Someone beat me to suggesting Walleye. Hands down the best fish I've ever eaten. I don't really like fish unless it's breaded and deep fried, though. The only other fish that can drive me to hungy insanity is salmon, but only when it's been made into salmon patties. MMMMMM. I'd eat a bucket full of butter fried trout skin, though.
And yes, I've tried TONS of fish, saltwater included. If you grow up on fried walleye, you're kinda ruined for life.
alex wrote: *Which bring to mind a certain Zappa tune inspired by a certain infamous incident involving Led Zeppelin, a groupie, and a hotel at which one could fish out of the windows.
Red snappa!
You're not catching catfish until you've gone noodling. You basically stick your hand in it's mouth and fight to bring the fish to the surface while it bites the hell out of you. Catfish don't have teeth but I hear the bite pressure is tremendous. Real men use a hootus. TA DAH!
I'm marginally in the south (VA) and we eat deep fried catfish pretty often here. The James River in Richmond has often been called the world capital of catfish fishing. I think it's hyperbole but some monsters have been pulled from the James.
Catfish is a fine flaky, firm white fish. River raised or farm raised, I can't tell the difference. I can tell the difference in a wild lake raised catfish. They do taste...like dirt.
If you want some good catfish and you're around Savannah GA try Love's Seafood and Steaks. They're famous in their area for catfish. The place is right on the water so it's quite an experience to sit on the deck and eat some.
+10000 ON WALLEYE. Normally I make a trip to NW Ontario to go fishing for a week. I am missing that trip right now and it is killing me
As far as northern pike goes. It ain't bad. The problem isthat nearly anywhere you could catch a pike, walleye can be found. It doesn't make sense to eat the pike.
All geared up for a big catfish fry after a local regatta this weekend. Done properly freshwater catfish are very edible!
I caught a Bonita tuna once in the Persian Gulf. The Steward cooked it for me, the Capt and a few others (himself as well, I'm sure) the next evening. Interesting. Didn't taste like "tuna" from the can at all.
DoctorBlade wrote: I eat Fried Catfish, and it's the only thing that swims I eat. I've grown up in a state where eating it is pretty much mandatory.
+1. More for me, gayslurs. The problem with catfish (Mullet, Jack, etc,) is that the people preparing/eating them often have no berkeleying clue what they're doing, and/or are lazy. All should be cleaned ASAFP, and served that night or next day.
If you're judging catfish...or any myriad of other fish by some frozen E36 M3 you ate at the local choke & puke, ur doin it wrong.
Oh, I agree, Poop. Fish that I eat are usually no more than 2-3 hours old and they were gutted and gilled and put on ice within minutes of being caught.
Catfish still taste like mud, though flatheads taste the least like mud.
DoctorBlade wrote: I eat Fried Catfish, and it's the only thing that swims I eat. I've grown up in a state where eating it is pretty much mandatory.
You ought to see the looks I get when I tell folks where I'm from and then mention that I hate cornmeal breaded catfish.
I never liked fish at all except tuna salad until I discovered fresh tuna, salmon and tilapia.
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