Interesting week

[Lost But Happy]

If you don't consider crappies, perch, and bluegill as game fish (which is a legit take), I agree. But clear water northern is amazingly good if you know how to filet around the Y bone.

Mmmmmmm crappie

 

[Buster]

Mmmmmmm crappie

Crappie is so good. Bluegill might be better.

 

[LDUBS]

I wish I knew how to cook them like that.

 

[Lost But Happy]

I wish I knew how to cook them like that.

+ a cast iron pan and peanut oil and have at it!!

 

[Buster]

I wish I knew how to cook them like that.

If you want to get adventurous, this book has great recipes and instructions on cleaning different fish.

 

[FuzzyGrub]

why am feeling so hungry?

 

[airshot]

I think there is such focus on walleye in MN that we tend to let the smallies go and they get big because of it. I don't know anyone who eats them. I've caught numerous over 20-22" but never bigger. And it wasn't a bad walleye weekend, either!

Same here on western lake erie, walleye and perch are king !

 

[airshot]

Crappie is so good. Bluegill might be better.

Agree, but our yellow perch may top them !!

 

[airshot]

We make our own fish coating from flour and add seasoned salt, pepper, garlic and onion powder and italion bread crumbs. Makes a very lite coating and still allows the fish taste to come thru. We have some friends that don't care for fish, except for mine !!

 

[user 23839]

I so miss catching and eating crappie and perch!

 

[Buster]

Agree, but our yellow perch may top them !!

Love perch. Maybe the best is just whatever you've got frying?

 

[JL8Jeff]

Still catching 14-16" smallmouth without really making much of an effort. I talked to a few others out on the river fishing and they said the same thing, this is the most fish they've caught this early in the season. I don't use any electronics for finding fish, I don't measure the water temp or anything else, I just go upstream, pull out a lure I feel like using and fish. This is what I have always done and I usually don't start catching smallmouth until July, so this year is completely different. We had a nasty front go through Friday afternoon (there was a confirmed tornado about 7-8 miles away in NJ) that dumped a quick .25" of rain so I thought that was going to screw up the river for a day or 2. It didn't, I still got a nice one yesterday.

 

[Still Afloat]

Tend to agree that N Pike is as good or better than walleye. Also love a pan full of crappie when we can get into them.

Hope to get out in the salt fishing salmon in late July. If everything pans out I should have an AK trip in August, just for the halibut.

 

[JL8Jeff]

Got the biggest one so far today. It was the only bite I had, but I saw the shadow coming up behind the lure so I slowed it down and it hit.

 

[LDUBS]

We were catching rainbows at 50' & 55" OTW. Picked up this crappie trolling a third flat line in deep water.

 

[Lost But Happy]

Had us a fish fry last night...crappie and walleye, hush puppies, cole slaw and mac and cheese. MMMMMMMMM

 

[Drock]

Had us a fish fry last night...crappie and walleye, hush puppies, cole slaw and mac and cheese. MMMMMMMMM

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I can see why you are happy!

 

[Drock]

Had us a fish fry last night...crappie and walleye, hush puppies, cole slaw and mac and cheese. MMMMMMMMM

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I can see why you are happy!

 

[Lost But Happy]

I can see why you are happy!

Indeed!! lol

 

[airshot]

You made me drool all over my tablet screen....thanks a bunch !! Now I am hungry...