I'm just wondering can you eat rock bass and do any of you eat rockbass. I heard they have worms in them if its true its to bad cause i catch a ton of them in the 8-12 inch range.
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I'm just wondering can you eat rock bass and do any of you eat rockbass. I heard they have worms in them if its true its to bad
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Bass, rock bass, sunfish, trout and really all freshwater fish get parasites. ( salt water fish do too.). Yellow grub the kind of worm (cyst) you're probably referring to. They are supposed to be harmless to people even if you're eating raw fish. I cut them out of panfish when cleaning. If there are too many, I don't eat the fish. (Too much "ick" factor for me.). I've only seen that in two out of many hundreds of pan fish. You only find a yellow grub cyst once in a great while at least in the lakes and streams I fish. Go ahead and enjoy your rock bass like any other panfish.
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Yes, they're fantastic here in TN. I catch them in small streams every spring in that larger size range, sometimes over a foot long. Love them scaled and fried whole 'bone in'. To me, they have a better flavor than bluegill, and about as good as crappie. Our streams are crystal clear and loaded with crayfish- probably accounting for their meat having such a sweet flavor. Can't speak for the rest of the nation, but here in middle TN, we call them black perch and they are a very prized food fish.
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