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Joeytier

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I regularly fish lakes with abundant supply of rock bass (to say the least), and instead of keeping walleye or bass for fish fries, I was considering having a rock bass fry. Has anyone here tried them, and do they taste like bluegills, pumpkinseed etc?

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If you don't mind cleaning a lot of fish for a little bit of meat...they taste fine. Try keeping and cleaning a few before you commit to a bucket-full. You may find they're more hassle then they're worth. Like I say, if your patient, and good with a fillet knife (and sharpener) then go for it.

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Perch are VERY tasty . . . crappie are better . . . bluegills & pumpkin seeds are good too . . . even carp, cooked properly are somewhat similar to bass . . . IF I caught big enough rock bass, I'd sure like to try it. They live in the same water as the aforementioned fish . . . eat the same food . . .. ??

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Back when,we ate rock bass, sunfish and what ever else we caught during our camping trips.Pop could fillet a minna with no bones.

What I am saying is,it,s all good.

If yer good with a knife,you got no worries about bones.

 

 

Typically, they aren't as big as crappie or bluegills

 

 

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Hi ya Steve, hope alls well bud.

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No more difficult then any other pan fish to fillet. Depends on your skill level with a knife. I Keep a couple every winter ice fishing if then show up and are a descent size. No complaints about the meat taste. Just a bluegill or a 'seed.

 

-Dave

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typically, they aren't as big as crappie or bluegills,

 

yer just fishin in the wrong spots. :P rockbass get bigger than bluegill and they taste very good. only a novice to filleting would have a problem with rockbass so theres no reason not to eat em.

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I asked the same question last spring and my dad went through the pain of filleting about 20 rock bass...now he wasn’t to happy to do it but i was happy to eat them, they were good but a bit boney.

sounds like your dad needs to buy you a good knife,stone and a 2 foot section of countertop. hahahha

 

just gotta give it a go, no better time to learn how to fillet then now!

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My bro-in-law is a panfish fanatic and if memory serves me WGSF (rock bass) are a bit stronger flavor than bluegill, sunfish, crappie and perch but still good fare to eat...He does a fine job of filleting any of them (CPH does them better-but we won't tell him) :lol:

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