Fishing!

[day_trippr]

Indeed, the big dudes can build up toxin levels from consuming reef fish that makes them dangerous to eat.
The boat owner took the one in the picture and cut off a chunk to give to his cat.
If the cat made it through the day the 'cuda was safe to eat.
If not, it would be food for his crawfish farm (apparently crawfish can handle the toxins)...

Cheers!

 

[Shwagger]

They make good shark bait

Saw about a 5ft nurse shark this morning whilst kayaking

 

[Desert_Sky]

Had a decent morning up by Loveland

 

[Kharnynb]

leaving tomorrow for finnmark, norway.
pictures in a week or so.

 

[Shwagger]

Did good thos morning. 25" red

 

[Hophunter]

Decent day on a small lake in the Poconos. Caught a few perch, smaller pickerel and a decent smallie also.

 

[Kharnynb]

took a bit to sort pictures, we fished mostly upriver for the smaller stuff(don't care about big salmon too much and salmon river licenses are way too expensive)

Norway is amazingly beautiful and arctic char is still the best "redmeat" fish to eat.

mass of photo's incoming

 

[Kharnynb]

by the way, gravlax made from arctic char is like the butter of gods.

 

[Shwagger]

A link to some of my (amateur) videos

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcoEFjDSBMYmJFoZqmzB1cA?view_as=subscriber

 

[Kharnynb]

nice videos, but why don't you take em home for eating?

 

[Shwagger]

Oh I do. The reds if they are legal always come home. The big trout too.

The snook dont because they arent in season.

 

[Kharnynb]

oki, just checking, I fish quite a bit, both in summer and winter, but never got the idea of not eating what you catch.

 

[Shwagger]

oki, just checking, I fish quite a bit, both in summer and winter, but never got the idea of not eating what you catch.

Agreed. I go fishing to get food lol. We have strict rules here on a lot of fish. So I usually only bring home 1 or 2, unless I go deep sea fishing.

 

[Kharnynb]

we have rules for salmon, but not for most other fish, only rules you can really get screwed on are on net fishing, which is forbidden during most of the summer due to seal young getting stuck in nets.

 

[Zuljin]

Catfish from the SS127 today.

 

[Zuljin]

Bass.

 

[JB_Brewing2]

Two of us caught 100 Lake Erie yellow perch two days ago. Yum!!!

 

[ba-brewer]

I really miss fried lake perch.

 

[LittleRiver]

16" spotted bass on a 4wt fly rod. Little River Canyon, AL.

 

[Kharnynb]

hmmm..perch fillet with bit of salted flour, fried in butter.

 

[Zuljin]

Any y'all use a castable fish finder like Deeper or similar? I see the videos and reviews. Deeper looks good. I want to hear it from people I know are drunken fishermen.

 

[Sbe2]

Love me some panko fried perch

 

[GreenMonti]

Any steelhead fly folks out there?

 

[Shwagger]

Its funny how freshwater guys love freshwater and saltwater fish to eat, but us saltys only eat saltwater fish. Catfish every so often.

Maybe its a florida thing, but theres nothing in the lakes or rivers I'd go out of my way to eat. I don't freshwater fish at all, though.

 

[Zuljin]

I used to not freshwater fish much. It was easy to salt in south Lousiana. Now in north Texas, about all I do is fresh. Salt is more action. Fresh takes more skill.

 

[Shwagger]

Agree with that. Saltys are pretty dumb and hungry

 

[LittleRiver]

...Maybe its a florida thing, but theres nothing in the lakes or rivers I'd go out of my way to eat...

I know what you mean, there's plenty of lakes and rivers where I catch and release, but only a few places where I'll keep the catch for the table.

I'm blessed to live 15 minutes away from a very small river that runs crystal clear. It's unique, it runs almost its entire course on top of a mountain. In the summer there's great fishing, in the winter there's great whitewater paddling.

 

[arturo7]

If forced to choose, I’d pick eating saltwater fish over freshwater fish. But I don’t dig saltwater fishing.

Motoring for hours on end over a featureless seascape just isn’t worth relatively brief time in the catch zone.

With freshwater, you’re generally enwrapped with nature as soon as you get out of your vehicle. If you need to hike for a while to get to the hole it’s a bonus.

 

[JB_Brewing2]

Love me some panko fried perch

I use 1 part panko with 3 parts Drake's fry mix. Pat the fillets dry then dip in a two egg with 1/2 a homebew mixture then dredge them through the panko/Drakes. Into hot canola oil and viola! Delicious. BTW, I really like a lot of different fish from both fresh and salt water.

 

[Sbe2]

I use 1 part panko with 3 parts Drake's fry mix. Pat the fillets dry then dip in a two egg with 1/2 a homebew mixture then dredge them through the panko/Drakes. Into hot canola oil and viola! Delicious. BTW, I really like a lot of different fish from both fresh and salt water.

Sounds delicious. We change it up sometimes and do them tempura. Keep the breading lite and let the sweet white flesh shine.