need some recipes lol

  • dogfish107
    PoCo, WI
    Posts: 26
    March 5, 2012 at 3:21 am #1242020

    Anyone got a recipe for sheepshead or smallmouth? I catch enough of them on the river so I figure I might as well start eating them. Also, any recipes for any sucker-like fishes?

    cade-laufenberg
    Winona,MN/La Crosse, WI
    Posts: 3667
    March 5, 2012 at 5:28 am #1046072

    go ahead and eat the sheephead. Let the smallies go

    In all seriousness, if you’re going to eat bass, the best size is the 14-16″ fish. anything larger than that and the meat tends to decrease in succulence exponentially with size….besides, its better to let the big breeders carry on the gene pool. The only time I ever had smallmouth it was just fried in a generic shore lunch style batter and tasted alright. I’ve heard sheephead is good smoked, too. Sorry, no recipes but google usually pops up a mind bogglingly long list of great ones.

    Ralph Wiggum
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 11764
    March 5, 2012 at 11:58 am #1046095

    Sheepies are fantastics just filleted and fried like you would a walleye. The meat is white and flaky if you don’t overcook it.

    Suckers are good but bony. I’ve ground them and made fish patties that are great. Their flesh is sweet. I’ll have to see if I can dig up one of my fish patty recipes.

    vikefanmn77
    Northfield,MN
    Posts: 1493
    March 5, 2012 at 12:26 pm #1046107

    Quote:

    Sheepies are fantastics just filleted and fried like you would a walleye. The meat is white and flaky if you don’t overcook it.

    Says the guy making out with the sturgeon…

    JasonP
    Twin Cities
    Posts: 1368
    March 5, 2012 at 1:11 pm #1046125

    Quote:

    Suckers are good but bony. I’ve ground them and made fish patties that are great. Their flesh is sweet. I’ll have to see if I can dig up one of my fish patty recipes.

    agree…I’ve eaten more redhorse and suckers than most people I’ve talked to..and the meat is excellent. Can’t speak to drum…but I can see them being just fine in fish cakes or ground patties. I’ve also heard that white bass are good eating too.

    JP

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    March 5, 2012 at 3:36 pm #1046218

    With the sheepshead, just fillet off the back above the lateral line. Also make sure you get rid of any dark meat on the skin side of the fillet.
    They are also very good pickled.

    buck-slayer
    Posts: 1499
    March 7, 2012 at 7:45 pm #1014688

    Sucker, smoked or pickled both are good

    moxie
    Sioux City,IA
    Posts: 874
    July 19, 2012 at 8:06 pm #1085840

    Here’s a very simple recipe.
    scale and gut sheephead
    stuff it with mayo, your fave sausage, green onions and garlic.
    Wrap in foil and grill.

    piemerriam
    Posts: 1
    July 20, 2012 at 4:38 pm #1086106

    Quote:

    Here’s a very simple recipe.
    scale and gut sheephead
    stuff it with mayo, your fave sausage, green onions and garlic.
    Wrap in foil and grill.

    Looks delicious actually if I didnt know any better id say it looks like some fresh delicious snapper!

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