Pickling Fish

[ice--cube]

Just wondering what types of fish are good to pickle. I used to live in a place where i could get tons of small northern pike to pickle, but where I live now there are few lakes that have pike in them. I would like to know if anyone has had luck pickling anything else. Thanks

[rgfixit]

Perch are best in my opinion. But...crappie, gills, bass, walleye, Pike even pickerel are good. Just need a good recipe

Rg

[desmobob]

Just wondering what types of fish are good to pickle. I used to live in a place where i could get tons of small northern pike to pickle, but where I live now there are few lakes that have pike in them. I would like to know if anyone has had luck pickling anything else. Thanks

I think Shad are the best!  I'm guessing you don't have them in IL...

Tight lines,
Bob

[DR.SPECKLER]

I pickle all boney fish.pickled suckers and pike are great because the vinegar dissolves the bones.i put a  very good recipe link in the cuisine forum.

[hammerhandle315]

dad pickles a lot of bass but has also lots of gills etc and even carp from clean water....not much difference in any if you ask me

[WYIfish]

Suckers from spring time fresh water lakes canned and pickled are pretty good,  I hate to admit that I have wasted a real tasty resource of small stream brookies but they are very yummy pickled. I do prefer them fried but pickled is pretty tastey too.  I had some pickled sturgon from the Columbia river in the west a few years back, and it too was very good.