Tastes vary, and I won’t try to convert you, and I do think that much of the joy of eating fresh water fish comes from having recently caught it, but…trout in parchment paper is pretty tasty. Bon Appetit’s recipe is what I think I first used, but it’s not that complicated. Rich, aromatic, flavorful, comes right off the bones (which is one of the biggest pains in the ass about freshwater fish. Seriously, the Euros can go F themselves with serving something like Perch with bones in it.). Anyway, I think you might like it. Costco usually has it cheaper than most anything else. Except tilapia.
Fried catfish is something else delicious, though that I’ll let other people prepare.
Ukelele’s upper Midwest fish fry sounds fantastic!
IMHO, the best in the immediately caught freshwater fish class, is bluegill. Split right there, and seared over a wood fire. Though pretty much any fish will taste good then. They are really fun to fight though.
I still want to test this theory with High Sierra trout. I think it’ll be all right.
I have done the trout, and it is excellent. My dad made us Blue trout.
But trust me, you will never, ever taste and fish as sublime as freshly caught MahiMahi , grilled right on the beach, fresh from being caught a hour ago.
I think everyone should eat their tacos they way they like them best, as long as no kittens are harmed in the process. Having said that, someone please explain to me why putting breaded fish into a taco shell seems like the best culinary experience. To me, fish + tasty carb = great idea. But the “tasty carb” is the breading or the taco shell. Both seems like overkill.
Fried things in bread are popular. Fried chicken sandwich, fishwich, shrimp po’boy, falafel, eggplant parmesean. Yes, it’s pretty carby and that’s before the side of french fries and bucket of sugary soft drink.
The breading gives it the “crunch factor.” One of the keys is to make a very light batter, tempura really. Plus crunchy cabbage, a line or two of crema and a squeeze of lime. Heaven on a tortilla. Best with a beer or three.