Author Topic: Fish Fry Saturday Night (Read 2421 times)

capt.shay · « **on:** Feb 14, 2018, 01:28 PM »

Got the call from Buddy Ron that the perch were biting and I know enough to heed Ron's call. It was perhaps my lifetime most epic perch bite. Drop and drag keeper after keeper. We weighed several fish over a pound and walked away with the fish still biting. We are going to have a fish fry with the family's Saturday night! All fish caught on a spike tipped Halli in ~7" of water. We had 17 inches of ice where we were fishing.

We stopped to take this picture less than half way through! (a couple of dinks were kept for bait)

moosehunter · « **Reply #1 on:** Feb 14, 2018, 01:42 PM »

electric fillet knife

capt.shay · « **Reply #2 on:** Feb 14, 2018, 01:44 PM »

Quote from: moosehunter on Feb 14, 2018, 01:42 PM

electric fillet knife

100%

The bag weighed 25lbs. That's a lot of skinning.

Hennyhog · « **Reply #3 on:** Feb 14, 2018, 02:19 PM »

Popcorn Perch.

lowaccord66 · « **Reply #4 on:** Feb 14, 2018, 02:53 PM »

Outstanding! Love fish fry so does the wife and kid.

Jschumacher · « **Reply #5 on:** Feb 14, 2018, 08:06 PM »

great haul John. Enjoy the fish fry

IcePhishing4Fun · « **Reply #6 on:** Feb 14, 2018, 08:13 PM »

Nice catches, I put a hurt on bluegills today, caught 25 of the buggers. I let them all go... Almost annoying to catch so many fish jigging LOL, when you kinda like to catch a mixed bag of pan fish, trout and bass.

THE JIGGER · « **Reply #7 on:** Feb 14, 2018, 09:03 PM »

Great job Capt.

BeerMe! · « **Reply #8 on:** Feb 14, 2018, 09:43 PM »

Quote from: capt.shay on Feb 14, 2018, 01:44 PM

100%

The bag weighed 25lbs. That's a lot

. 25 lbs. for 3 lbs. of meat. Cool

Walleyewacker007 · « **Reply #9 on:** Feb 14, 2018, 09:57 PM »

Come on now...its more like 5 lbs.- of the best eating fish IMHO! Great job and enjoy the fry!

SalmonAndStriper Stalker · « **Reply #10 on:** Feb 14, 2018, 09:59 PM »

me personally i never really cared for perch. i know a lot of people like them but i prefer crappie way more than perch. still nice haul

mrip · « **Reply #11 on:** Feb 15, 2018, 05:52 AM »

Nice catch
We kept some perch and blue gills from Shaw pond last week and when I cleaned them I found some had yellow spots in the meat they looked like seasame seeds. I cut them out but am curious what they are and if the fish is ok to eat.
Thanks

lowaccord66 · « **Reply #12 on:** Feb 15, 2018, 06:15 AM »

Quote from: mrip on Feb 15, 2018, 05:52 AM

Nice catch
We kept some perch and blue gills from Shaw pond last week and when I cleaned them I found some had yellow spots in the meat they looked like seasame seeds. I cut them out but am curious what they are and if the fish is ok to eat.
Thanks

Grubs. Ok to eat if fully cooked. Im not surprised to hear you found some grubs. Smaller places like Shaw you'll find them more frequently.

mrip · « **Reply #13 on:** Feb 15, 2018, 06:22 AM »

Thanks Iowa
I don’t keep fish very often but my son in law wanted to fry some up

rmoody79 · « **Reply #14 on:** Feb 15, 2018, 07:08 PM »

Above is why I just can’t get my head around eating freshwater fish, tapeworm is seriously disgusting

KillerFish · « **Reply #15 on:** Feb 15, 2018, 07:09 PM »

Quote from: rmoody79 on Feb 15, 2018, 07:08 PM

Above is why I just can’t get my head around eating freshwater fish, tapeworm is seriously disgusting

X2. Only keep stocked trout myself

THE JIGGER · « **Reply #16 on:** Feb 15, 2018, 07:12 PM »

Quote from: rmoody79 on Feb 15, 2018, 07:08 PM

Above is why I just can’t get my head around eating freshwater fish, tapeworm is seriously disgusting

Have you checked the saltwater fish you eat?

lowaccord66 · « **Reply #17 on:** Feb 15, 2018, 11:09 PM »

Right Dick! I bet they both have had cod and are unaware of what a light board is!

SHaRPS · « **Reply #18 on:** Feb 16, 2018, 05:36 AM »

Quote from: lowaccord66 on Feb 15, 2018, 11:09 PM

Right Dick! I bet they both have had cod and are unaware of what a light board is!

Hahaha! caught a cod that had more worms than my local park after a rain filled 60 degree day!

lowaccord66 · « **Reply #19 on:** Feb 16, 2018, 05:47 AM »

Quote from: SHaRPS on Feb 16, 2018, 05:36 AM

Hahaha! caught a cod that had more worms than my local park after a rain filled 60 degree day!

Yup!

rdhammah · « **Reply #20 on:** Feb 16, 2018, 07:11 AM »

even the store bought cod have worms. the orange rock cod have a TON of worms. A lot more than the deep water variety.

THE JIGGER · « **Reply #21 on:** Feb 16, 2018, 01:54 PM »

Quote from: lowaccord66 on Feb 15, 2018, 11:09 PM

Right Dick! I bet they both have had cod and are unaware of what a light board is!

I've actually found them in haddock?

FishingPhotographer · « **Reply #22 on:** Feb 18, 2018, 05:38 AM »

Nice! Don’t forget to fry up those egg sacs!

capt.shay · « **Reply #23 on:** Feb 18, 2018, 07:43 AM »

Quote from: FishingPhotographer on Feb 18, 2018, 05:38 AM

Nice! Don’t forget to fry up those egg sacs!

People always say that but I never have. Not sure why but it just never appealed to me.

We dinned like kings last night. Fried fish, french fries and coleslaw! With five of us, we were only able to eat our way through half the bowl and had to freeze up the rest. Awesome solid white fillets and we inspected real close and detected no grubs at all in these guys. If any one is ever looking for an awesome fish dry coating I highly recommend Drakes Crispy Fry mix. I like Panko also but the Drakes is the bomb if you can find it.

captain54 · « **Reply #24 on:** Feb 18, 2018, 08:40 AM »

Yellow perch sell for big bucks per pound commercial caught out of Lake Erie. Our local Giant eagle grocery store sell a 12oz bag for 14.99 lol They are very good eating. Andy's Cajun or in 4 C's Italian bread crumbs..

jlbrownie_1 · « **Reply #25 on:** Feb 18, 2018, 09:29 AM »

Here's one crunchy recipe that goes very fast at my house. Dust with lemon pepper or season salt, flour, egg and hand crushed tostitos corn chips. Chase that down with a beer and repeat.

FishingPhotographer · « **Reply #26 on:** Feb 18, 2018, 01:53 PM »

Try the eggs next time. Great in an omelet. If their really big I cut them in half. Never battered them just pan fried in butter. I’m sure batter would be good but deep frying might get messy, not sure.

Walleyewacker007 · « **Reply #27 on:** Feb 18, 2018, 02:40 PM »

I like to put some frosted flakes in the blender, grind to a fine powder, touch of garlic powder, touch of cayenne pepper, touch of onion powder and salt. Dip skinned fillets in egg, shake in the bag of seasonings and fry in coconut oil. Yum! Getting ready to clean up some from my weekend. Eggs? Seriously you guys eat the eggs? How is the flavor? Is it fishy or flavor neutral? Never tried those myself....that would be a bunch of extra eats I always discard. How large are these worms you see? I haven't seen worms in the perch where I fish. I have caught trout with external worms (copepods) and perch with black spots on the meat.

rmoody79 · « **Reply #28 on:** Feb 18, 2018, 03:35 PM »

Quote from: lowaccord66 on Feb 15, 2018, 11:09 PM

Right Dick! I bet they both have had cod and are unaware of what a light board is!

Cod worms are nothing, ever dressed a swordfish out? You would never eat it again

SalmonAndStriper Stalker · « **Reply #29 on:** Feb 18, 2018, 04:12 PM »

we should have a thread on the front page to share fish recipes. that would be a nice addition.

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