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[westslope]

So, tell me, what do fresh Striped Bass taste like?

 

[TheCrabby1]

So, tell me, what do fresh Striped Bass taste like?

I would say they taste more like a white perch with thicker, firmer white meat and less of the so called fishy taste you would get with fish that spend their entire life in the ocean. Striped Bass go between brackish water ; Chesapeake-Delaware bay other tributaries along the coast to spawn in and live in till big enough to venture into the ocean , and then they return each year in spring to these water's for some fish booty. Hopefully they get to meet Mr Shimano when they come to visit the upper part of the Bay I also like to pickle some in the fall and winter , the vinegar cure's the meat and the pickling spice's and red Cayenne give it a flavorful kick !!

 

[Fromfrontier2Xterra]

3 in the snow today.

 

[CHUG]

Now, that is Bragging rights!
https://www.themeateater.com/fish/f...-brown-trout-state-record-broken-on-4-lb-test

 

[Fromfrontier2Xterra]

 

[Xterrorista]

8.1lb blue

 

[TheCrabby1]

What if I was fishin' for Crab ?

 

[westslope]

What if, eh? I don't see a problem. Just vacuum seal a few crabs and send them this way.

 

[XTERRA2FISH]

Good eats this time of year!

 

[TheCrabby1]

Good eats this time of year!

I'll bring the Old Bay !!

 

[Xterrorista]

Juggjn

 

[Xterrorista]

 

[westslope]

May or may not catch any fish but Never a bad fishing trip!

 

[Xterrorista]

 

[Fromfrontier2Xterra]

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I'd still chuck it lol

 

[westslope]

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Is that a Channel Cat?

 

[Xterrorista]

Is that a Channel Cat?

Blue

 

[westslope]

Blue

Good eating? Can the Blue catfish be taken on artificial lures and flies like Channel catfish can on occasion?

 

[Xterrorista]

Excellent eating and more meat on them. Never tried an artificial for them but have got a channel on a crank crankbait once.

 

[TheCrabby1]

 

[RamblinRover]

 

[Xterrorista]

Crappie are moving shallower now that the water temps are coming up..

 

[westslope]

I have taken good sized crappie on small popping bugs in early summer in eastern Canada. They were in shallow in early July.

 

[Xterrorista]

I have taken good sized crappie on small popping bugs in early summer in eastern Canada. They were in shallow in early July.

When I say shallower I'm meaning 15-20'

 

[westslope]

Right. So the crappie winter at much greater depths?

 

[westslope]

Incidentally, when I kill fish for the table, I typically kill them, bleed them if they are big enough, and then put them in a damp burlap bag. The fish will actually be cooler in the damp burlap bag than in a bucket of water. The burlap bag also protects the fish from the sun.

 

[Xterrorista]

Right. So the crappie winter at much greater depths?

Yea, move out and deep and bite slows to a crawl. As spring rolls in and temps warm up they'll move towards shallower cover and start feeding.

Incidentally, when I kill fish for the table, I typically kill them, bleed them if they are big enough, and then put them in a damp burlap bag. The fish will actually be cooler in the damp burlap bag than in a bucket of water. The burlap bag also protects the fish from the sun.

Hmm, sounds legit. I never bleed em. I've just left them on the stringer or basket, cooler, livewell, etc then cleaned and fileted them.

 

[Xterrorista]

Got fresh shad again this am and slayed the hybrids and sandies. Much fun.

 

[Fromfrontier2Xterra]

Big boy was a hell of a lot of fun with a fly rod. Thought I was snagged when he first hit.

 

[Xterrorista]

Went out yesterday morning. It was so foggy I couldn't see 100yds, I had to run by GPS tracking. Had a great meditation session out solo on the water..

 

[Fromfrontier2Xterra]

 

[TheCrabby1]

Thought for the day !

 

[XTERRA2FISH]

I love winter!

 

[westslope]

Xterra2fish: Nice! Where? Which Great Lake?

(Yummy)

 

[XTERRA2FISH]

Xterra2fish: Nice! Where? Which Great Lake?

(Yummy)

Small coastal streams in Oregon. I have tried to eat steelhead every which way and just cannot like any preparation other than smoked so they all go to friends/clients.

 

[westslope]

That's too bad. I find steelhead are rather tasty. They are also excellent hot smoked.

Ever target the estuaries and lower stream reaches in Oregon?

 

[XTERRA2FISH]

Yup! mostly target first 5 miles above ocean.
Nothing beats a hot steelhead screaming across the river and doing cartwheels in the air!

That's too bad. I find steelhead are rather tasty. They are also excellent hot smoked.

Ever target the estuaries and lower stream reaches in Oregon?