How good is bass?

[gguerra]

Fresh water bass are good eating. NOT like catfish, those are bottom feeders. Not that catfish is bad but bass is better. I would place it in the same category as Red Snapper for taste and texture. I am speaking of largemouth bass. No experience with small mouth bass.

[kygman]

I love dipping the bass in milk and rolling in corn meal and dropping it in hot oil. Fileting is nice but I never caught on to that. I'm still the type who would cut the head and tail off, gut it and get the scales off and fry them. I do the same with bluegill and catfish. They're all good when you can peel the bones, intact, out of the meat.

[GeoffD]

In my zip code, bass is black sea bass and striped bass. With sea bass, I tend to gut & scale it and bake it whole with lemon or a fruity white wine like chenin blanc and fresh herbs. Striped bass is a larger fish so I filet it and otherwise use the same prep. It’s delicate so you don’t overpower it with herbs & spices or sauces.