Western Outdoor Times - Times Spent Outdoors: Priceless!

We are in one of the best times of year for striper fishing. With anglers filling their coolers with these awesome tasting fish, we thought it would be a great idea to share some cooking recipes with you. A common question from anglers is what are some ways to cook these fish?

Striper Taco Tuesday - (If you like fish tacos, try this recipe.)

• Take fillets and cut them into 5-inch long and 1.5-inch wide strips.

• Use an egg wash (beat eggs in a bowl) to coat fish.

• After coating the fish with the egg wash, bread them with a corn meal and Panko bread crumbs mixture. Be sure to also season the dry mixture with some Old Bay seasoning, salt, and pepper.

• Heat vegetable oil to 375- 400 degrees and make sure there is enough oil for the fillets to float. Fish should sizzle the fish hit the oil. If not, your oil is not hot enough yet, pull the fish out when they are a golden color. Normally takes about 2 minutes.

• Make a slaw out of sliced cabbage and put it into a corn/flour tortilla.

Pan-Fried Striper

• Olive oil, rock salt, and pepper to taste.

• Squeeze lemon over it while it cooks. Use as much or little as you want.

• The best method is pan frying without skin. Pan fry on one side for 2-3 minutes and then the other side for 2-3 minutes (depending on thickness of filet). Make sure that pan is hot with the olive oil first to get a nice sear.

• When the fish starts to flake apart - it's done.

Baked Striper

• Cover striper meat with olive oil or melted butter.

• Add a drop of lemon juice, and sprinkle with a bit of Montreal steak seasoning on a cooking sheet and bake for 5 minutes at 350 degrees.

• Take out of the oven and add your favorite Parmesan cheese.

• Put back in the oven and cook for about another 2-3 minutes.

Heavenly Broiled Bass

Striped Bass Tacos

• 2 pounds striped bass fillets

• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

• 1 tablespoon margarine, softened

• 3 tablespoon reduced calorie mayonnaise

• 3 tablespoons chopped green onion with tops

• 1/4 tablespoon salt

• Dash Tabasco

• Place fillets in single layer on well-oiled baking pan. Combine remaining ingredients and spread mixture on fish.

• Broil fish 6 inches from source of heat for approximately 10 minutes, or until top is lightly browned and fish flakes easily when tested with fork.

Serves six