Today was my brother-in-law Marty’s last day with us, and his magic touch with fish netted him a small trout and a big, honking, 4-pound smallmouth bass. Despite the warnings posted about mercury levels in our bass (the trout is stocked, and mercury-free), we ate it. Marty coated the filets with a combination of breadcrumbs and chopped pecans, and we had them for lunch with leftover baked beans from our burn day dinner.
I have to admit that trout is a better eating fish than bass, but it’s hard to imagine any fish, absolutely fresh from the lake or the sea, tasting bad.
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