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Post by chicobrownbear on Mar 7, 2008 8:43:03 GMT -5
Thursday evening I was cruising the seafood case at Meijer. I looked in the far right end and what did I see? Bluegill, whole bluegill. With a sign that said "Canada, wild caught"
Now who in there right mind would pay more than the price of bait and license for bluegill, from Canada no less. ;D
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Post by duff on Mar 7, 2008 9:08:54 GMT -5
Not even filleted??? Sucker born every day!!!
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Post by chicobrownbear on Mar 7, 2008 9:44:59 GMT -5
Not even duff. Couldn't believe it. Mom & Pops are sitting on a gold mine "farm." Aquaculture is all the rage down here in the wake of the tobacco buy outs.
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Post by duff on Mar 7, 2008 11:27:50 GMT -5
That is something. I read an article a few months ago about a guy growing yellow perch near Muncie. There was something strange about it but can't remember exactly. Like above ground tanks maybe. Seemed like an ineffecient way, but I guess if you got it figured out...Perch seem much more marketable then bluegill. But then again fish is fish
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Post by rmc on Mar 7, 2008 14:11:00 GMT -5
There just ain't much better eatin then fresh gills and wild mushrooms.
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Post by raporter on Mar 7, 2008 17:06:24 GMT -5
Some guys down here raise tilapia. They raise them in a pond during warm weather then in the fall they siene them, filet the big ones and take the small ones to indoor tanks to spend the winter. I helped them year before last and there was about a dozen of us with electric knives fileting them. These things are amazing breeders.
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Post by indianahick on Mar 7, 2008 17:11:39 GMT -5
People buy farm raised cat fish all the time. Perch filet's are packaged and sold at Sam's. I think that there are lots of folks out there that would rather buy something at a store than go out and catch it themselves. Can not decide if lots of people are just lazy or just do not want to leave their televisions, computers, game stations.
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Post by drgreyhound on Mar 7, 2008 18:00:48 GMT -5
People buy farm raised cat fish all the time. Perch filet's are packaged and sold at Sam's. I think that there are lots of folks out there that would rather buy something at a store than go out and catch it themselves. Can not decide if lots of people are just lazy or just do not want to leave their televisions, computers, game stations. Or if people don't have time to go fishing...
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Post by indianahick on Mar 8, 2008 11:58:33 GMT -5
DR. Gray- guess I just feel as if they have time to play with a pc or video game they have time to go fishing. Now with weather like this I would be tempted to buy some myself. I do not ice fish. Went fishing with a now deceased brother in law in early/mid March once a long long time ago. Ended up in the water. Haven't been since.
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Post by Hoosier Hunter on Mar 8, 2008 14:45:37 GMT -5
Some guys down here raise tilapia. Ever see that show "Dirty Jobs"? There were raising bass down in Texas, then when the by-products (waste) from the from bass were flushed out everyday it was to fed into a Tilapia pond. They found that the Tilapi saved the bass hatchery operations $100,000's in waste water treatment annually. Now they basically raise the Tilapia for free. YUCK!
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Post by TagTeamHunter on Mar 8, 2008 19:00:21 GMT -5
Ever see that show "Dirty Jobs"? There were raising bass down in Texas, then when the by-products (waste) from the from bass were flushed out everyday it was to fed into a Tilapia pond. They found that the Tilapi saved the bass hatchery operations $100,000's in waste water treatment annually. Now they basically raise the Tilapia for free. YUCK! Glad I never ate Tilapi, well knowing at least, sawa report were restaurants served Tilpai as other more expensive fish type.
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Post by steiny on Mar 9, 2008 12:54:06 GMT -5
I've seen bluegill on the menu at a few restraunts around here. I refuse to buy bluegill ...... they're too much fun to catch myself, plus I doubt if a restraunt can fix them as good as I can.
Thawed out a couple bags of them Friday night and fried a few. Ought to be catching some fish out of open water in a couple weeks.
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Post by drgreyhound on Mar 9, 2008 14:12:03 GMT -5
I've seen bluegill on the menu at a few restraunts around here. I refuse to buy bluegill ...... they're too much fun to catch myself, plus I doubt if a restraunt can fix them as good as I can. Thawed out a couple bags of them Friday night and fried a few. Ought to be catching some fish out of open water in a couple weeks. Out of curiosity, how do you fix them? I can always use good ways to fix fish, especially during Lent.
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Post by steiny on Mar 9, 2008 16:52:33 GMT -5
Very simple. I dry batter them. For breading I use about half flour and half italian bread crumbs, plus a little salt, pepper and garlic. Just thaw out the fllets and throw them into the dry mix and shake them up in a bag to coat w/ breading. Then cook in an iron skillet or dutch oven in hot vegetable oil. If they don't immediatly sizzle when you drop them in, your oil isn't hot enough. Cook until golden brown, and don't overcook, they are thin fillets and they don't take long. Another very simple breading is half flour and half corn meal with a few added spices. I like to keep it simple. Don't much care for bluegill dipped in egg wash or wet breaded, too much breading takes away from the flavor of the fish.
Also recommend doing this in the garage or outdoors, unless you want your house to smell like a fish fry for 3 days afterwards.
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Post by drgreyhound on Mar 10, 2008 4:25:22 GMT -5
Sounds great! I typically dry batter them however I like, spray them with butter cooking spray, and bake them...less mess and slightly healthier too.
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Post by kevin1 on Mar 10, 2008 5:39:24 GMT -5
Some guys down here raise tilapia. Ever see that show "Dirty Jobs"? There were raising bass down in Texas, then when the by-products (waste) from the from bass were flushed out everyday it was to fed into a Tilapia pond. They found that the Tilapi saved the bass hatchery operations $100,000's in waste water treatment annually. Now they basically raise the Tilapia for free. YUCK! The farm was actually a rainbow trout farm in eastern California, and watching that made me glad I've only tried tilapia once and didn't care for it. Something about the taste...
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Post by chicobrownbear on Mar 10, 2008 8:10:37 GMT -5
Tilapia is pretty bland. It is fish for people who don't like fish. I personally don't care for it either.
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Post by fftce67 on Mar 10, 2008 8:12:53 GMT -5
Tilapia is just nasty tasting and should just be left in the water.
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Post by drgreyhound on Mar 10, 2008 8:39:52 GMT -5
I'll eat tilapia if it's on sale, but I'd rather have a nice piece of most other fish before I'd eat tilapia...
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Post by Hoosier Hunter on Mar 10, 2008 10:15:18 GMT -5
Ever see that show "Dirty Jobs"? There were raising bass down in Texas, then when the by-products (waste) from the from bass were flushed out everyday it was to fed into a Tilapia pond. They found that the Tilapi saved the bass hatchery operations $100,000's in waste water treatment annually. Now they basically raise the Tilapia for free. YUCK! The farm was actually a rainbow trout farm in eastern California, and watching that made me glad I've only tried tilapia once and didn't care for it. Something about the taste... Must have had multiple shows. The one I saw was strpied bass and they were vacinnating them as well. It was down on Texas.
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