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I can honestly say I have caught tons of bream/gills throughout my life. However, I have never eaten them. How do they compare to Crappie? Or even Catfish. I like Crappie a whole lot more than Catfish. Catfish can taste real "fishy" or muddy if not cleaned right. But man o man Crappie are GREAT!
So do the bream compare to either?
Thanks
Glen
Bluegill or bream, brim whatever you want to call them is even milder than crappie. Very good eating. Next time you catch a few take them home and fry them up. You will be sorry you have not been eating them before.
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They probably arn't very good from a very small farm/cattle pond. Real muddy water. And of course cows walking and uuum relieving themselves in it...lol
No they are probably not that good from a poop pond, but they are very good from anywhere else. I put brim right under crappie, but over cat fish. I suggest you try some, you don't know what you've been missing.
We like them better than crappie because they're firmer fleshed. A lot of crappie are mushy. IMO, the only thing better than bluegill is walleye. - Roberta
I wont eat crappie, but I'll clean you out of bream
Bluegills and Shellcrackers are great,not as good as Crappie but alot of people like them better!!
I haven't found much difference between bream and sac-a-lait. I definately eat more bream than sac-a-lait, especially since I can only seem to catch sac-a-lait on leap years and only 1 at a time. I filet my bream, fry them up and try to beat my son to the plate. He doesn't care if they are hot or cold he will scarf them down. I woke up one morning about 5:00 and found him sitting at the table with the leftovers from the fridge having a good ol' time. But now that I think about it, bream are poisinous and you should foward all bream to me for proper disposal. My training in biology allows me to handle dangerous biological hazards such as this.:D
I agree on the crappie/brim thing, like you say firmer meat. However as we have very few walleye down my way I have to go with a correctly cleaned flathead as the best eating. Have to get all the silver skin and what little red meat off. My favorite.Quote:
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I would have to agree with Roberta in the fact that Walleye is truly my number one fish, but then I would have to go with the crappie, then perch. After the perch is where I would place the bluegill. I have had times when nothing but bluegill were biting and I enjoyed frying them up. They are a firmer than crappie. Sorry Steve, I'm not to fond of catfish, but will eat them if I'm in the mood :p .Quote:
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Bream have a slight sweet taste to them...very good eating...crappie is also great eating.
They taste the same to me-good! Catfish are not bad if done right, but not as good as bream. IMO-You're forgetting the best eating fish in any water, blowfish, puffers, toadfish, whatever you want to call them. Very hard to beat.
Just ate my last 2 pack from last spring yesterday. Finest finger food ever invented.
Tim
Gills and shellcrackers are just as good to eat as crappies. Best eating fish even better than walleye, the yellow perch, but down here they aint!!But caught out of the great lakes, or some of the big lakes up north, they are super good.
Pond brim aren't bad either if you soak them in Buttermilk or salt water for a night before freezing or eating.My granma taught me that this draws the bad taste out of the meat and makes it sweeter.
Sauger filets are pretty darn tasty.....bluegill run a very close second.
I think crappie are best of all freshwater for taste. Bream and bass come in second. Catfish lastQuote:
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