Thread: A Different Kind of Fish - Matagorda Bay

Originally Posted by GreenLine

Nothing like freshwater trout. No bones in the filet, very meaty fish. The skin is very thin and can be tricky to filet. Personally find them best deep fried. The taste is similar to crappie but a little firmer.

No issue if you like trout but I think fresh water trout taste terrible and nothing like crappie. I have relatives that trout fish just to our south a lot and try to give them to me already cleaned and ready to go and I always say no thanks.

Speckled trout is a whole different thing.

Red fish on the other hand which look like a much better looking carp I've tasted and are pretty good. The guys I fished with don't really care for them. If they do keep any they will only keep the smallest keepers and will not eat the bigger ones. Fun as heck to catch they fight like our nasty carp but maybe even stronger. Pain to clean though due to tough bones.

KABOOM is the word , might do me a "guided" trip in the near future for some buds .....
wont be salty fish though , congrats , hear tell the flatfish are on fire on the coast ...