On 2018-01-01 4:18 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

>>> I would rather have fish that was flash frozen out at sea than old
>>> fish which has been sitting around.
>>
>> I'm talking fish direct from Lake Michigan, not frozen
>
> I'm not. I abhor freshwater fish.

Pity. Some of it is pretty good. I think trout needs to be from cold
water. I don't care much for sunfish, bass and the like. I have been
eating a lot more fish over the past few years and discovered that Lake
Erie Perch and Pickerel are pretty tasty.

On Mon, 1 Jan 2018 16:56:00 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2018-01-01 4:18 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
>>>> I would rather have fish that was flash frozen out at sea than old
>>>> fish which has been sitting around.
>>>
>>> I'm talking fish direct from Lake Michigan, not frozen
>>
>> I'm not. I abhor freshwater fish.
>
>Pity. Some of it is pretty good. I think trout needs to be from cold
>water. I don't care much for sunfish, bass and the like. I have been
>eating a lot more fish over the past few years and discovered that Lake
>Erie Perch and Pickerel are pretty tasty.

Not liking freshwater fish is a prejudice based blanket statement. But
you can grow old with it, so I wouldn't worry too much about it.

On Monday, January 1, 2018 at 5:00:10 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Jan 2018 16:56:00 -0500, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
> >On 2018-01-01 4:18 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >
> >>>> I would rather have fish that was flash frozen out at sea than old
> >>>> fish which has been sitting around.
> >>>
> >>> I'm talking fish direct from Lake Michigan, not frozen
> >>
> >> I'm not. I abhor freshwater fish.
> >
> >Pity. Some of it is pretty good. I think trout needs to be from cold
> >water. I don't care much for sunfish, bass and the like. I have been
> >eating a lot more fish over the past few years and discovered that Lake
> >Erie Perch and Pickerel are pretty tasty.
>
> Not liking freshwater fish is a prejudice based blanket statement. But
> you can grow old with it, so I wouldn't worry too much about it.

"Prejudice" would imply that I've never eaten freshwater fish. I've
eaten quite a bit of it, as I've lived proximal to the Great Lakes
my entire life. I prefer the clean, briny taste of ocean fish.

Cindy Hamilton

On Tue, 2 Jan 2018 03:17:51 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Monday, January 1, 2018 at 5:00:10 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>> On Mon, 1 Jan 2018 16:56:00 -0500, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On 2018-01-01 4:18 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> >
>> >>>> I would rather have fish that was flash frozen out at sea than old
>> >>>> fish which has been sitting around.
>> >>>
>> >>> I'm talking fish direct from Lake Michigan, not frozen
>> >>
>> >> I'm not. I abhor freshwater fish.
>> >
>> >Pity. Some of it is pretty good. I think trout needs to be from cold
>> >water. I don't care much for sunfish, bass and the like. I have been
>> >eating a lot more fish over the past few years and discovered that Lake
>> >Erie Perch and Pickerel are pretty tasty.
>>
>> Not liking freshwater fish is a prejudice based blanket statement. But
>> you can grow old with it, so I wouldn't worry too much about it.
>
>"Prejudice" would imply that I've never eaten freshwater fish. I've
>eaten quite a bit of it, as I've lived proximal to the Great Lakes
>my entire life. I prefer the clean, briny taste of ocean fish.

One of the cleanest tasting fish I've ever had was a catfish that I
caught in our own creek.

Bruce wrote:
>
> One of the cleanest tasting fish I've ever had was a catfish that I
> caught in our own creek.

I've heard that it's good fried but I've never tried it. As a
kid, I used to catch catfish often but I never ate them. I lived
in tidal Potomac River area for a few years, only about 5 miles
down river from Washington, DC and that water was super polluted.

I paddled my surfboard in that one day and when I came home, my
mom freaked out and wanted to take me to the doctor for shots.
hehehe I did get a splash of the water in my mouth and best
description is that it tasted like a combination of sewage and
gasoline.

We loved to fish there as kids but it was 'catch & release' only.
That far from the ocean, way upriver, it was mostly fresh water.
Available fish there were perch, catfish, large carp and eels.
You don't dare eat any though...toxic fish for sure.

It was a sad situation too... clean fresh water, flowing downhill
Potomac River flowed into Washington DC but then when it came out
on the other side, only a few miles, it was polluted as hell.

Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> ... freshwater fish. I've
> eaten quite a bit of it, as I've lived proximal to the Great Lakes
> my entire life. I prefer the clean, briny taste of ocean fish.

Same here. I caught and ate fresh water trout once on a vacation
to upstate NY and it was fine but I do like many of the salt
water varieties of fish. I've lived almost all of my life right
next to salty tidal waters. Chesapeake Bay, Newport, RI, and now
for the last 48 years, only 5 miles from the Chesapeake Bay and
only one mile from the Atlantic Ocean. Fresh caught here is no
problem.

On Monday, January 1, 2018 at 11:54:14 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> Pity. Some of it is pretty good. I think trout needs to be from cold
> water. I don't care much for sunfish, bass and the like. I have been
> eating a lot more fish over the past few years and discovered that Lake
> Erie Perch and Pickerel are pretty tasty.

Freshwater fish is like Spam. You have to grow up eating it to build up a tolerance to it. I grew up eating mahimahi. It's hard to find these days. Mostly I eat strange river fish from Asia. It's not so bad if you put on a lot of tartar sauce.

On Mon, 1 Jan 2018 14:18:50 -0800 (PST), dsi1 >
wrote:

>On Monday, January 1, 2018 at 11:54:14 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> Pity. Some of it is pretty good. I think trout needs to be from cold
>> water. I don't care much for sunfish, bass and the like. I have been
>> eating a lot more fish over the past few years and discovered that Lake
>> Erie Perch and Pickerel are pretty tasty.
>
>Freshwater fish is like Spam. You have to grow up eating it to build up a tolerance to it. I grew up eating mahimahi. It's hard to find these days. Mostly I eat strange river fish from Asia. It's not so bad if you put on a lot of tartar sauce.

Yuck.