Eating fish eggs

[Crappie48th]

Can anyone tell me on here wich fish have the best eggs and how do you cook them to eat them. Never had them but very interested in trying them.

[Hitek]

Fried some cappie eggs several weeks ago. Basically just battered them and deep fried them like fish. They were not bad but the texture ws odd. Ia m not much of an egg eater anyway.

[PawPaw Gene]

Small eggs I fry with just a dusting of Zatarans, large one I split the egg sac so as they can cook fully on the inside, and dust with Zatarans. I usually cook them after cooking the fish. While the grease is still hot, throw them in and cover, then turn off the fire. Let them cook until crispy. The reason to cover, is that they will sometime pop hot grease all over. By the time they're crispy the danger is over.

"gene"

[INGrandad]

Yellow perch eggs are #1 in my book, followed closely by bluegills/redears, etc. Crappie are stronger tasting, but none of them are too good if they're over-ripe. Ya wanna stop before they're actively spraying eggs.

[PawPaw Gene]

I agree with INGrandad, no over ripe eggs and my favorite are crappie eggs although small bass eggs are good also. Gill eggs go right in with the rest. May cher, dats some good eatin yea.

"gene"

[INGrandad]

Crazy Cajun, I just now looked to see where you're from. No wonder you eat bass eggs, none of us d@mned northerners would do that.

[feelay]

My dog loves 'em!

[slabbandit]

One of our friends comes down to the cleaning station during the spawn and gets the eggs while we're cleaning fish.

[LSUguy]

Try just smearing them on crackers and eating them like caviar.

[CrappiePappy]

.... just be sure and check your state Fish & Wildlife (DNR) website or Rules/Regs booklets, for "Consumption Advisories", as they relate to certain species, or waters/waterways and the fish that are taken from them. Mercury & PCB's are usually the main culprits.
The General Population is usually not limited, or barely limited, in the consumption advisory .... but, women of childbearing age and children under 6 years of age are usually requested to have a much lower consumption rate. This is in reference to the "flesh" of the target species of fish ... and in some cases, the eggs are listed as "do not eat" (in order to reduce the risk of consuming higher concentrations of these chemical pollutants, which can accumulate in the eggs & fat of the fish).

Here's the online Consumption Advisory for the state of KY :

KY: Kentucky Dept Fish and Wildlife -

Crappie from some waters, are listed ... but, on the whole, are usually far less restricted in most state's consumption advisories.

Just some FYI

... cp