Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations BEST TASTING FISH

So I dropped my son at basketball practice tonight and had an hour to kill. The wife asked me to pick up some cumin so I hit the nearby grocery store. Grabbed the cumin and still had 50 minutes to kill so I wandered back to the fish section of the store. This store actually has a pretty impressive selection of fish. Looked around to see what their most expensive fish was just for the heck of it. YP fillets won hands down. They were actually on sale..... for the bargain price of $18.69/lb!!

My opinion. Easy explanation for the high price. YP are the best tasting fish!

I think many pond owners would be surprised at what our fish actually cost per pound! Think about feed, pond maintenance, fishing equipment, property taxes, drowned cell phones, etc. And the list goes on and on. I don't even want to think about what my fish cost per pound.

Similarly, think about your dogs and/or cats. Look at their annual food and veterinary costs. In comparison, expensive fish are really cheap.

Freshwater: Cold water BG.

Saltwater: Cobia, wild salmon, swordfish (couldn't choose)

Being Louisianan, I prefer salmon blackened style. Boiled crawfish would make the list but isn't actually classified as a fish.

If I ever get to raise some freshwater prawns, the bass won't get all of them...

Spoonbill. No contest. Chicken of the lake. This is me, uncle and cousin on TableRock in my region.
http://youtu.be/7mUgqaVEW6s

Freshwater: A good old Crappie fry anytime. Salt & Pepper them. Yum!
Saltwater: I like a lot of different saltwater fish, Tuna, Grouper, Mahi-mahi, too many to pick from, but that's the top of the list.

You left out the cost of building the puddle! You can buy a whole lot of fish for what it costs for you to have the ability to walk out your back door and catch dinner!

Other than it has always been my dream to own my own puddle, the biggest incentive I had to build my own was I was tired of fishing local public BOWs that were over fished and rarely caught anything worth talking about. One of our local lakes actually has a 5 fish bag limit on BG it is so over fished.

What I found interesting at the store was WE was half the price of YP!

You guys are so easy to bait!

Lots of great tasting fish out there. Hope I get a chance to try them all. Monk fish and Scrod ain't bad!

Oh my! Some are masters at it!

(I hope I don't have to moderate this post.)

Some bait is good to eat,right Bill

Bad comparison in my mind, I don't want to eat my dog and cat!!!!

I've tried snagging. If logs and rocks count, I'm pretty dang good at it.

You Yankee's do have some really good eating fish for sure. The We caught and cooked on the shoreline can't be beat, NP caught and cooked on the shoreline is really good also. I have never had YP and if it is $20.00 per pound @ the store I may still have to give it a try. I did not know they sold it at the store.
Here in the south I really like Goggle eye (warmouth, rockbass). I think it is a very sweet meat and I love the evening meal after targeting these fish for the day. And Spec Trout has not been mentioned here and I think it is also a sweet tasting meat. Just my 2 cents
Tracy

anthropic,
I live in Metairie (just west on N.O) but my pond is in south Mississippi. What part of La. you reside?
Dan

I always thought walleye was the best eating fish. But I never had BG until last year believe it or not and it was pretty darn good too!

RC

From reading these posts one could surmise that almost any fish at that time is the best fish. Most fish is good just a little different from one another but good


Pat

I would agree. Spoonbill cooked right is amazing! Wild Salmon is delicious as is walleye.

What is a spoonbill?

Pat,

Another name for them is paddlefish. If you click on one of the youtube links the guys posted you can see what they look like.

Hey, Dan. I live in Shreveport, about as far from N.O. as is possible and remain in Louisiana. We got 3 inches of snow today, a rare event.

I spent six years looking for the right land for a pond (started looking in 2008 in the middle of the fracking boom up here, which really didn't help), finally ended up buying some land on a pine plantation just west of Marshall, TX. After endless delays, FINALLY hope to move dirt in a week!

What kind of fish do you have in your pond? Has PB been helpful to you?

Frank

You know, people used to turn their noses up at redfish -- they were considered pretty much a trash fish. But after Cajun chef Paul Prudhomme came out with blackened redfish, demand skyrocketed to the point where redfish had to be protected.

Blackened wild salmon is incredible, as the fish stays together despite the heat. Also I really like redfish on the half shell, where the filet is cut with the skin left on one side. Place the skin on the grills, put some melted butter, garlic salt (or cajun seasoning) on the flesh side, and the meat is protected from overcooking. Delicious with a spritz of lemon juice!!!

I love cooking the fillets with the skin on , skin side down on the grill. You get so much more fat and moister from it.

I think you nailed it Pat. Hot August evening at my place, surrounded by friends and family, is a great time for... nice young 16 to 18 inch CC in the deep fryer (bone in of course), good hush puppies, corn on the cob, fresh tomatoes and cold watermelon. At that moment, CC is the best tasting fish!

BINGO!