white bass

I know this is a crappie forum but, just curious on how tasty the white bass are, I have talked to so many folks that say they are not good and you have to take this out and do all these different things to make them taste good. I have gave my Dad plenty and he has never complained. The reason for this post is I was crappie fishing this afternoon at a favorite creek and thats all I could catch and some nice ones. The day before I caught alot of nice keeper crappie. Thanks for reading.

dipp em in some andy's bout as good if they are great bigguns may want to cut a little red meat off of that's the omega 3 ???

Thank you Springhill, so I reckon by reading you like them ok?

They are ok, but not as good crappie, like Jim said cut all red meat away. They have a fishy taste to them, but tasty.

The meat texture is different so I kinda struggle with that but alot of folks love em. They can all of mine.

I always cut all the red meat out before cooking. If you do that, the fish is delicious..Thumbs Up

yeah if i catch em in my brushpile i eat to much competition for my crappies

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Originally Posted by Snaggedagain

Thank you Springhill, so I reckon by reading you like them ok?

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I used to fish for them, with friends, up in the wakie off Green road in the riffles w/road runners. Man what a blast! Everybody has moved away now & haven't done it for several years. Used to be one of my favorite things to do. We had fish frys. Like everyone said, when your cleaning them & flip the fillet over, just don't hold the blade close to the skin , like you normally would, & alot of the red meat stays on the skin. We used to call it Kansas trout fishing because you can see them swimming up the raffles & catch them in the pools.

Thank you folks for your suggestions. Now Im cathing some nice crappie again up those same creeks, so I guess it might be next spring before I try the white bass for eating. But, I will remember the tips. Thanks again.

Dont bother if you have Crappie to eat!!!