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n2mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:15 PM
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What is your favorite fish to eat?
Mine is perch, no way do we get perch here in Az. I also like smelt.
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Tektonik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:16 PM
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1. Fresh Salmon
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:17 PM
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3. I second that.
There is nothing like fresh salmon. :9
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Sanity Claws Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 08:13 PM
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57. I third it
Any wild salmon. Don't care for the farm-raised kind.
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n2mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:30 PM
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28. I like salmon
but am tired of it.
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FrankBooth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:17 PM
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2. Fresh Halibut
grilled with cilantro and butter.
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Dave Reynolds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 09:23 PM
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48. Halibut for me, too
followed closely by walleye and perch.
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two gun sid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:17 PM
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4. Smoked Lake Trout
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amber dog democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:17 PM
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5. Banana Fish
Its a Good Day for Banana Fish.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:20 PM
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9. Peach Fish
RL
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n2mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:23 PM
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16. I've never heard of Banana Fish
Is that the name of the fish or is the ingredients bananas?
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amber dog democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 08:55 PM
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45. No - its the title of a book by JD Salinger
A good day for Banana Fish. Kind of a sad story though. I thought someone would catch the reference.
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 09:36 PM
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51. how does it compare to "Rumble Fish"?
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amber dog democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 10:02 PM
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53. less inspiring
I'd take the RF anyday over the BF.
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Hardrada Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 09:35 PM
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50. Banana Fish
in my pants.
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Jack_Dawson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:18 PM
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6. Hamachi
Edited on Thu Mar-03-05 07:19 PM by Jack_Dawson
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:18 PM
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7. same here...hamachi and saba.
:)
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Jack_Dawson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:20 PM
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10. Saba What?
Huh?

:freak:
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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:28 PM
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23. saba = mackerel (sushi)
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Illinois_Dem Donating Member (67 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:19 PM
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8. Crappie or bass.
Tasty critters.
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:21 PM
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11. Grouper
I used to eat a lot of it when I lived down in Florida. I'm also a fan of Mahi Mahi, sword-fish and Chilean sea bass
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Jack_Dawson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:22 PM
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13. You're supporting long-line fishing
Edited on Thu Mar-03-05 07:23 PM by Jack_Dawson
Don't do it!

http://www.hsus.org/wildlife/issues_facing_wildlife/longline_fishing_threatens_sea_birds_and_other_marine_life.html

:beer:
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n2mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:39 PM
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37. Maybe I read too quickly
just what fish are you talking about?
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Jack_Dawson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 08:00 PM
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54. Swordfish, Chilean Sea Bass
Stuff like that.

:beer:
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Tektonik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:30 PM
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29. Mahi Mahi is delicious
especially in a burrito
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jpak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:21 PM
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12. Striped bass, white perch and smoked alewife
Striped bass is just tooooooo good.

Don't eat much WP anymore though - mercury contamination...
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Ironpost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:22 PM
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14. Any of the perch family. Catfish next. then any aquatic next.
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n2mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:24 PM
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18. You mentioned the perch family,
what fish belong to the perch family?
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Ironpost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:42 PM
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38. crapie, blue gill, red ear. and several others including Large Mouth Bass,
small mouth bass, crapie, walleye. Lots of perch species, that I can't name them all. Oh' so good.
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:22 PM
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15. Pepperidge Farms
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:23 PM
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17. I love 'monkfish'
...but I don't eat it anymore because it's become endangered, just like my LAST favorite (sea bass; aka 'acadian toothfish')

So, I am temporarily without a favorite.
Anybody wanna suggest one for me?
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n2mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:25 PM
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19. Talapia has become quite popular
not bad tasting.
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n2mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:27 PM
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22. I prepared Basa last night
it was delicious. This morning to my surprise my house did not smell of fish. Actually, it was delicious!

I bought Basa at Sunflower Market.
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:32 PM
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30. Thanks, n2mark!
Talapia and Basa are now on my shopping list for saturday!
(especially the BASA; I like fish that doesn't smell all "fishy")
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magnolia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:53 PM
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40. My favorite is monkfish too....
...how do you know it's endangered???
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 08:52 PM
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44. Check out this site to download a handy wallet-sized guide
http://www.audubon.org/campaign/lo/seafood/

I couldn't find the site with the whole monkfish story, but the gist of it is this:

Humans havn't been eating monkfish very long, probably because they are so ugly that it took centuries before anyone thought to try one.

The monkfish population was never large, and they breed slowly.

Just 20 years ago, the average monkfish being caught was 4 1/2 or 5 feet long; today, those are RARE, and the average monkfish being caught for market is only 2 - 2 1/2 feet.

50% size reduction in just 20 years is VERY bad news for any species.
Worse news for a TASTY species like the monkfish.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:26 PM
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20. I love fish! Top of the list is probably trout, but
there is nothing like some freshly caught, pan fried walleye.

We ate a lot of walleye, northern and crappies when I was a kid. Sometimes just pan fried in butter, sometimes coated in my dad's delicious beer batter. Fish, baked beans, and hashbrowns....mmmmm....
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n2mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:29 PM
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26. Isn't walleye and pike compareable?
Our market had pike the last few weeks, pike is tasty also.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:36 PM
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34. Yes. Walleye is actually Walleyed Pike.
And northern is actually Northern Pike.
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fishnfla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:26 PM
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21. tuna
but i've caught plenty of smelt in my time too
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Huckebein the Raven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:28 PM
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24. Salmon
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:29 PM
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25. red snapper
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:29 PM
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27. Walleye Pike.
Tender, flaky & oh so good!
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n2mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:33 PM
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32. So it is the same
love it! I grew up in Michigan and miss the fish from there. We would have perch, sunfish, trout, pike and smelt during the year.
I remember fishing with my father for perch. I never caught a walleye/pike. So is walleye and pike the same?

My mother would have a beer dip for smelt. They would just melt in your mouth.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:37 PM
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35. Wow, walleye and smelt
Now that's a slice of heaven!

I think the pike is short for walleye. There is also a fish called the northern pike which looks very similar to the walleye.
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seriousstan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:32 PM
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31. Mom's pan fried bluegill.
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n2mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:35 PM
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33. Oh, forgot about the bluegill
My aunt had a cottage in Michigan, we would take the boat and fish for bluegills. They were great too!
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n2mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:37 PM
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36. I don't know about you
but fish does not taste the same anymore. Fish tasted so different when I was a child.......... many, many years ago.
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amazona Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 07:43 PM
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39. smelt are good
Wild trout aren't bad either.

The conservation movement is a breeding ground of communists
and other subversives. We intend to clean them out,
even if it means rounding up every birdwatcher in the country.
--John Mitchell, US Attorney General 1969-72
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 08:37 PM
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41. Redfish
broiled, with shrimp stuffing, topped with crab and crawfish in a lemon cream sauce.....
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 08:42 PM
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42. Fresh-caught red snapper is to die for.
Edited on Thu Mar-03-05 08:44 PM by RebelOne
My second choice is yellowfin tuna and then salmon. I am a vegetarian in that I do not eat anything with hair, fur or feathers and I am trying to wean myself off fish, but in the meantime, these are my choices.
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 08:50 PM
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43. hake! A wonderful whitefish that we ate every way but raw in
Spain. No matter how it was cooked, it was heavenly.

Talapia is good, crappie caught fresh in Kentucky Lake, perch.


fresh caught Amberjack is awesome!!!!!
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 09:14 PM
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46. Anything without mercury in it . . .
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tinfoilinfor2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 09:18 PM
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47. Grouper...
or most any saltwater fish...very few taste fishy.
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B Calm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 09:29 PM
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49. #1Walleye, #2Yellow Perch, #3Crappie, #4Bluegills, #5Catfish
and that's just my fresh water picks..
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 09:38 PM
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52. Salmon, halibut, catfish, shrimp, sturgeon...
I pretty much like anything but sea urchin and mackerel.
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 08:02 PM
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55. I prefer the deep-fried crap that they serve at
Captain D's, but I do enjoy beer-battered smelt (really expensive here, so I have my relatives bring it when they come down)
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fit4life Donating Member (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 08:02 PM
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56. Really?
We throw perch back when we catch it here. Catfish is my favorite, followed by Crappie.

If you ever get up this way, look me up and you can catch and eat all the fresh perch you ever wanted!
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