Caught some keeps the other day, went home and filleted them, cooked them up the same day,I noticed a weird taste, anybody else notice a weird taste in the fish caught out of RC this year? Anyway to get rid of it? Thanks.

I was thinking the same thing last night. Was filleting the sandbass I caught and the fillets were kinda gray, almost a little brown. Haven't caught any sandbass anywhere else in a long time, so I'm not sure if that's abnormal, but I thought I noticed they taste different. I prefer crappie though and know they will taste different than them. I almost took pictures and posted while I was filleting them about the color.

Sandies always taste like the creek. I've noticed that the hybrids have the same strong odor this year which I really didn't notice much the previous years.

I'll be doing all catch and release from RC from now on, probably. I catch enough crappie from the lake for a few meals here and there for the family.

Agreed MrNovice, they look and fight like normal sandies, but the fillets have a gasoline smell and taste when you cook it, which weren't there in previous years. I tried soaking them in salt water, didn't help much.

Really still fun to catch though!