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I walked out from Hathaway yesterday. Couldn't find much of anything. Only a few yellows and no whites. I was out from 1-5 in fifteen feet.
Has that happened to u this year already, or r u talking in years past, I just wanna get a good mess of them, I'm down in Barre so I don't wanna make that drive all the way up there and get skunked.
They can be overfished. It happened here on Lake Winnipesaukee. Many people in the 70`s-80`s were taking way to many with no limits on them. Guys from VT were coming over and filling the beds of their pickups. You can`t even come close to finding them like that, pretty happy to get 10 or so for a fish fry. Great sushi fish.
Good luck overfishing them in Lake Champlain. Would be a blessing to rid them though. Hope you at least freeze them to kill off the tapeworms before eating them raw.
Do you guy`s actually find parasites in the whites from Champlain? Just curious if they are susceptible in different environments.
Never ever seen any kind of worm or parasite on or in a white, and I`ve fished for them nearly 50 + years.. Some very skilled chefs I know turned me onto them being sushi grade and we`re all still here and healthy. Actually put on 15-20 lbs since eating them this way. I did find the smaller ones more desirable. I take the fillet put it in a zip lock ,pour in about a 1/4 cup of quality soy sauce and let them soak for a day. Do you guy`s actually find parasites in the whites from Champlain? Just curious if they are susceptible in different environments.
You can't always see parasites or bacteria growing on or in fish. It's always better to be safe than sorry. By law, even sushi grade tuna must be frozen for a certain amount of time to kill parasites. Here is a good page on parasites of freshwater fish.http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/fisheries/parasites#common
Nice catch! I didn't mean to sound paranoid about parasites, I just figured I'd pass on what I learned about eating fish raw. Also, about my comment on overfishing whites in Lake Champlain, they are not native and are seen by many fisherman as a nuisance to the yellow perch and walleye population (possible others) as they compete and eat young and eggs.[/quote All good man! I know whites are seen as invasive in Maine also. Yellows in certain water bodies are considered invasive too in Maine. I just see whites as an exceptionall clean table fish, and people compete for good spots to catch them. I don`t keep any more than I can eat as I don`t really like them , or any other fish as much after they have been frozen. But they are really great sushi. I tried the soy bath and found it the best way for me to enjoy them raw. Good luck with catching what you enjoy to eat!
got into them, little over 100# big jumbos mostly.couldn't get to the big yellows thru all the whites
Now there is a nice catch of Perch. Some poor mans shrimp with cocktail sauce and a few cold ones just because.