Went fishing today at the ranch I caught a few walleye and sauger. I also caught a huge white bass and decided to keep it and see what they taste like. I have always thrown them back. So are they okay to eat? When I searched it they say they are very good to eat, so what do you say? Lol

Silver bass/ white bass are great to eat here. how big was it?

I dont think you will be disaopointed. Im not a big fan of fish but we caught some and had a friend fix them all i can say is delicious. Eric

Trim the red meat off the lateral line, then great stuff.

I would say white bass are good to eat. White bass are not as good to eat as perch, crappie, bluegill or walleye, the ways I have prepared them. There might be a better way to cook them. Before they changed the way the docks and lights were laid out, I could catch a full cooler load of white bass, in a few hours in early May, at a local lake, right after dark.

Keith

Marty >> is that because they will taste less fishy or not healthy to eat the red meat??

The red meat will taste fishy

I eat them and just fillet them and fix them up what ever way I like, i do not worry about the red meat.

Thanks everyone I appreciate sharing your experience with white bass. I will give them a try!

From cold water they are very good. Also good smoked.

As stated cut out the red vein an wash as much slime off as possible an fry it up. Not bad at all

Just take the “loin” out of the back. There is a lateral line you can see. Cut through the scales and take just the back out. Rib cage and belly isn’t even worth touching. When you cut the skin off ride your knife high. Leaves all the red meat and you end up with pure white fillet. Flakes like walleye when cooked. After catching bleed them out and get on ice. Some good YouTube videos on it.

Snowy, yea what others said "cut the red meat off" and cut the lateral bones out. The white bass from Lake Erie have a lot of oil in them (greasy). We broil, grill, poach or smoke them. Season with salt, pepper and Italian seasoning. Fresh squeezed lemon after cooked.

How do you keep the bones from poking holes in the papers? Just kidding!

LOL!

Eat the walleye first. The silver bass are a bit stronger/ fisher than a walleye or perch, more like a largemouth bass. But they're very tasty!
Dennis

Those are called river stripe where I'm from. Good eating firmer flesh good for baking, grilling or poaching. Mother would bake these salt water striper and hybrids with a white sauce, good stuff.