Poll: Favorite Fresh Water fish for eating

[1HR2BBL]

This is for fun..... What's your favorite freshwater fish for eating?
I've left off Steelhead and Salmon because they are really saltwater fish.

Poll option was limited to 10, so it's more of a West coast poll. I've left off Muskie, Pike, Walleye.

[Karyn]

I don't see the poll? - found it... thanks.- Brook Trout : )

[JigStop]

Walleye are tied with crappie. You get a little more meat on the fillet with the walleye. Pike are good too but Californians are afraid of them.

[old pudd fisher]

I voted rainbow and catfish the best, but like panfish too.

[Thisfool]

smoked rainbow trout allthway

[Ifishtoolittle]

Steamed crappie with ginger, garlic, green onions, and low sodium soy sauce baby! Made this way the fish tastes almost like a grouper or coral trout!

[TUNAVIC]

Nothing wrong with breaded and fried striper,imo.

[skunked again]

Baked whole striper with clam stuffing!

[Bassnman Mike]

Crappie, Sac Perch followed closely by Stripers.

[Sparky70]

Mike,
Sac Perch are really good also !

[City Dad]

I answered sunfish because walleye wasn't an option. Yeah, dredge fillets in Shank 'n Bake, fry and eat with tater tots... mmmmmm.

[DarkShadow]

Why isn't the Squawfish represented in the poll?

:-\

[City Dad]

Why isn't the Squawfish represented in the poll?

:-\

Mmmmmm... bony yet mushy all in one mouthfull.

[fish-o-haulic]

catfish for sure.

[old pudd fisher]

catfish for sure.

Yeah ! Barbecued with taters...yumm.

[DockRat]

Been eating alot of LMB from Eldo LB.
pretty dam good.
DR

[Which Way Out]

Bluegill in the 1 pound range are good. And Walleye

[fish-o-haulic]

funny how rainbow trout has the most votes but yet i could go the rest of my life not eating trout and i would be fine.

[smokehound]

sweet-potato-battered crappie. DELICIOUS

[Psycho_fish'r]

I can't eat freshwater fish. I've tried catfish twice and I didn't care for it. Trout tastes like algae. I throw everything back. Now I fish mostly saltwater and throw everything back as well with the exception of legal sized halibuts.

[ordane]

Technically... wouldn't a Striper be a Saltwater fish also?

Here is the story I know...
They originally were found in the Atlantic Ocean(Virgina Saltwater State Fish) and would go into the freshwater rivers to spawn. I guess a lake on the east coast was dammed up and surprisingly the Striper population(that got stuck in there) did quite well adapting to the freshwater. They later farmed the striper and distributed them to freshwater throughout the US. In the DFG Sea Bass description page online it says they are a popular catch in the SF Bay under the Golden Gate Bridge.

...I would've said Salmon but I've never eaten a Kokanee Salmon.

[fishfinder]

this is for fun..... What's your favorite freshwater fish for eating?
I've left off steelhead and salmon because they are really saltwater fish.

Poll option was limited to 10, so it's more of a west coast poll. I've left off muskie, pike, walleye.

there are pike in california

[DockRat]

Never even fished Eldo and don't fish much FW.
What does LMB even taste like ?
DR

[DockRat]

Technically... wouldn't a Striper be a Saltwater fish also?

Here is the story I know...
They originally were found in the Atlantic Ocean(Virgina Saltwater State Fish) and would go into the freshwater rivers to spawn. I guess a lake on the east coast was dammed up and surprisingly the Striper population(that got stuck in there) did quite well adapting to the freshwater. They later farmed the striper and distributed them to freshwater throughout the US. In the DFG Sea Bass description page online it says they are a popular catch in the SF Bay under the Golden Gate Bridge.


Could Stripers be considered kinda a 'Invasive Species'
I heard the love to eat small LMB, Trout ect.
See the numbers of these stripers coming in at lakes ect.

Are they hurting other populations ?
How do they taste ? Never fished or eaten them?
The poll results say good ?
DR

[fish-o-haulic]

Could Stripers be considered kinda a 'Invasive Species'
I heard the love to eat small LMB, Trout ect.
See the numbers of these stripers coming in at lakes ect.

Are they hurting other populations ?
How do they taste ? Never fished or eaten them?
The poll results say good ?
DR

stripers are an excellent tasting fish. and they eat everything, and i mean everything.

[Jig-Guy]

I just noticed this! Bluegill out of Lake Isabella deep fried with corn meal salt and pepper. Mmmm, simple but good.

[pcuser]

I'm getting hungry...

[muskyman]

Walleye !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Frankenfish]

Arroyo Seco Chub, followed by Seared LA River Carp over a bed of whole kernal corn and masa with a side LA River watrcress. It's all about using sustainable, locally sourced ingredients:LOL:

[parkermann2]

Largemouth bass preferably 5 pounds and up full of eggs

[P.A.W.]

I like the taste of a high Sierra cold water trout but the bones. AAAAK! I've eaten a thousand over the years and there is no way to get all the bones out. If I get one in my mouth I'm done eating. So I'd say Striper. BBQ, battered and fried, Ceviche.

[NFCD I]

I'm a blue gill guy. Shake it in a bag with cornmeal, a little Cajun spice and drop the fillets in 360 degree oil. I make tartar sauce with a dash of yellow mustard in it and I'm set.

[gashhell]

Catfish cooked in coconut milk. With ginger, some chilis, and some malunggay. The best with rice!

[Dsrt Tortise]

In my opinion the finest freshwater fish for eating by far is the WALLEYE

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