Fish identification – new fisherman here

Hi. Absolutely new fisherman here. First annual license!
Caught this 16” something or another 9/7/2020. Entirely silvery except a dark lateral line and a reddish tail.
I thought maybe white bass, but his belly is flat and his head is “jumped.”
Cumberland Pool, Lake Texoma, Oklahoma
Thank you – happy fishing.

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Sheepshead aka Freshwater Drum

Gaspergoo\sheephead.

Should definitely be sure of what you caught before you take it home.

bassh8er wrote:

Should definitely be sure of what you caught before you take it home.

“Wat is dat!?”

“I dunno”

“Well, we eatin it anyways!”

Lol, definitely sounds like something out the south.

How’d it taste?

They taste alot better then what you think they would.

JEREMY wrote:

They taste alot better then what you think they would.

This would be a mostly false statement. I cut up a couple smaller ones this spring and decided to see for myself.

Let’s just say that I will be releasing them from now on. Yes you can eat them but they don’t exactly melt in your mouth.

eyeguy507 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>JEREMY wrote:</div>
They taste alot better then what you think they would.

This would be a mostly false statement. I cut up a couple smaller ones this spring and decided to see for myself.

Let’s just say that I will be releasing them from now on. Yes you can eat them but they don’t exactly melt in your mouth.

I also kept a few this year and had a hard time telling any difference between it and the walleye we kept. I could not tell any difference in the taste, the only small difference I found was the texture. I’ll keep them in the future.

I can’t remember now if there was much fatty (red) meat to remove or not, but I always do that if I see it and that seems to make a big difference in taste.

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Ryan’s got it. Remove all of the red meat and the lateral line.

1000’s of people from IL can’t be wrong. (they are called perch down there)

Brian Klawitter wrote:

1000’s of people from IL can’t be wrong.

They eat better coming from cold water. Some people put them on ice in the heat of summer. BK I heard them called Silver perch also!! LOL

I’ve tried one before out of cold clear water. It’s pretty much just backstrap and tail. If a person didn’t eat a lot of fresh fish , they’d probably enjoy them. I’ll release them…

BK,yes they can.

They are the firmer pickled fish.

I bet no one could tell if it was used in Lutefisk.