Your top 5 favourite fish species to eat?

[Chas.Alpha]

1 hour ago, Chibearsv said:

An old Norwegian friend has mentioned Lutefisk with the same sort of warning.  He ate it with some kind of potato bread as I recall.

Lefsa. Can’t have Lutefisk without Lefsa. 😳

[westg]

8 hours ago, Greenhorn2 said:

Good stuff.

There is a great meat eater episode with kimi swimmy ( Kimi Werner). She is a superstar.  I think its off the Bahamas not sure, they catch and cook Hog Fish amongst other species. Incredible episode worth watching.  

 

[Tinny]

Ling Cod

King Salmon (only wild caught)

Sablefish

white seabass

pacific halibut 

[riderpride]

Rainbow trout

Northern Pike

Pacific Salmon in general should make up the next 3

Cheers!

[SigmundChurchill]

Best overall is Salmon. I like it pan fried, smoked, raw, and any other way you can serve it.

Toro (raw tuna belly)

Dover Sole

Branzino, cooked mediteranean syle

Smoked Whitefish, like you get in a Jewish deli.

[BrightonCorgi]

23 hours ago, MagicalBikeRide said:

I’m also really fond of Sea Bass, Cod and Halibut 

This is exactly what I would've picked. North Atlantic all star list.

9 hours ago, SigmundChurchill said:

Best overall is Salmon.  I like it pan fried, smoked, raw, and any other way you can serve it.

Toro (raw tuna belly)

Dover Sole

Branzino, cooked mediteranean syle

Smoked Whitefish, like you get in a Jewish deli.

Whitefish and lox on a bagel are my favorite combo. Screw the cream cheese.

[ViscountDick]

1. Dover Sole

2. Sockeye Salmon

3. Sea Bass

4. Rainbow Trout

5. Sea Bream

[SigmundChurchill]

8 hours ago, BrightonCorgi said:

Whitefish and lox on a bagel are my favorite combo. Screw the cream cheese.

I can never decide between them, so I usually put lox on one side and white fish on the other.

I do use cream cheese too though. And a tomato slice and onion, and capers if available. I need the cream cheese to keep the capers from rolling off when I eat it.

[BrightonCorgi]

7 hours ago, SigmundChurchill said:

I can never decide between them, so I usually put lox on one side and white fish on the other.

I do use cream cheese too though. And a tomato slice and onion, and capers if available. I need the cream cheese to keep the capers from rolling off when I eat it.

Of course, on the tomato and onion.  

[Fugu]

9 hours ago, SigmundChurchill said:

Dover Sole

8 hours ago, ViscountDick said:

1. Dover Sole

I wonder this hasn’t been mentioned sooner, one of the finest fish out there imho.

While not ecologically 'PC' – Common/Dover sole (pan fried). In my childhood used to be sold 30 penny apiece (plaice was 20) straight from the trawler.

Turbot (thick fillet from a larger fish, sauteed)

European eel (smoked, rested 3-5 days) – the most delicious fat on earth

European cisco (fresh from the smoke)

Smelt (in whole floured in rye and fried / pan fried with bacon)

Five already, still, one cannot do a list w/o wild salmon, whichever you get fresh/non-frozen (very lightly cold-smoked, or gravlax - just having one in prep as we speak).

[chasy]

19 hours ago, westg said:

There is a great meat eater episode with kimi swimmy ( Kimi Werner). She is a superstar. I think its off the Bahamas not sure, they catch and cook Hog Fish amongst other species. Incredible episode worth watching.  

Hogfish are fun to spear, they are very dumb and delicious. 

[chasy]

I tend to like eating fish I can catch:

Yellow fin tuna

Wahoo

Grouper

Red snapper

Triple tail

[joeypots]

In no particular order.

Flounder

Wild King Salmon

Cod 

Artic Char

Sword Fish

Oysters, (Wellfleet's of course)

I do eat loads of local soft and hard shell clams. I have a soft spot for fried clams  and soft shell crabs.

[KCCubano]

2 minutes ago, joeypots said:

In no particular order.

Flounder

Wild King Salmon

Cod 

Artic Char

Sword Fish

Oysters, (Wellfleet's of course)

I do eat loads of local soft and hard shell clams. I have a soft spot for fried clams  and soft shell crabs.

Arctic Char are superb. I fished the Tree River in northern Canada years ago. We were not allowed to keep any but the natives can. Our guides caught and cooked a few one night. 

[Goldeneye]

1. Trout - freshly caught in the mountains, pan fried with butter, salt and pepper

2.  Coho Salmon - cedar plank

3. Halibut 

4. Ling cod - fish and chips

5. Walleye - pan fried in beer batter.

[Islandboy]

Salmon

Ahi

Hamachi

Opakapaka

Chilean Sea Bass

[KCCubano]

15 hours ago, riderpride said:

Rainbow trout

Northern Pike

Pacific Salmon in general should make up the next 3

Cheers!

Pike are great fresh out lakes or rivers. Tough to get those Y bones completely out of the fillet.

[dangolf18]

Yellowtail (hamachi)

Bluefin tuna

Chilean sea bass

Swordfish

Mahi-Mahi 

 

[HarveyBoulevard]

Cow

Turkey

Chicken

Pig

...More Cows

[Chas.Alpha]

3 hours ago, KCCubano said:

Pike are great fresh out lakes or rivers...tough to get those Y bones completely out of the fillet.

Take your VERY sharp fillet knife and slice along the top of the Y about 3/4 thru the fillet. Repeat for the bottom of the Y, running the blade just on top of the rib bones. Pull the piece out and towards the belly (bottom.) The bones that remain usually cook out. One of the Sioux guides on Lake of the Woods taught me that! If your Northern is under 20 lbs, either release the fish or feel ashamed for the rest of the season!!! 😂

3 hours ago, Islandboy said:

Salmon

Ahi

Hamachi

Opakapaka

Chilean Sea Bass

I must admit, I was really hoping that you would respond to this! 🥂

[Mike Mecklenburg]

1) Lobster (from Maine)

2) Clams (from Cape Cod)

3) Scallops (from Cape Cod)

4) Shrimp (from Cape Cod)

[westg]

On 2/22/2025 at 12:37 AM, chasy said:

I tend to like eating fish I can catch:

Yellow fin tuna

Wahoo

Grouper

Red snapper

Triple tail

Likewise I find to almost impossible to pay for sea creatures.

On 2/22/2025 at 12:35 AM, chasy said:

Hogfish are fun to spear, they are very dumb and delicious. 

Ha West Australian Dhu fish are the same. They swim right up two and then turn side on as  if to say look how big I am. Then it's over. 

[Nocoins]

Pompano

Cobia

Bluefin

Branzino

Triggerfish

[Grimlock]

From the store: Sockeye salmon, halibut, monk fish tails, blue and yellowfin tuna

From the bay: Flounder, Croakers, Tog and Stripers (and the occasional blue)

From the ocean: Mahi, Bonito and Sea Bass (I haven't caught any tuna from my boat yet....some day).

[ha_banos]

Red mullet

Cod & haddock fish n chips

Lemon/Dover sole

Monkfish 

Sardines

I'll use this thread for inspiration! I'm not a huge fish eater. Had some amazing simple fish on the islands but no idea what they were. Also got to watch the costs as gets silly fast in touristy situations.