Best store bought fish

[Lee Borgersen]

      Best store bought fish 

All out of fish, don't plan on an outing now till open water.
Have had good luck with cod, but tilapia not so much.

What are your favorite commercial varieties excluding store bought walleye, and how do you prepare it?  ....

[corny13]

Sorry to hear you have to stoop that low Lee.  I would have saved you Mamas smallmouth bass last weekend..   I would recomend Bigmouth Buffalo!

Tilapia is my fav... they are usually raised with stripebass in the same net.  They feed the Stripers fish food and the tilapia clean up the Striper poo.   

WHy are you excluding store bought walleye... they are almost all from Lake Winnipeg...also very tasty..except most of them have fish Sarcomas on them ( a viral induced cancer) they say not harmfull to humans..

[corny13]

Forgot to put the photo of a walleye caught on Lake Winnipeg last month with a fish sarcoma...

[Lee Borgersen]

Excluded store bought walleye because I just figured that they would be included in 90% of the replies. Not because I have a problem with store bought walleye. Just looking for some versatile answers if you know what I mean.

Nice photo

[dakids]

 I buy whole wild salmon at cub and smoke it with applewood myself.   I've tried orange ruffy that was good and halibat isn't to bad. I might try some swordfish this summer on the grill.

[Lee Borgersen]

Beware of imported fish from other countries. Most of it is never inspected by our country.

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[glenn57]

I have seen how some of that Canadian walleye is care for..........no thanks. typically my rule is if I don't catch and clean them I don't eat them. I will however stoop to buying salmon and either grill or smoke them!!!!!!!

[Bobby Bass]

Store bought fish  Really... I'm with Glenn on this one I can't remember buying fish. We usually have enough fish caught in the fall to take us deep into winter and then I have a nephew who goes to Alaska and brings back halibut and gives us some when he get sick of eating it, makes pretty good fish sandwiches.

[dakids]

Store bought fish  Really... I'm with Glenn on this one I can't remember buying fish. We usually have enough fish caught in the fall to take us deep into winter and then I have a nephew who goes to Alaska and brings back halibut and gives us some when he get sick of eating it, makes pretty good fish sandwiches.

You must not eat fish to often then as your posesion limit is only 2 times your daily limit.   Or mayby you just catch really big fish that you can get 2 meals out of each fish.   

[kenhuntin]

I pondered that statement as well but Bobby being the upstanding citizen that he is would never commit a fish or game violation. He must be referring to all the sheephead, carp and dogfish he amasses.

[Bobby Bass]

Actually we have four adults living at home so limits of fish in the freezer do add up. I question the statement about possession limit is two times the daily limit, where do you live because in MN it has been a long time since you can have more then one limit in your possession... Am I missing something? 

[dakids]

Actually I don't freeze fish anymore.  We only keep enough for dinner and fry them up fresh.  I didn't realize the law change.  When did the law change?  Just poking you a bit.  I do know a lot of people that fish all winter and fill their freezers.

[Bobby Bass]

So when you show them pictures of 4-5 big pike on the ice you eat them all in one fish fry? Must be quite the spread

[dakids]

We(4 kids) meet at my parents house and mom fries them up in the deep fryer.  My brother also brings his family (8 kids) and we usually have to have lots of side dishes if you want to get full.  At the last gathering my uncles also came over and we had 25 people.  If you show up late you might not get any fish at all.

[dew2]

WE dont buy freshwater fish.The ocean fish we get are cod.You have that up as having it.Pollock is great if its not all water when thawed(the last few years its awful watery in the pan.Swordfish is fantastic! expensive tho Halibut excellant,shark if you can find it in Mn.,Clams and mussels are nice for a change,Any of the fresh tuna grilled MMM!! we get it a couple times a year for a change,Then the sales are our goal

[Boar]

ANybody go to Morry's in motley MN havent been there in years, but would try ti pick up something on my way thru, clams or scallops, not much of a samon guy, but more of a fresh walleye an winter pike kinda guy, just got into smoke'n pike an wholey crap is that good. I dont buy fish. its certainly chearper, compared to my 75 $ a lb fresh caught fish.lol

[prosupermag]

Boar I would love to know how you smoke pike I would enjoy tying it   I am just starting out smoking   In fact today my father and I smoked a batch of summer sausage and some sticks   I have smoked salmon or trout before but never tried any other kind of fish   

[Lee Borgersen]

I smoked some pike years ago and it was one of the best tasting smoked fish I've ever eaten. Very moist and flaky Absorbes the smoked flavor very well.

[glenn57]

depends on the smoker. I use a brinkman charcoal smoker. here is my process. my smoker holds 8 slabs of pike fillets no bigger then 3-4 lb fish. when I first get the fish I put them in a container with water and add about 1/4 to 1/2 cup of vinegar in it and put in the frig overnite. then wash them off this eliminates all the slim.

my brine is 2 qts water with 1 cup each sugar and pickling salt. I also add soy sauce and worchtershire sauce along with other seasonings which is optional. I let that sit 24 hrs. rinse them off and pat dry them. because I use a charcoal smoker I bake my fish in the oven for about an hour at 225-250 degrees. I use an old metal coffee can of smoking chips I usually get at menards and prefer hickory. fill with water to soak the chips. start my charcoal  when the coals are white I drain the water into the wet pan in the smoker put chips on coals and let it buck. takes 2-3 hours and you should have nice golden brown nord fillets. I have also used a weber kettle to do this.