Largemouth Bass Farming

Visit a farm in Southern Illinois and hear from Jim Hawkinson, co-owner and operator of Big House Fish Farm. Jim describes how largemouth bass are raised from fingerlings to market size on his farm and shares what sustainable fish farming means to him. Big House Fish Farm was one of the many stops Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG) staff made on our quest to learn more about fish farming, also known as aquaculture, in the Midwest. To find more Local Farmers Local Fish episodes, visit eatmidwestfish.org.
Drown footage for this video was shoot by Emilio Rios-Rojas and James Baltz. Underwater fingerling footage was provided by Kansas Wildlife & Parks, Farlington Fish Hatchery.
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Wow! This is actually pretty cool. Bass are a very good/ tasty underrated eating fish. No red gamie tasting meat and it is very clean. I wonder how many times that i've eaten it in a restaurant now after seeing this lol.... Thanks for setting the record straight on Largemouth when it comes to them being a great eating quality fish. Keep this up man!!! I love it!!