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Question on cooking White Bass???
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02/26/12 08:09 PM
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Goodtimes79
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Ever since I was a child, I was told and have cut the red from the filets of White Bass. My question is, does it really make a difference if you trim it off or not???
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Re: Question on cooking White Bass???
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02/26/12 08:13 PM
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Red White and Blue Guide Svc
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yes...red meat has very strong "fishy" flavor
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Re: Question on cooking White Bass???
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02/26/12 08:25 PM
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That's what I was always told, but as I was cleaning some this morning, I was thinking, wouldn't it suck if for over 30 years I've been doing this and it wasn't nessecary.
If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles.
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Re: Question on cooking White Bass???
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02/26/12 08:26 PM
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doctorxring
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. Absotively, posolutely makes a difference ! A bad one. Same with stripers, hybrids, big catfish... get the red out. dxr .
Last edited by doctorxring; 02/26/12 08:36 PM.
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Re: Question on cooking White Bass???
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02/26/12 08:42 PM
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If the fish are caught from a clear & clean water lake like the one we Guide on (Richland Chambers), I don't waste the time on cutting out the red line. If they're not going straight to the grease, I often soak them in a bowl of salt water for a couple of hours. This removes a lot of the red color. If the fish are caught from a River, flowing Creek that's muddy, or anywhere that isn't clear water, they tend to have the fishy, muddy taste, and I'd cut the red out. I can often trick folks with the Whites on RC when I fry them for a Shore Lunch. They think they're eating Crappie! Best Whites in Texas!
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Re: Question on cooking White Bass???
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02/26/12 08:56 PM
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I can often trick folks with the Whites on RC when I fry them for a Shore Lunch. They think they're eating Crappie! I did that to my father. He always said whites were no good. Had him over one day and told him I fried crappie. He told me that was some of the best crappie he had had in a long time. He was really surprised when I told him it was whites. And I fish Lake Palestine. I only fish rivers when we use somebody else's boat. Lol
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Re: Question on cooking White Bass???
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02/26/12 10:21 PM
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J.Allen
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It's a personal preference. Some can't taste the red, some can a little and some absolutely hate it. The best thing is to cook a batch with a little red left on, a lot left on and none left on and compare for yourself. What others like and what you prefer can be vastly different. I prefer it ALL off mine.
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Re: Question on cooking White Bass???
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02/26/12 10:45 PM
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I leave the red in. Taste fine to me.
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Re: Question on cooking White Bass???
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02/26/12 10:50 PM
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Leave it in, I have proved it over and over can't tell the differance.That is for Sand bass cut it out on stripers. Johnny
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Re: Question on cooking White Bass???
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02/26/12 11:06 PM
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Leave it in, I have proved it over and over can't tell the differance.That is for Sand bass cut it out on stripers. Johnny This is what I was taught.... Hybees and stripers it has to come out but whites it doesn't. If I'm frying them, I leave it in on whites. When I blacken, bake or grill, it all comes off. Just your preference! JB
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Re: Question on cooking White Bass???
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02/27/12 12:23 AM
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Leave it in, I have proved it over and over can't tell the differance.That is for Sand bass cut it out on stripers. Johnny This is what I was taught.... Hybees and stripers it has to come out but whites it doesn't. If I'm frying them, I leave it in on whites. When I blacken, bake or grill, it all comes off. Just your preference! JB this is how I do it too. I can't tell a difference when they are fried, but I can definitely tell if I'm grilling them on the half-shell or baking them.
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Re: Question on cooking White Bass???
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02/27/12 12:37 AM
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Nitro J
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Everything gone fishin said works but a thing i do is put em in a baggy and soak em in louisiana hot sauce for a bit take em out then soak em up in salt water guess the vinegar takes the fishy taste out I love em that way
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Re: Question on cooking White Bass???
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02/27/12 01:20 AM
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I have been white bass fishing for about 12 years. The first 11 years I only fished creeks/rivers between bardwell and richland chamber, yegua creek, and San Gabirel River.
Every time I saw this question I wondered what is wrong with these people. I have never cut out the red meat on white bass or the occasional hybrid. Never had a complaint when I cooked either.
Got a boat and started fishing Lake Decker or Walter E Long. The white bass and hybrids out of this lake taste fishy. I don't think it is a white bass thing but a running water thing.
If anyone can explain this please do?
I am making some white bass fish tacos fresh from the yegua creek in about 20 minutes and will update if they taste fishy.
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Re: Question on cooking White Bass???
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02/27/12 01:25 AM
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monsterfireworks
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Funny sayin
Guy was fishing for whites on the creek the other day and said he had 4 whites and 12 crappie.
He said "I am not complaining, I would much rather have sirloin over chicken legs any day."
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Re: Question on cooking White Bass???
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02/27/12 01:34 AM
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I have always cut it out...its a pain though. Put em in a mixture of mustard and Louisiana hot sauce, then batter with Louisiana fish fry. It dont get too much better
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