Thank you for promoting eating largemouth! I eat them as well, nice big flakes like a cod. I have a no minimum lake near me and you're right those 10"-15" bass are delicious. Many lakes have become overpopulated in northern WI.
@calebwistad2 жыл бұрын
You are welcome! I agree. They need to be harvested in many lakes up here.
@terenceparrish6292 Жыл бұрын
I like the way you trim around the rib bones with the powered fillet knife, instead of just lopping off the meat with the ribs.😊😊😊😊
@calebwistad11 ай бұрын
Works great!
@PastorPeewee202 жыл бұрын
Great video thanks it's a joy seeing the rare videos of someone who fishes for food too many times I've seen catch and release videos God bless you
@calebwistad2 жыл бұрын
Yessir. Fish are food! I certainly don’t keep every fish I catch, but I keep enough to make sure the family is well fed!
@PastorPeewee202 жыл бұрын
@@calebwistad right on
@richhandrick38952 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video Caleb - I agree that a small/moderate size LM in cold water tastes just like a big bluegill. Other species are seriously over harvested, and bass are underutilized.
@calebwistad2 жыл бұрын
You bet! Yes. Bass are delicious and underutilized, I agree.
@hondaman991 Жыл бұрын
I’ve been fishing since I was 5-6 years old late 80’s I just recently tried bass about 4-5 years ago. That’s a delicious damn fish to eat. I make it several ways tho. Sometimes I’ll fillet it other times I’ll either steak it out or fillet an leave the skin on or I’ll butterfly it whole. Once it’s fried up nicely that skin gives it a super nice crunch. I don’t typically keep bass unless they go belly up when I try to release them. Mostly keep bluegill, shell-cracker, crappie, bullhead catfish or channel catfish. But if there is an unlucky bass that happens to bite my line and I can’t revive him into the fryer he goes.
@calebwistad Жыл бұрын
Yes. They are an underrated food fish for sure.
@keve12122 жыл бұрын
Thank you for showing how easy it is to get that belly meat. Most people act like it's not worth the trouble. I mean, you killed it, so eat all you can. Great tutorial.
@calebwistad2 жыл бұрын
Thanks man! I really appreciate that! I think they are delicious and totally underutilized.
@JackKnuth5 ай бұрын
Awesome video. Straight to the point and simple. Thanks for the lesson.
@calebwistad5 ай бұрын
Thanks. You bet!
@hoahoang3722 Жыл бұрын
I didn’t expect perfection for this price but with a quick honing out of the package with a steel this thing is perfect. Super knife!Sturdy sheath included.
@calebwistad Жыл бұрын
The bubba blade is a good knife.
@r.t.972 Жыл бұрын
This was the best tutorial/showing how the anatomy works. Thanks! Learned something cool
@calebwistad Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it man!
@matthewgrey8537 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for making this video I just caught a 18 inch and didn’t know how to fillet it until now
@calebwistad Жыл бұрын
Perfect!
@CastBlastCamp9 ай бұрын
Just ate my first LM Bass! was sooo tasty! Two 14 inchers. Half breaded and fried other half seasoned and pan grilled.
@calebwistad9 ай бұрын
I love them too. They don’t get enough respect as a table fish.
@CastBlastCamp9 ай бұрын
@@calebwistad 100% agree!
@CastBlastCamp9 ай бұрын
@@calebwistad im about to upload a video on cooking and trying them, should be live by tomorrow at the latest.
@reelangling91082 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tutorial!
@calebwistad2 жыл бұрын
You bet! Glad it was helpful.
@mattjohnson73642 жыл бұрын
I wish Douglas county would remove the size limit for bass on more lakes. We have so many small lakes that seem to be stunted with tons of 12"-13" bass that never seem to get any bigger but I cant keep them until they are over 14".
@calebwistad2 жыл бұрын
Yes. I agree!
@jonathanluis4966 Жыл бұрын
Chose to keep a largemouth I ended up killing on accident today upwards of 15” and this makes me feel confident in cleaning my first fish. Will probably update if I butcher this pretty simple process. Update, kind of botched the cleaning but still have some decent filets.
@calebwistad Жыл бұрын
Hope you like it!
@Skarekrow5705 ай бұрын
Great videos, man! What's your favorite fish batter recipe?
@calebwistad5 ай бұрын
Thanks! I have another video that goes through my favorite breading. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rJ9dbNRy29K9oKM.htmlsi=EXNkb0VUwxJhV2zF
@mattman8822 Жыл бұрын
I love largemouth they’re so clean tasting down here in Louisiana
@calebwistad Жыл бұрын
Yep. Delicious!
@Northwoods208 Жыл бұрын
I eat smallmouth and largemouth bass, theyre a very underrated eating fish. Where i live we have no restrictions on walleye or perch, so theyre hard to come by anymore, but bass are everywhere and people just toss them all back. So i eat them to even out the score a little in our local waters
@calebwistad Жыл бұрын
Right on!
@msfrancis43210 ай бұрын
Another way and then it to me once you do it a few times it's a lot quicker is when you start your cutting down the spine and go through and cut to the tail do not cut through the tailpiece stop right there at the end and then continue for laying and then when you get the rest of it for ages flip it over and the actual you won't have to put your finger there to hold the skin it's still attached fillet the meat off and you're done and once you do that a couple of times it'll go a whole lot faster and then it's a one-piece pick up clean up
@calebwistad10 ай бұрын
That’s a good method. I’ve used it as well. They both work but I just still prefer to remove the fillet from the carcass before skinning. Call it personal preference I guess. The one time I don’t is when using an electric fillet knife.
@Straight-Outta-Roanoke-AL Жыл бұрын
Very nice!
@calebwistad Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@atheistconservative6211 Жыл бұрын
Bass are good! Almost as good as walleye
@calebwistad Жыл бұрын
I agree!
@Dkerrad Жыл бұрын
Damn you make cutting off the skin look so damn easy. I end up cutting into to my meat and get upset when I do
@calebwistad Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I’ve don’t it a time or twenty thousand. Lol. Just takes practice! I keep the blade just angled down very slightly which helps to keep it from sliding up into the meat.
@randywilson6869 Жыл бұрын
That is a good size to cut up for catfish bait. That head piece will catch u a gollywopper
@calebwistad Жыл бұрын
I’m not gonna argue with you there. 😆
@kevinmalott96252 жыл бұрын
Great video! Lm are tasty
@calebwistad2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I agree!
@muney21094 ай бұрын
Do people not scale their fish anymore? I just see people fileting them…
@calebwistad4 ай бұрын
I have several videos on how to scale fish and cook them whole too.