Removing Strong Fishy Taste

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Originally Posted by EarlWaynetom

old man showed me any fish that he catch's, his wife soaks in baking soda and water.stripe come out like crappie. they had to tell me it was stripe for me to believe! she also dambs them in mustard before frying. Her house never smells like fishfry.Amazing! Best fih I ever ate and I'm picky.

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Let me clarify here. When you say Stripe do you mean White Bass? I love my Crappie but I like White Bass too but hate cutting the red meat out of them. If I soak the White Bass filet's in baking soda overnight and rub some mustard on before frying...how much mustard? I will be rid of that strong taste and smell?? Will I taste any mustard after cooking. From now until August I can catch as many 2 to 3 pound White Bass as I want but only ever kept a days limit or two due to the work involved to get the red out. It not only tastes strong it will stink up a house. Would appreciate any more info you have on this. If this works on White Bass it should also work on the smaller cousin Yellow Bass which is an even sweeter tasting fish but is harder to get the red out as it is a much smaller fish. I hope this works...I have been trying to figure this out for years.


Thanks

I catch a few salmon up in Canada on a yearly trip up there. I don't particularly care for salmon because of their strong oily meat and the only way I'll eat them is with a pancake batter mixed with a can of 7-up soda. I cut up the fish into chunks, dip in the pancake mix, deep fry, and put ketchup on them. No strong fish taste at all. Ya might try that with large cats. The 7-up seems to neutralize the strong oily taste.

For bream, that's about the only fish I keep and eat, after you fillet, place in a bowl of water and pour in a capfull or so of white vinegar. Refrigerate overnight. The next day the fillets will have turned white and firmed up. They taste great with no fishy taste.

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Originally Posted by brimeater

For bream, that's about the only fish I keep and eat, after you fillet, place in a bowl of water and pour in a capfull or so of white vinegar. Refrigerate overnight. The next day the fillets will have turned white and firmed up. They taste great with no fishy taste.

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Are you talking about using this method for Bluegill? I have never had a strong tasting Bluegill in my life. I find it to be one of the most preferred fishes to eat by nearly everyone. Maybe I am misunderstanding the post.....I still would like to know if anyone has tried your method...or any other method, on White Bass, or Yellow Bass..Sand Bass...same thing. Do you think your method will remove the red from a White Bass and or Yellow Bass. The meat is delicious if you cut the red part away but it is a lot of work and on the Yellow Bass they are so small anyway it is not worth the time to cut out the red.


Regards

We use to have a Super Bowl Fish fry and all would bring fish day or two before. Well you know some people don,t take care of there fish. Some freezer burnt, some not frozen in water, some just wanted to clean our there freezer. We always trimmed the freezer burnt part or dark blood line of fish But what always worked for us is to put about 1/4 cup mustard and one cup Beer or more mixed together, seasoned with seasoned salt, lots of Garlic powder mix seasoned fish with Beer and Mustard mix pack in gallon or quart freezer bag for at least 4 to 6 hours . Day before in refrigerator works best but can put in refrigerator for two days. No one could tell difference between old and fresh fish. Always a sucessful fun enjoyable fish fry. Cooking at right temp makes a difference also

the best way I have found to remove the fishy taste on any fish is to cut the fat off and the dark meat.. rince all blood off of the fish and any slimy stuff you find on the fish.. then soak for a while in salt water...when freazing your fish put in a baggie and cover with tap water... burp the bag and freaze flat (prevents freazer burn).. thaw and then soak in buttermilk for 1 hour or more... the lactose in the milk will break down any sent left on the fish... I always add a few teaspoons of hot sauce to my buttermilk marinade... I do the same thing for chicken drum sticks!...then bread and fry!

Try buttermilk and ranch dressing together

Amen !

I cut off all the red flesh and soaked the fish over night in ginger ale. There was no fishy taste at all. I used Zataran's fish coating and it was awesome. Thanks for the idea of using soda. I would have never thought of that. My fish didn't taste like ginger ale or have a sweetness to them and they didn't get squishy.

I did not intend to soak them that long it just turned out that way.

I freeze any fish I do like someone else said is totally cover the fish in water in a freezer bag then add a teaspoon or so of kosher salt while freezing that keeps the meat from getting mushy, and freezer burn.
Then when cooking we always ad some crystal hot sauce to the milk and egg , it gives just a very little extra flavor but I think the viniger in the hot sauce helps out on fishy taste , but specks are usually just egg and milk with cornmeal and a little all pourpose flour and golden brown them little suckers.. Cant been specks for eatin, I do a lot of snook and grouper fishing and I still prefer the specks over both..Guess cause I was raised eating specks and white bass from the Dale hollow lake in Tennessee.
And I dont keep a fish that I have to work at to make taste good either unless you concider brining for smoking fish , I love smoked spanish or cero mackeral when they run down here in Fla.
And ALWAYS cut out the mud vein ( except specks )
Gary