10-14-2015, 05:02 PM
I'll be honest, LMB & SMB are way better eating than a striper. It's just as flaky, but way less dense and dry, especially compared to some of the bigger stripers. Not sure how that will play out if you smoke it, you may be better with a denser fish for that. Rather eat bass fried or steamed chinese style. If you steam it, it has a similar texture to an expensive snapper. One that may cost you >$20/lb back in Hawaii.
On the downside, the guts of a LMB are full of worms 100% of the time at Mead. If that will bother you, don't bother bringing any home. Never seen any in the flesh though. As long as you aren't eating them raw, I doubt you will have a problem, but you should never eat fresh water fish raw, since all fresh water fish may carry tapeworm cysts.
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On the downside, the guts of a LMB are full of worms 100% of the time at Mead. If that will bother you, don't bother bringing any home. Never seen any in the flesh though. As long as you aren't eating them raw, I doubt you will have a problem, but you should never eat fresh water fish raw, since all fresh water fish may carry tapeworm cysts.
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