Does anyone eat largemouth bass?

[magnus100]

I've eatin lots of bass, largemouth and smallies. They are good out of clear colder water but get kinda grassy or muddy tasting out of warmer water. Bread them and fry them. I let the big girls go also.
Can't wait for spring,
Mike

[xbow]

Never had large mouth but smallies got to be one of my favorites (all river caught and non prego females or males) and anyone recommending trout over them might need their head checked or learn how to cook.

[aaronoto]

Grew up in Minnesota, heck yeah I would eat them  . Fillet,egg wash or butter milk, bread them and pan fry. 

That's the way I grew up eating them!

Of the freshwater fish - Bass, Walleye, Perch, Bluegill, and Catfish I'll eat.  Trout on the other hand taste like mud...

[Ridgeratt]

If it's a white fish I'm in. doesn't matter on the species. Trout Cutt's Brookie's and Browns. others not so much.

Except for springers and iron noggins

[PolarBear]

I wish that I had a $ for LM that I ate when I was a kid!  I throw them all back now unless they are too messed up.  Fillet them out, roll in corn meal and fry!  Mmmmmmm..........

[270Flat]

Fish taco's!!! Cabbage pica de gallo, cilantro aioli, squeeze a fresh lime  Mmm...

[et1702]

Oh Yeah, LM are good eating and I use small trout for catfish bait!  Don't get me wrong, I'll eat trout too.  But, would much rather eat Bass, Crappie, Perch and Catfish.

That reminds me, I have some catfish in the freezer and I'm going to take out tonight and eat some later this week.

Heck, last year we had catfish dinner in early archery elk camp...lol

ET

[Button Nubbs]

one of the few states where fresh salmon are available and you guys are out eating bass? yall can have em...

[magnanimous_j]

To me trout are one of the worst fish to eat, the stockers anyway.

It depends. There are a lot of shallow lakes on the west side that are surrounded by houses and leaky septic tanks. The stocked trout there eat a lot of plankton and algae and can be pretty gross. Find a lake with a lot of shrimp or crawdads and the fish that have wintered over from being released the year before can be fantastic. 

[deerslyr]

Bass from clear cold water are delicious.

[C-Money]

I agree with Ribka, the warmer the water the worse they taste.  They start to taste like a dirty aquarium smells.

Agreed. I will keep a few bass for a shore lunch or when out camping. Most of the time, bass go back unharmed.  Like said above, Walleye and perch are my choice for freshwater eaten'!

[Southpole]

trout are over rated, wimpy, slime rockets that die instantly if you even look at them the wrong way. Oh yeah, and they taste horrible too. Bass are great to eat (depending on the time of year and lake quality) they're an extremely tough fish, so if you don't want to eat what you catch, 99% of the time they'll live to fight another day.   

[Dhoey07]

trout are over rated, wimpy, slime rockets that die instantly if you even look at them the wrong way. Oh yeah, and they taste horrible too. Bass are great to eat (depending on the time of year and lake quality) they're an extremely tough fish, so if you don't want to eat what you catch, 99% of the time they'll live to fight another day.

The description for eating bass applies to trout as well.  Of course put and take, warm water, slime rockets will taste like dirt.  You can find good eating trout 

[PolarBear]

one of the few states where fresh salmon are available and you guys are out eating bass? yall can have em...

Some of us can't stand the taste of salmon and steelhead or even trout.  I give all my red/pink/orange meat fish away or save some for parties.  I will only eat white meat fish, except tilapia, I wouldn't eat one of those nasty things for anything!

[JLS]

To me trout are one of the worst fish to eat, the stockers anyway.

It depends. There are a lot of shallow lakes on the west side that are surrounded by houses and leaky septic tanks. The stocked trout there eat a lot of plankton and algae and can be pretty gross. Find a lake with a lot of shrimp or crawdads and the fish that have wintered over from being released the year before can be fantastic.

Lake Roosevelt trout are outstanding.

That said, I like and eat bass.  There is nothing sacrilegious about killing one.