Taste - Crappie vs Striped Bass?

[SlabDog]

I really like fried crappie. I like it a lot. There's nothing like hot fried crappie with a little Cajun spice in the breading with steak fries and slaw. But, I've never eaten striped bass. How do they compare? Is SB a stronger tasting fish? I know how to clean them and all that and am thinking about giving it a try. I've caught them but have always thrown them back. What about the small ones that you catch sometimes with crappie? Are they worth filleting, or are they to bony? Thanks for you're opinions!

 

[ThePrez]

Wipers taste awsome grilled

 

[ThePrez]

With lemon pepper and sea salt or corse salt after they've been fillet

 

[SlabDog]

So grilled is the way to go then, not fried?

 

[Nitro66]

Blackened striper is my favorite

 

[EricM]

Fried work wonderfully too.

 

[SlabDog]

Thanks for the replies and culinary ideas. I'm gonna be fishing for some big stripers next week. I guess I'll have to bring one home and give it a try.

 

[porthos33]

I've seen on here where the Drumking has said that the white bass taste just as good as crappie if not better.

 

[SpurHunter]

This conversation is all over the board! Lol
You ask about striped bass, then mention catching little ones while crappie fishing. I think your referring to white bass, AKA "stripes", AKA "white stripes". Striped bass and white bass are cousins but not the same fish, in fact striped bass is a salt water fish that is stocked into fresh water since it was discovered they could survive full time without migrating back to salt, their normal life cycle FYI.
Another poster mentions "whipers", this is actually a Midwestern term givin to the hybrid of the two species that can only be achieved at the hatchery and released, and they cannot reproduce. The term comes from white+striper, hence "whiper".

To answer your question about eating white bass, they are outstanding table fare, cooked any way you like including fried like crappie.
Striped bass is also excellent grilled, blackened, pan seared, etc, I personaly don't prefer it dried but I know Dickey loves it that way.
Hope that helps.

 

[drumking]

SpurHunter - 11/1/2015 10:34 AM

This conversation is all over the board! Lol
You ask about striped bass, then mention catching little ones while crappie fishing. I think your referring to white bass, AKA "stripes", AKA "white stripes". Striped bass and white bass are cousins but not the same fish, in fact striped bass is a salt water fish that is stocked into fresh water since it was discovered they could survive full time without migrating back to salt, their normal life cycle FYI.
Another poster mentions "whipers", this is actually a Midwestern term givin to the hybrid of the two species that can only be achieved at the hatchery and released, and they cannot reproduce. The term comes from white+striper, hence "whiper".

To answer your question about eating white bass, they are outstanding table fare, cooked any way you like including fried like crappie.
Striped bass is also excellent grilled, blackened, pan seared, etc, I personaly don't prefer it dried but I know Dickey loves it that way.
Hope that helps.

Spur, I don't like them dried, but fried is another story. I love them grilled best with Montreal Steak seasoning sprinkling on them after bathing them in Peanut or Canola oil. The secret to getting great tasting "Rockfish" is to make sure that all the red streaks and spots are cut out of the meat. It is a thin red line that is easily removed by electric fillet knife, leaving a beautiful white fillet that is firm and grills prefectly. I also cut out the tiny fat line that is on the top of the fillet under the dorsel fins and the belly flap too. I make sure that I trim as much fat off these fish as I can before copious amounts of water in washing them until the water flows clear. A little more time and trouble, but what great tasting fish you get as a result. They are among my favorites. Crappie are good too, don't get me wrong, but crappie stands behind, Stripers, White bass, Shellcrackers, Walleye, Smallmouth bass (I keep if injured and will not recover), largemouth bass and spotted bass. Then comes crappie right after bluegills and redbreasts. Blue catfish are great too if cleaned the striped bass method.

Also, the wipers that were mentioned are indeed the cross breeding between a white bass and rockfish and TWRA calls them Cherokee Bass. You can tell the difference between Rockfish and Cherokee bass by the lateral stripes that run down the sides of the fish. In a rockfish, they will be unbroken. In a Cherokee bass, they will be broken and the hybrids are a little shorter and broader than the rockfish. Taste is the same. emoBigsmile emoGeezer

 

[SpurHunter]

Haha. Gotta love the iPhone spell check, yes fried and not dried.

 

[SlabDog]

Great response Spurhunter and Drumking. Exactly what I was looking for. I'll be having me some fried white bass and grilled striped bass very soon. THANKS!