You brother is right on the ketchup....
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I prefer to catch’em, clean’em and cook’em. They taste better to me before they’re froze. They’re still good.. but a noticeable difference to me. I had a coonass Friend tell me to freeze them whole and set them out to thaw and clean them as I wanted a meal and they would taste just like they were caught that day, but I’ve never tried it. I stock my freezer in Jan.&Feb just because i like when the water is cold and I dont have to ice. I can just keep them in the live well and dump the ice at home from the fridge on them for a couple hours then clean them.
Most of the fish I catch in the summer I give away and if I don’t have anyone wanting them we throw them back.
My goal is to put enough in my freezer to run out in December each year. I don’t like nothing in the freezer over a year
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I clean out every year also. I've never had a problem finding folks to take cleaned fish. Usually have people reminding me
to remember them if I come up long.
I prefer cold water fish, regardless of species.
I THINK BIGFOOT TASTE BETTER , OH WRONG THREAD . I VACUUM PACK MINE AND IT IS HARD TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE . MOST OF THE FISH I EAT IS AS I CATCH IT . VERY SELDOM DO I TAKE ANY OUT OF THE FREEZER . AND LIKE DEE I GIVE A LOT AWAY . THE DIFFERENCE IS HOW HUNGRY YOU ARE . THEY ALL TASTE REALLY GOOD .
To me it don't matter what time of year I catch them. It's the time of year when you eat them. A fish fry always seems to taste better in the winter time.
You wouldn't leave a dead fish out in 80 degree weather and a dead fish in an 80 degree livewell is the same thing. Catch them, put them on ice, and I'll bet they taste the same. Leave the livewell for bait.