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Favorite fish to catch and eat?

 
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My local ponds and lakes are starting to freeze up for the season. I have just recently acquired some fishing supplies and have been getting the itch to fish once again. In the past I would only catch and release but I have interest in keeping some decent specimens if I can acquire the taste for them. I know there must be some fishers out there so I'd like to tap into the collective knowledge of Permies to grow my list.

My hands-down favorite fish to keep has been Perch. They are quick to process and taste mighty fine.

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(This diagram is related to consumption advise in New York, USA)

What are some of your favorite fish to keep?

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Mackerel is number one, followed by char and trout. Any fatty fish is good in my world... Hope to manage fishing herring at some point too. Among the non-fatty ones, pollock is the best in my opinion. And yeah, perch is also nice.
 
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Catfish, by far. And it's gotta be out of the river, not out of a lake.
 
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To catch….catfish
To eat …salmon.    

To be clear, fresh NW salmon.   I once had a business lunch with a lady from Portland.  We were in a restaurant in Iowa.   She was new to business travel. I advised her to always eat within the region. That is, order salmon in Portland and not Iowa.  She didn’t listen.  She ate one bite of it.

Of course, there are always exceptions, but as a general rule ….

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Most lakes are predominately mostly one kind of fish, at least in my opinion....

So the answer might be dependent on what lakes are in a persons area.

So fishing in Texas the favorite fish is Bass, usually largemouth.

They are good eating.

We also have catfish, crappie, stripes bass and bluegill.

When we go down to the coast my favorite is Red Snapper.

When we go to the Smokey Mountains the favorite is trout.

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Guppies...  Oh, wait....

That's for my chickens.  
 
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Crappie, hands down my favorite, if you can catch them big enough to fillet. You can cook the fish whole and pick through it if you only get the smaller ones, I don't really care to do that though. Catfish are good too. Fun to catch, easy to process.

I am not sure what the basis of that chart is that you posted. Polling for taste? If it has to do with mercury, normally not taken into consideration in the rating, is the proportion of selenium to mercury in the fish. You can make an informed decision based on what you read about selenium. The selenium binds to the mercury and reduces absorption in your digestive tract.

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Tim N.,       What is meant by "sensitive population" in the chart posted?..... Does that relate to the consumer or the consumed?

Hands down, if I were to start fishing for food again here in northern Minnesota, I would go walleye.   Plenty of perch and northern pike here as well, but for cleaning and taste of the fish, it's even the parallel of salmon on the local restaurant menus.  Another one that fascinates is eel pout (burbot) that I grew up learning was a 'trash fish', but really is a fresh-water cod.  Several YouTube videos now available on how to clean them properly to get cod filets that are supposed to be quite good!

Burbot fileting video here:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEEYsIgOXIA

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John Weiland wrote:Tim N.,       What is meant by "sensitive population" in the chart posted?.....



I apologize the graphic is very vague! The state I live in has recommendations on frequency of consumption of fish due to waterway contamination in areas. The sensitive populations they refer to are for folks who may be pregnant or are under the age of 15. The thought is that the 'bad stuff' that hypothetically could be in the fish may effect developmental stages more than adults.

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Trout, salmon, catfish.

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In the summer I fish (and eat) catfish and in the winter mostly trout. It’s hard to catch catfish here in the winter!
 
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