SlimOne Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Hey I just wanted to share my latest catch with all of you. I went pickerel fishing last weekend up by North Bay. The pickerel weren't the only thing biting unfortunately. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westg Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Nice fish....looks itchy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMAMonster Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Holy cow. Mosquitoes or deer fly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunson Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 I don't think I've ever eaten pickerel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimOne Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 Black flies. The worst of the bites were where you normally wouldn't oust bug spray. regarding the other post Pickerel are very good eating. A nice white flacky meat. Also know as walleye. worth every one of the bug bites. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLC Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 I don't think I've ever eaten pickerel Pickerel is a great fish for eating. When I was growing up in Manitoba we used to fish for Pickerel and cook it up the same day. Was out that way visiting family a few. Weeks ago and had a great Pickerel dinner at a local restaurant one night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foursite12 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Actually, pickerel are much closer to the northern pike family, not walleye, which are actually a large perch. Both are delicious. I might also add that I actually prefer eating small northerns to walleye. Not everyone agrees. Lots of guys just don't want to deal with the "Y" bones while cleaning northerns. Try it sometime. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easttide Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Not much of a stillwater guy but had some great bass fishing this weekend on Lake Sara IL. Low pressure had the fish hungry. This one was the biggest , guessing 3-4 lbs? 18" net. All on 7" rubber. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fosgate Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 On 6/20/2016 at 4:53 PM, foursite12 said: Actually, pickerel are much closer to the northern pike family, not walleye, which are actually a large perch. Both are delicious. I might also add that I actually prefer eating small northerns to walleye. Not everyone agrees. Lots of guys just don't want to deal with the "Y" bones while cleaning northerns. Try it sometime. Mike I'm one of those that disagree with Northern. Walleye and Perch oh yes. Good stuff. Northern, pain in the ass. Teeth in their gills, covered in slime, loaded with y bones, pain to clean, mean as hell, hard on tackle and nets. Used to bring them home for the neighbor that would take the ones between 2-4lbs and pickle them. So long as I didn't have to clean those toothy bags of snot I did not mind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headstand Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Grew up a couple of hours northwest of North Bay and miss the lakes and rivers there furiously. Walleye (as a kid we always called them Pickerel) are very fine eating. The local breakfast joint here in BC has one mounted on the wall at about 11 lbs - nice chubby thing, though for the life of me I can't imagine it was caught anywhere near here - will have to ask the proprietor. Spring caught Northern are not so bad, sure they are a bit of a pain to clean but battered and fried they are good eats. Ate quite a bit of them ( when the Walleye were not biting) while at a geological survey bush camp on the Churchill River in Saskatchewan. Fresh protein was at a premium since our supplies only came by float plain once a week. The trick is to keep only the medium sized ones so there is less fuss with the cleaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headstand Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Oh, forgot to comment on the back flies. If you haven't lived it, this National Film Board animation will help explain the original post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimOne Posted July 9, 2016 Author Share Posted July 9, 2016 Nice video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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