4-1/2lb just had a bigger head. Haven't kept any since.
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Re: Eat Largemouth?
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05/23/17 06:00 PM
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lakeforkfisherman
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Absolutely, we have a large fish fry every weekend on Fork with Black bass.
LET’S GO BRANDON!!!
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Re: Eat Largemouth?
[Re: SwampyMarsh]
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05/23/17 06:02 PM
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GROD
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Keeping bass sometimes can actually help a fishery... just release the bigger ones.
Last edited by GROD; 05/23/17 06:03 PM.
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Re: Eat Largemouth?
[Re: SwampyMarsh]
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05/23/17 06:04 PM
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bush hog
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Heck yeah....ditch pickle tacos are delicious. I don't keep any over 3 lbs. though.
To whom much is given, much is required.
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Re: Eat Largemouth?
[Re: SwampyMarsh]
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05/23/17 06:07 PM
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JJHunts
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I like to make ceviche out of them if I have one that takes a hook deep and if I don't think it will make it. As mentioned above the ones from 14-16 inches are pretty good and very versatile. I keep probably less then 1% of what I catch, however sometimes fresh fried fish is hard to beat. Spots are the best eating black bass in my opinion and smallmouth are my least favorite. There are bag limits for a reason and can be good for most fisheries.. I just see no good reason to kill a larger fish, but it is a right people have.
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Re: Eat Largemouth?
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05/23/17 06:21 PM
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Matt Jackson
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Will be culling all under 12" from our 8 acre lake this weekend. It's been several years since we've done this but it's time again. The good thing is we will have a community fish fry this weekend so I'm sure they will find their way into some grease.
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Re: Eat Largemouth?
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05/23/17 06:37 PM
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cephusjoe
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Bass are good to eat, I will only keep a few smaller ones when I run out of crappie.
Mcurtain county okie
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Re: Eat Largemouth?
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05/23/17 06:52 PM
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SteezMacQueen
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Closest thing I'll eat is shrimp. I dislike the taste of fish.
Eat. Sleep. Fish.
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