It's Walleye time!

[gregpark]

Northern pike are not the same. Fast nasty bastids with teeth. We caught some a big as your leg. Used a chain mail glove to get your lure back

[stevej37]

^^^ Yes...and northern pike taste is nothing like walleye.
When I was very young...I spear-fished pike with my G'pa. He always said that they were not worth much for eating. Blue-gills and perch were his favorites.

[ramonesfreak]

I’ve caught so many walleye that I don’t care if I ever see one again. Such a boring fish to catch. Well, hunting for them is fun but once on, they are as lazy as a lake trout

One thing I’ve never done is eaten one and I need to fix that

[ramonesfreak]

This was pretty close to the state record but I tossed it back

[stevej37]

My G'pa was a smart fisherman. The days that we went fishing, he would bring scrap pieces of fat and gristle from the night before meal. Chicken or beef....didn't matter.

He would load the pieces on hooks and line it to a board and throw them into the lake.
We would fish for blue-gills and when done would load up the boards with the meat.
Almost every one of them would have a snapper or box turtle hooked to the bait.

A well place axe hit would split the shell and give him enough meat for the next meal.

[ramonesfreak]

Originally Posted by john70t

I was once snorkeling through heavy reeds slowly and came face-to-face with a three foot version of the other pike right in front of my face with jaws gaping. Scared the crap outta me. Looked like a gator.

Lake Erie has Walleye fishing and is shallow. Not sure if the others are the same.

Lake Ontario is full of walleye as are its tributaries. The one above, I caught in Lake Ontario while fishing for rainbow trout

[ramonesfreak]

Originally Posted by cabmando

Pike isn't the same as walleye is it? I say pickerel yes... pike no.

The walleye is actually in the perch family

The pike is an esox

[mjohnson]

Gawd I hate being in the high desert (well at least w.r.t. the fish counter) as we get Kroger's best(?) frozen chinese/singaporian seafood.

Funny comment on mackerel above. It's the "trash fish" on the nigiri menu for sushi but it's my favorite. OK, amber jack actually is, but I almost never see that for sale but for one place in Dublin CA. I really want some fresh mackerel, unpickled, to play with. I imagine it's awesome cooked over charcoal...

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by stevej37

^^^ If wanting fish sandwich...Arby's has an excellent one. McD's is no comp to it.

Yes. Two for $6.

They are outstanding.

[Eric 951]

Prefer Perch, but have caught many walleye in Erie and Canada--usually jig fishing off/near the bottom.

Yes-Northern Pike are a whole 'other beast--more similar to Muskie than Walleye.--they love Spoons and Rapalas.

[KFC911]

Crappie .... that's whatcha wanna eat imo. But some of y'all's fishies are just alien to me

[Mike Andrew]

Got my wrist twitching with this thread. About 8 weeks until a week long Canadian fly-in trip. About the only place that I ever chase wallys these days. Lots of catching & releasing until it's time to grab dinner.(Kill it to Skillet) Pike fishing is also excellent with lots of 36" plus in the course of a week.
Both are pretty toothy species. You will only make the mistake of lipping one once.

Think today's rain is a good reason to sort some tackle and start fantasizing the first wally tug.

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by Bob Kontak

Yes. Two for $6.

They are outstanding.

Arby's

[ramonesfreak]

this thread is really about sandwhiches isnt it

[stevej37]

^^^good fish sandwiches...yes!

[ramonesfreak]

No Culver’s here. Bummer

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by ramonesfreak

No Culver’s here. Bummer

I looked yesterday .... there's a Culvers in Winston ....

Yep, it's a sammich thread.... about fish . Arby's sammiches don't suck when they are good ... used to be 2 for $5.

I gave up on my nearby Arby's tho.... and wouldn't ruin the memory now.

[KFC911]

I've never had a Crappie Sammich either .

[ramonesfreak]

Looked at website. Not a single Culver’s in ny. Illl have to live vicariously through this thread

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by john70t

Scared the crap outta me. Looked like a gator.

That's a big crappie!
We always threw crappies back....kept the blue-gills and perch and sunfish.