Author Topic: My absense yesterday. (Read 8525 times)

iddee · « **on:** May 03, 2015, 06:43:47 pm »

4 lb. Enough said...................

Zweefer · « **Reply #1 on:** May 03, 2015, 07:07:15 pm »

Well done! How you gonna prepare it?

iddee · « **Reply #2 on:** May 03, 2015, 07:25:44 pm »

You mean "how did I?"

Filleted and deep fried with House Autry seafood breader.

Ray4852 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 03, 2015, 07:33:36 pm »

I think you should be able to find a 7lb bass from your area.

iddee · « **Reply #4 on:** May 03, 2015, 07:37:47 pm »

There are 10 pound bass in this area, but that was the only one I caught yesterday.

Ray4852 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 03, 2015, 07:46:39 pm »

I think largemouth bass have a strong taste. I tried smoking a few once. They turned out pretty good.

riverbee · « **Reply #6 on:** May 03, 2015, 07:52:46 pm »

i have never eaten largemouth bass..........but they sure are fun to catch on a fly rod!

what's the 'taste' like iddee? also, are they a PITA to fillet?

iddee · « **Reply #7 on:** May 03, 2015, 07:58:16 pm »

ANY fish is a pita to fillet, in my book. They are similar to flounder. Very white, flaky meat. Up to about 5 lb. After that, they do get a bit oily.

Ray4852 · « **Reply #8 on:** May 03, 2015, 08:16:12 pm »

Walleye, perch. and crappie are easy to fillet. The hardest fish to fillet is the Northern Pike. I cant get those Y-bones out. Chain Pickerel are impossible to fillet. I skin them and grind up the fish and bones together and make Pickerel patties out of them.

Slowmodem · « **Reply #9 on:** May 03, 2015, 08:27:01 pm »

Quote from: iddee on May 03, 2015, 06:43:47 pm

4 lb. Enough said...................

That's a nice 'un!

Perry · « **Reply #10 on:** May 03, 2015, 08:32:39 pm »

Nice picture. Full head of hair still I see, and do you have a mustache in this picture? Looks like starting this forum hasn't aged you a bit.

iddee · « **Reply #11 on:** May 03, 2015, 08:41:12 pm »

no 'stache. Just 2 weeks without shaving. Tomorrow is the day. Comes every 2 weeks.

Not old enough to shave any more often.

Slowmodem · « **Reply #12 on:** May 03, 2015, 08:59:48 pm »

Quote from: iddee on May 03, 2015, 07:58:16 pm

Up to about 5 lb. After that, they do get a bit oily.

I always said that if I ever caught a bass over 5 lbs, it would be on the wall. (I don't have one yet.)

Riverrat · « **Reply #13 on:** May 03, 2015, 09:02:16 pm »

I would tell you we would use that for bait in Kansas. But convincing the other 412 forum members I am not fibbing would be to time consuming.

Nice catch

iddee · « **Reply #14 on:** May 03, 2015, 09:23:08 pm »

Slow, a true fish story.

My brother and his friend Johnny fished together from about 10 years old. They were in their late 30's when one day they were coming across the lake heading home. My brother pointed to a stump near the bank and told Johnny to pull the boat over there. He said, "I'm going to catch a 5 lb. bass". Johnny pulled the boat up and the first cast, my brother brought in a bass. Johnny picked it up with the hanging fish scale. 5 lb., 2 oz. The next weekend brother went to Johnny's house to go fishing. Johnny said "no, not fishing with you any more. You have always caught more and bigger fish than me all our life. When you start weighing them before you catch them, it's gone too far". He wouldn't go fishing with my brother again for over a year.

LazyBkpr · « **Reply #15 on:** May 03, 2015, 10:17:47 pm »

Quote from: Riverrat on May 03, 2015, 09:02:16 pm

I would tell you we would use that for bait in Kansas. But convincing the other 412 forum members I am not fibbing would be to time consuming.

Nice catch

thats what I was gonna say too

Bass, bluegill, bullheads etc... Those are all bait fish!

In fact we spent the day on the river, so dinner tonight consisted of one 6 lb blue and one 11 lb flat, and they went very well with 9 lbs of Morrels we stopped and found on the way back down river. A meal fit for a king right there!

Living in Maine, there werent any cats to catch out of the rivers and streams.. so we HAD to catch bass... I had a little two man boat, and would take my 5 year old son out with me on a small lake/river abutting the property.. The first bass he ever caught, weighed 6 lbs 4 oz.. I put a little grasshopper jig on his snoopy pole, he cast it out under a tree, it hit the water, and the water exploded....
Two fellas in a nearby boat were standing up cheering the kid while I tried to remain calm and give instructions.. He got it to the boat, I netted it... A year later, he landed a 52 inch Striped bass off the Jetty at Drakes Island.. It is a confusing emotion... Jealousy and pride....

PS;
I bet that was quite good.. Bass and crappie are both excellent fillet's

brooksbeefarm · « **Reply #16 on:** May 03, 2015, 10:30:56 pm »

My fishing buddy Bill Presley was (is) a sneaky cheat.

When we came home with some good size fish my wife would take a picture of us holding our fish,Many times my fish was bigger than his, but his always looked bigger than mine in the pictures? Well i started watching him when my wife took pictures

, I seen what the dirty dog was doing, he was holding his fish at arms length toward the camera and always had a bigger smile on his face than i did.

. Hmmm, kind of looked like iddee was holding that 4lb.bass

with an out stretched arm in that picture to me

. When a large mouth gets up pass 3lbs they have a blood streak on there side like a White bass and that gives them a strong taste, cut that out and your good to go. Jack
PS. I caught over 30 crappie 8in. to 10in. long out of the pond today, put them in a live box and will clean them tomorrow.

Slowmodem · « **Reply #17 on:** May 04, 2015, 09:49:12 am »

Quote from: iddee on May 03, 2015, 09:23:08 pm

Slow, a true fish story.

That's a great story!

This is a NOT true story:

Two guys went fishing, one of them was the game warden. When they got to the fishing hole, the man pulled out a stick of dynamite and threw it into the water. It exploded and fish floated up to the top of the water all around. The game warden was flabbergasted. "That's illegal!" he said. The man lit another stick and threw it to the game warden and said, "Well, are you going to complain or are you going to fish?"

CpnObvious · « **Reply #18 on:** May 04, 2015, 10:21:10 am »

Quote from: Riverrat on May 03, 2015, 09:02:16 pm

I would tell you we would use that for bait in Kansas. But convincing the other 412 forum members I am not fibbing would be to time consuming.
Nice catch

Funny you said that.. If I weren't so far behind in replying, my post was going to read: "Nice bait... what're you going to fish for with it?"

Quote from: Ray4852 on May 03, 2015, 08:16:12 pm

make Pickerel patties out of them.

Care to share the recipe and how you eat them... burger bun, just on the plate, etc...?

Quote from: Slowmodem on May 03, 2015, 08:59:48 pm

I always said that if I ever caught a bass over 5 lbs, it would be on the wall. (I don't have one yet.)

Having a fish mounted is all well and good, and I've considered it... Until a buddy of mine had it done... and shared the cost with me! He paid about $250...

I've caught several over 5 pounds. My biggest was a little over 7# out of the Aaron River Reservoir while camping at Wompatuck State Park in Easter MA. It was that fish that taught me the beauty of catch-and-release. It was a gorgeous Largemouth. Unfortunately, when I cut into it, the meat was full of worms. One of the most disgusting things I've ever encountered. It was also late in August, which I've been told is a time when worms can really thrive in a fish because of the warmer water temps. It was a shame to uselessly kill the fish, not that I knew what I'd find ahead of time. Since then, I tend to release them more than eat them...

Ray4852 · « **Reply #19 on:** May 04, 2015, 03:39:36 pm »

I fillet them, skin them and grind them up in a blender with the tiny bones in them. Add a little salt and pepper, onion and hot peppers, bake them in tinfoil over hot charcoal till there done. You can deep fry them and eat them with a hamburger bun too. Pickerel are excellent eating. Don t worry about the bones. They are so small you wont notice them when you eat them. Most fisherman I know throw them back in the lake.