It's Walleye time!
 

At Culver's...delicious!

https://www.culvers.com/menu-and-nutrition/seafood-sandwiches-dinners/menu-item-details/northwoods-walleye-sandwich


https://d36wnpk9e3wo84.cloudfront.ne...e-sandwich.jpg

The finest of the fishes - I'll even put up with my GR family for some walleye!

(OK, I guess the grands want to see our little kiddo too, but I want to see some of that fish!)

The madness starts this time of year on the Maumee during the walleye run. I'll just go to Culvers. Looks a lot easier.

When we lived in Stillwater, MN in the 70s and early 80s, our family were on the St. Croix river nearly every weekend with 2 to 5 other families, we set up camp way up the river and the men would go out fishing while the womenfolk stayed behind and had too much chardonnay. We'd catch a ton of walleye for dinner that night cooked on cast iron over an open fire. Amazing times.

Culver's also has a great cod fillet sandwich....but cod is no match to walleye.
Some area Culvers may not have the walleye...we always do here and I would guess Wisconsin also would have it.

They also have a butterfly jumbo shrimp basket that is great!

^^^
That's funny. I like cod better than walleye.

It'd be nice if during the walleye run there were only 2-5 other families on the river in any given location. Place is shoulder to shoulder. I've actually never caught a walleye. I don't have the "feel". My brother and my friends all say they have a really soft bite.

What's the difference in taste with walleye vs cod? Never had walleye.

I think walleye has a "fishier" taste than cod.

Walleye is sweeter than cod.

Cod has no taste.
Walleye has a smooth fish taste that is delicious....similar to blue-gills. :D

I guess I'd have to try it. I'm not into really fishy tasting seafood like Mackerel. I do like a Filet O' Fish, loved them since I was a kid. Now for Lent McD's has them 2 for $5.

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

What's a wallkeye :D? Bass... sometimes they'll hit a plastic worm with a vengence, sometimes you'll never know it, unless you're watching them (clear, shallow water) or see your line slightly move. I "catch & release", and don't want them to swallow the lure and move before I even know it's been taken.

Sometimes... for every bass that hits a lure... six more just touch it with their nose and go "NOPE, you are NOT Vash, and I ain't yer fool today" ;)....

here's one...also known as a pike or pickerel fish

https://caes.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/fil...&itok=BliYkB62

I assume you don't grab one by the lip like ya do a bass either.

....and what's a Culvers :D?

^^^ you can...just small sharp teeth.
You don't have Culvers in NC? ... https://www.culvers.com/

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.

I wish we had Walleye out west. I did a canoe fishing trip in the border waters once (Minnesota/ Canada) and caught a bunch. Best eating fish I've ever had, salt or fresh

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

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

^^^ 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.

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

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

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1647556299.jpg

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.

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

The walleye is actually in the perch family

The pike is an esox

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...

Yes. Two for $6.

They are outstanding.

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.

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

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.

Arby's
https://arbysrva.com/wp-content/uplo...Fish_TW_16.png

this thread is really about sandwhiches isnt it

^^^good fish sandwiches...yes!

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.

I've never had a Crappie Sammich either :D.

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

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