freshwater drum eating
I'm not a cooking expert, but I love to eat fish I catch once in awhile. In my experience, freshwater drum are best if kept alive, cleaned and eaten asap. If they are dead, frozen, and thawed, then cooked, yuk. Also, I wouldn't eat any from the Illinois, Des Plaines, Saganashskee Slough (Yes, Saggy is loaded with them and white perch which...incidently are also in Lake Michigan. They resemble white bass, but aren't. I've eaten both drum and white perch from Saggy and I'll never do that again. I thing they eat mud or something.), or from Lake Michigan. Definately remove the skin and darker meat. Be aware that fresh water drum have been in ILDNR consumption advisories for years. Also, when you go to a store that sells fish, be leary of ones that say "silver bass" as these are either white perch or freshwater drum. Good eatin'!