Bass unsafe to eat?

[BaitLobber]

I just found this link and thought I'd post it and see what everyone thinks. I'm sure there are many opinions and I wanted to hear some them. I generally keep and consume 1 or 2 a year, but this health advisory seems a bit harsh. I am well aware of the concerns about big fish storing toxins, but is it really so bad that we should'nt eat any? http://www.stripersforever.org/Home/I0078938C

[zar2754]

i most certainly will continue to eat the bass i catch, however i never eat very large bass as for they 1. do not taste all that great 2. it would be a shame to kill such a long lived beautiful fish 3. it could be a spawning cow who will continue to increase the bass population.


as for the ocean alive website.... im not convinced.

[hyperstriper]

i eat bass quite a bit throughout the year. Being in college i try to save some money on food and eat all the fish i catch......not to mention i love eating striper

[CapeMayRay]

The same fish you eat spend a lot of time up the Delaware River and others like it. They have to eat while they are up there. You are what you eat. You can't eat anything that lives up in the river because of the health advisories. I love striper, and only eat the smaller ones and maybe once a month.

Funny they don't list any of those warnings on the fish caught in other state that they market. They don't want kill off their business with the truth. Another good reason why they should be a sportfish. Catch them have fun and let them go like marlin and the freshwater bass guys do. Don't always have to eat the catch to have fun.

[West Ave Mike]

I don't know anyone who has died from eating Striped Bass, but i know a few people that may have lived longer if they eat more fish and less Big Mac's.

Where's the advisories on those things?

[CapeMayRay]

Seems like there is more of a problem with women eating it. Birth defects etc. Just like Agent orange, can't tell it is in your system till it is too late. Smoking is safe too according to the old reports.

[Bgsdad]

Thay say eatting two much stripper effectts ur spellingg. I donut beleave it!:D

[MargaritaVille]

CapeMay Ray,
I know one person does not make an average, but my wife eat more seafood, including shellfish, sharks, tuna and stripers (NONE FARM RAISED) through out her entire 9 months of being pregnant.

Short of being from Millville, my son is absolutely normal. My son 2.5 years old, loves shrimp and steamed clams. he can have as much as he wants, It can not be any worse than Fried foods and big mac's, which he does not eat.

The OB/GYN threw all this paperwork in front of us and told us not to eat seafood, EXCEPT from RED LOBSTER. She claims that EVERYTHING on the menu at Red Lobster was farm raised and safe to eat.

How do you farm raise swordfish and sharks?

These reports are always over-exaggerated and frankly border on fraudulent claims that are set out to harm the commercial fishing industry.

If it was such a health threat, the government should step in and Ban the sale of fish, or post warnings at all the seafood places.

[Bob ECT]

The way they test the fish has very little to do with what you actually eat.

They put the whole fish in a blender knowing the toxins are in the fatty tissue under the skin, blood line and organs. Not exactly what we eat

[Brian E. Mullaney]

they are safe to eat - just look at all us nuts - nothing wrong wit' us :D

[LOOPY64]

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Super Bass-o-Matic '76 - it's clean, simple, and after five or ten fish, it gets to be quite a rush! Super Bass-o-Matic '76 - you'll never have to scale, cut or gut again!

[Dirty Rotten]

I'm going to get one of those, Loopy! Yummy.

As far as eating the fish goes, as you guys already mentioned, the bigger ones will hold more toxins, most of the toxins are in the fatty tissue and pregnant females have more to worry about and should avoid crabs as well if you know one. Just like anything else though, it's not like you're eating striper three times a day, every day. As for me, when I eat my stripers I Smother them with Butter, drink some Beer and Smoke up a Storm of Camels. Life is for Living. Eat Your Striper!! You Earned It!!!

[chunkmaster john]

Love them stripers:D :D .Till one of my body parts fall off ,will keep eating:eek: :eek:

[BaitLobber]

Great comments, thanks. Looks like everyone feels about the same as I do.....couple times a year, that 30ish incher broiled in butter with a touch of old bay and the last thing I'm thinking about is whether or not its good for me. Maybe someday, when I figure out how to catch more than a couple a year, it will become of a dilema:D At least I won't be lonely at the bass toxins rehabilitation center.:rolleyes:

[Joe T]

Bait lobber
I fish the Chesapeake and occassionally eat a stripper as do my fishing buddies and my married children. None of us have turned green or have glowing eyes.

[Hersh]

I love eating Striper! They say almost everything is bad for you, and I don't think Striped Bass is near as bad as all the other over processed, preservative laden, trans fatty crap available to consumers. I wouldn't necessarily have pregnant women eating them, but I am not worried about eating it when I have the chance to. Unless of course it has some sort of bacteria or sores all over it.

[fishypete]

Been eatin bass since I was ten. I only started to grow that third arm last year. Seriously, watch the news and you'll see every day there is something else that we aren't suppose to eat. Somethings gotta kill you and if it's striped bass so be it!!!

[Rockfish1]

The OB/GYN threw all this paperwork in front of us and told us not to eat seafood, EXCEPT from RED LOBSTER. She claims that EVERYTHING on the menu at Red Lobster was farm raised and safe to eat.


I hauled seafood for Red Lobster for years...all farm raised?... not a snowballs chance in h e l l ... carried way to much out of New England to all points in the US that was wild fish...

I'll eat'em out of the Chesapeake, and ocean caught and keep taking my chances... hasen't done me wrong yet...

[TrophyproPaul]

When I fished a charter from Tilghman Island in June we had our fish cleaned at Harrison's seafood plant and these old Waterman showed us that a couple of our fish had a disease and only cut a small amount of meat from them. I have always heard that the older bigger fish will harbor more toxins and since they are the breeders I would always release them. Smaller fish and only what I will eat....everything in moderation.
PS. read Bucktail Willie's thread about fine Mr. Harrison's ethnics.

[tautog]

Most of the toxin warnings only apply to pregnant women and children. Many 90 and 100 year olds in Asia have 5 to 6 times "safe" mercury levels. Eating fish regularly is healthy for your heart and lessens the likelihood of many types of cancer. Eventhough I am a chubby boy, all my bloodwork comes out great every year because I eat a pound of fish every week, sometimes more. Though it does help to eat both oily and white meat. I'll probably be eating about 3 pounds of tuna next week after my Hooked Up trip. I'm not very scared up all that mercury.