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MFF US Northeast => New York => Topic started by: myemmy on Apr 07, 2023, 05:46 AM
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I believe it’s time to get ready for bullhead fishing ,seem every thing is a little bit early this year.
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The time is now. The bait is uncooked shrimp
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I always enjoy this thread. Here in indiana most people consider them trash fish. I don't know anyone who specifically targets them. Not sure why though as they are much better eating than blues or channels.
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The time is now. The bait is uncooked shrimp
You got that right Tve I'm waiting for the first night this coming week with no wind. May pickup a few crawlers in the mean time as I like to have a couple different baits to offer them
Most folks don't think of this but you cut a medium sized shrimp into 3 or more pieces and they are 1/4 the price of buying crawlers and much easier to keep. Plus the extras are pretty good fried
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I always enjoy this thread. Here in indiana most people consider them trash fish. I don't know anyone who specifically targets them. Not sure why though as they are much better eating than blues or channels.
Time to spread the word there Fishinator They are some good eats as long as they are caught in clean fresh water. Catch them in a stagnant beaver pond and they taste like the pond
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Think I’ll just eat the shrimp. I’ve got a tub full of crawlers to feed the bullhead. They’ll last till the really warm weather.
The pond I fish is part of a creek system. This time of year there’s really good flow through it and they taste great. I got a couple the other day just experimenting for an hour or so. Water is still cold, it’s pretty windy with high pressure and a full moon. A perfect storm of bad fishing conditions. No sense trying today.
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I loaded up with crawlers last couple nights we are all set for the spring
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flash light and a warm rain get a bunch :D
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I missed it the night it was raining and I've had constant cold wind since then. Guess it'll be a bit before I can get mine
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pssst wal mart 3.89 for 18
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Water an area on your lawn, drive 2 pieces of rebar into lawn, attach battery charger on low to rebar. Wait 1/2 hour, shut off charger. Go pick up the crawlers.
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I lightly watered my lawn just before dark last night it was cole but they came out in force
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In the spring, with cold fresh water, and properly cared for, bullies cannot be beat for table fare.
I love them the next day cold on rye bread with ketchup. Awesome sandwich!!
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fun to catch , spearing them was the way to get them but thats not allowed in any lake ontario tribs any more
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Yep the annual spring run of mud guzzlers 👍
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Passed again today. Barometer at 30.60, blue bird skies, NW wind, 23* when I went out for my walk this morning.. didn’t break 40 till after noon.
The weather is just against me at the moment…..but…..at least I know it.
Time is on my side.
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Yep the annual spring run of mud guzzlers 👍
you have a way with words my friend :rotflol:
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fun to catch , spearing them was the way to get them but thats not allowed in any lake ontario tribs any more
My favorite hole was found one night while we were shooting carp. Could not believe what I was seeing. Just wish this cursed wind would stop. Installed new LED tail lights on the trailer today. No more messing with light bulbs and rotten sockets at 1:00am Never Got my fingers crossed for this week
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Went led on all my trailers the only way to go
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Wish I could get a pair of magnetic Bluetooth lights to stick on all my crappy trailers and my friends. Seems I re wired 100 by now.
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Wish I could get a pair of magnetic Bluetooth lights to stick on all my crappy trailers and my friends. Seems I re wired 100 by now.
Pulled my hair out over a ground issue this morning. Turns out the tongue and main frame of the trailer are two separate units bolted together. Apparently rust between them formed disrupting the ground to the back. A couple of self tapping screws and 10" of wire and we jumped the bad area.
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Pulled my hair out over a ground issue this morning. Turns out the tongue and main frame of the trailer are two separate units bolted together. Apparently rust between them formed disrupting the ground to the back. A couple of self tapping screws and 10" of wire and we jumped the bad area.
Happens all the time on snowmobile trailers Jerry.
So long time ago I started run a separate ground wire to every light on all my trailers.
No problems since.
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Happens all the time on snowmobile trailers Jerry.
So long time ago I started run a separate ground wire to every light on all my trailers.
No problems since.
x1000. I started doing this years ago. No more chasing ground problems.
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Got-em Last night was possibly one of the nicest nights that I have been on the water. No wind, no rain, no bugs, no moon, only me and a few whisker fish that obligingly took the hook line and sinker. It was a great way to start the season. I went prepared with several baits and as before, the cut up raw shrimp out fished the night crawlers and liver as well, 3 to 1. When you buy a bag of 30 shrimp for $7 and cut them into 3 pieces giving you 90 baits that ends up being less that $1 a dozen for the best bullhead bait around. Don't think I'll be messing with worms any more. The shrimp is also tough on the hook allowing you to catch more than 1 on a bait.
Get out there guys It's time !
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i was reading the state want to put a 25 fish limit on them .......i guess it will help the fishing
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WHAT !?
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you got to protect the resource for future generations
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In New Hampshire our regulation on White and Yellow Perch, Crappie, Sunfish, Bluegill and Horned Pout (Bullheads) has a daily limit of 25 for each species with a total of all species listed of 50 per day.
The reason for the limit is to help reduce catching the listed fish and selling them out of state.
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well bullheads are being looked at as the next on the list to protect and build a better fishery soon we will all be catching super duper gaint lakers that we all toss back in cause they taste aweful but they will be trophy bullheads.....another thing to think about they already ended spearing bullheads and ended trot lining them ...........the states new motto talapia it's whats for dinner
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I'll take tilapia over a mud chugger any day !
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Ah ya Talapia....... grown right in yur very own septic system some where in Vietnam No thanks, I'll stick with my spring run bullheads
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I guess the choice is tilapia or mud guzzler 😃
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Never ate a carp can't say I wouldn't try one just haven't same thing as a sucker right ? I know folks used to spear them by the buckets OOPS there we go talking about spearing again
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Commercially sold Tilapia are from the striper farms in the south west where they are used to clean up the crap from the stripers raised in holding ponds
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they commercialy raise tilapia right in ithaca ny
the largest commercial tilapia farm in the world is blue ridge aquaculture in ridgeway virgina ...they use a recirculating aquaculture system that is cleaning the water constantly the fish are cleaner then wild fish we catch and far less chemical contaiminants .... cheap high protien high vitanin containt and the forth largest fish sold in america ........ i'll eat em ......
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I have, still do, and will continue to eat them.
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Isn't tilapia the main ingredient in a Mcdonalds fish samich ? I guess they're ok
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mc donalds fillet mc fish are alaskain pollock
the talks that tilapia are raised in look exactly like the tanks in most fish hatcherys they are feed a mainly a veg based diet
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All rite all rite I guess they're edible I still like my bull heads Trapp : " 3:46 AM" did you stay up all nite researching this or were you just returning from a bull head nite
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All rite all rite I guess they're edible I still like my bull heads Trapp : " 3:46 AM" did you stay up all nite researching this or were you just returning from a bull head nite
It was actually 4:46.
Your settings are off an hour.
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nope years ago i heard all th BS about how they are fed poop and raised in sewers so i looked into it ....i do this before i belive any thing i read on the internet
so let me ask you a question do you sleep well at night believing stupid fake news and internet gossip ???? all the food accept what we hunt and fish (and a lot of that is farmed!) is all farm raised beef lamp pork chicken and all prodouce ....mention sea food and people start talking foolishness and fictious storys ....... sorta like micro chips in covid shots ....wasn't me at 446 in the morning or 346 .......
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I saw a documentary on farming stripers in the desert in large stock tanks and they used carp and telopia to reduce the waste aka poop in the tanks then discovered that telopia actually tasted better then the stripers and that's was the start of farming them
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nope years ago i heard all th BS about how they are fed poop and raised in sewers so i looked into it ....i do this before i belive any thing i read on the internet
so let me ask you a question do you sleep well at night believing stupid fake news and internet gossip ???? all the food accept what we hunt and fish (and a lot of that is farmed!) is all farm raised beef lamp pork chicken and all prodouce ....mention sea food and people start talking foolishness and fictious storys ....... sorta like micro chips in covid shots ....wasn't me at 446 in the morning or 346 .......
at my age I have no trouble sleeping thank you
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mc donalds fillet mc fish are alaskain pollock
the talks that tilapia are raised in look exactly like the tanks in most fish hatcherys they are feed a mainly a veg based diet
It was you at 4:46
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nope i got on at 530 waiting for light to fish
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Right
Then you sleep walk, and type on the puter.
Look at the post and time stamp.
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well right now mac it's 356bpm and whats my post say ....why it said 2:57 i guess the timer is screwed up imagine that .... why anyone would care is i find strange .... however if your interested i get up at 5 am drive to my fishing spots drink a cup of coffee and turn on my fishfinder on my phone and wait for it to get light enough to fish .......why does it say 3 am i have no clue..... fishing for mud guzzlers and snook must be really boring if two are interested in what time i get up ?????
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Sure glad I have other things to do.
Went fishing, serviced both my mowers, mowed the lawn, chicken and taters on the Weber……..sometimes this just isn’t worth the time.
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i don't get it but i do enjoy getting to the water before light having coffee listening and when the light starts coming up and every thing wakes up ...ducks birds i like that ....... mowing the lawn ..... i like my yard looking nice too pasta in clam sauce with shrimp scampi .......and only a few gills today ....oh well
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How ethereal.
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It's your settings on MFF Trap.
Go in and change them to EST and make sure it's also set for DST
No big deal
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RG i'm far from a delicate or a beauty i just happen to enjoy my life ........ mac no idea how to correct the issue please explain the procedure
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i don't get it but i do enjoy getting to the water before light having coffee listening and when the light starts coming up and every thing wakes up ...ducks birds i like that ....... mowing the lawn ..... i like my yard looking nice too pasta in clam sauce with shrimp scampi .......and only a few gills today ....oh well
Trapper, you are living the life many would love. Stay the course…
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why thank you old timer i really love the out doors always have and i rather meet the morning and drink that cup of coffee out in the woods or near a stream
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mac no idea how to correct the issue please explain the procedure
You need to go into your profile settings.
Click on your name here and you should be able to figure it out from there.
Modify Profile
Look and Layout
Change time offset to 1
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lets see....nope i went in added the hour and i'm still a hour short ....but we gave it a shot .... thanks mac
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Trap -
Our friend that owns this circus is out in the Midwest, so the forum is one hour behind.
Hence, the +1 hr offset.
Try clicking the (auto detect) next to the offset
Here's a couple screenshots that might help.
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lets see
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we got it mac thank you ......
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ok mac i'm up and headed out the door to go fishing .... :) it is 5:23 am :rotflol:
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:thumbup_smilie:
Crap!
Now we have nothing to do today.
;)
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could go catch mud guzzlers ...... i can't take any more trout
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Finally got out bullhead fishing was pretty to windy to be in a John boat with whitecaps on the water
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i know everyone is wondering ...what are you going to do with the carp???? nice mixed bag
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I was definitely expecting that I actually am going to smoke it just for curiosity I have heard of it being done if it's not good it will go in the compost bin
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i had it pickled and it was good i'd try it smoked or anyway someone made it ....let us know how it comes out
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Had a buddy make carp patties once, never did that again.
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If you are going to smoke carp cut it into steaks. Brine it for a couple hours. Rinse lightly. Smoke at 250* until flaky but still firm. That will get rid of a lot of blood and fat. Good luck.
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As with all the fish I smoke I brined in kosher salt and brown sugar over night 225 for 1.5 hours and I have to say it's pretty good softer than trout or bass I will definitely do it again
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Friends of mine from Poland tell me that in Poland , carp is one of the many traditional Christmas meals. They still own a house there and travel back and forth. I’m not sure if it is just a local tradition in their town or a Polish tradition.
I wonder if it tastes any better in Europe?
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It's a polish tradition...my grandmother used to make it and eel
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Had eel one time for Xmass Fried it up in bite sized pieces along with some freshly caught smelt. Folkes wrinkled the nose at first then there wasn't enough. Musta liked it
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Ours was smoked eel I liked it
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Eel is good I used to catch huge ones from the Wappingers creek at night
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greensider may i ask ,did you bleed the carb while it was still alive ? i do that with salmon to rid the skein of blood before fire cure and smoking.....works pretty good.....................now i gotta try this
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I actually didn't but I will next time I also fully filleted it I usually leave skin on until after it's smoked so I put foil on racks definitely better when it can drain off the racks
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Ours was smoked eel I liked it
Unagi
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My friend caught A really good American eel once when we were spring perch fishing. He sent A picture to his wife, and she was we devastated to find out we released it. She had everything ready to smoke that thing, eel are good eats. We used to get them in Scribe creek all the time. Nothing screws up A Zebco 33 like an eel spinning like A bass turd on the end of your line. I imagine with the lampricide they use that most of the eels are gone now, also the dams don't help either. Eels are just yummy when done well, also most of the eel you get from sushi bars is smoked catfish, got that one from A sushi bar owner in Plattsburgh. Real eel would be so expensive that they just couldn't sell it. Anyone ever smoke bullheads, I imagine they are more robust and could take the smoke well.
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I have smoked catfish definitely good
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i remeber as a kid how many eels we use to catch at mexico point bullhead fishing i never thought about the lampricide being the reason they are gone ..... lake ontario use to be ffull of them
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As a kid I caught lots of eels in Lake Ontario from shore while bullhead fishing. We tried just once to eat one. Dispatched it, nailed it to a telephone pole and cleaned it. We cut it up and me and a brother pan fried it. It was so nasty, like eating sticks of butter. We threw it out. I'm not sure if the lampricide has caused the decline in eel numbers but there is no doubt their numbers have crashed in Lake Ontario. I don't think they spawn in freshwater streams and rivers, at least that is what I think I have read.
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Always funny when the pieces of ell wiggle in the hot oil
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all american eels spawn in sargrasso sea in the alantic ocean they migrate there by way of st law river the elvers migrate back . the sea way has hindered the process!!!! i think that is the process . I THINK!!!!!!
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so how many of us are going carp and eel fishing and have hickory chips and a brime all ready ;D
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No hickory for me I pruned my pear trees and chip my own chips also use maple and I think it's great for fish
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I use hickory,beech or oak nut woods …just my preference
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I would do an eel but like said already, we don't see many pass on the carp
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At a lodge way up in Ontario that I frequent they do a weekly fish fry for the group.
Part of the fun is a little taste test the owner does.
He fries up the following fish -
walleye
northern pike
Small mouth bass
lake trout
and a sucker
Now mind you, these fish all come from pretty cold water up there.
He passes around 5 numbered plates and doesn't reveal what number plate corresponds to which fish.
Every cabin has a pad and pencil and works together to guess what each plate of fish is.
It's crazy how many people get the sucker wrong.
The walleye and pike often get mistaken with each other.
But the bass, the laker, and the sucker are quite close when everything is done.
The owner is very careful to bleed each fish and get it on ice quickly.
He also trims all belly meat and lateral lines out to get the primo meat for this taste test.
It's a lot of fun.
It also opens up a lot of fishermen's eyes.
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i had suckers pickled but that was years ago i'd try them and i love pike
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That sounds like fun Mac I might try that on the family I'll bet I can raise some eye brows
I went last night for my bullheads Sorry no pics I just didn't take the time It was a very chilly night with the boat being covered with frost by 11 pm brrr Good thing I wore my ice fishing suit Got 11 nice fish plus a couple of those "tasty" carp It was a little weird that they never really started to bite until 9 or so Maybe the cold drove them out deeper ?
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That sounds like fun Mac I might try that on the family I'll bet I can raise some eye brows
Here's another.
I think I have posted this in the past on MFF.
Anyway, 10 yrs or so ago we were at my camp on Lake Erie and I had a bunch of the local fishing buddies sitting at my campfire.
We were all laughing and have a few cold beverages while my son was frying up walleye for everyone.
No please be advised that all these guys are walleye snobs!!!
All other fish are thrown back or into the garden. All other fish!!!!
(Jimski - you were at this ;) )
Anyway, Jeff comes up to me quietly and says we were all out of walleye fillets.
I told him to quickly thaw out the silver bass we had in the freezer and do it on the open fire like we always did in this fish grate thingy that holds the fillets between 2 wire mesh screens while you are cooking it.
After he did this, he took the fillets and tossed them all in Franks and butter, like you do with wings, etc.
We served them with ranch dressing instead of blue cheese because the ranch is runnier and doesn't ear apart the piece of fish as easy as blue cheese dressing does.
These guys ate these silver bass like they were starving ravenous dogs. lol
Afterwards, I told them all they ate silver bass.
That Jeff had run out of walleye long ago.
To this day, some of those guys still don't believe me that they ate silvers.
Moral of the story -
I can turn walleye fillets into fishy strong-tasting food simply by not processing it properly.
However, I can turn typically stronger tasting fillets into something edible by taking some extra time in the up front prep.
Bleed your catch immediately and get it on ice is probably the single most important thing you can do to get nice tasting fillets.
Trim the belly fat and lateral line, where the fats and oils reside.
Have fun.
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I’m happy with a cooler full of bullhead.
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2 hours from 1:00-3:00 this afternoon. Night crawlers. Only took 16 crawlers….caught 20 fish.. Good thing I didn’t take more bait. I’d still be there I guess.
I’ll fillet some and leave some on the bone. Not much I like more than bullhead fillets blackened on the Weber. Pan fried is great too….just not too often.
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I wish my fish would bite during the daylight as I love my sleep I've anchored 2 hrs before dark and narry a bite till pitch black go figure
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It’s a pond that’s part of a local creek system. Only 3-4’ deep. Been fishing it for 20 years. Experience told me right now is prime time. And, I happened to have the day off from the golf course.
Win….win!
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Nice haul
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i have two really good day time bullhead places it's fun because no one is around and it's a whole lot warmer
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No kidding Trap. Nothing but the birds and the mink.
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A guy perch fishing near us last weekend caught a few GIANT bullheads. They looked like channel cats their heads were so big.
I haven't targeted bullheads in a long time, but we usually hook a couple while perch fishing shallow.
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I like GIANT bullheads
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I have more than enough for this season. Back to the fly rod and gills for me.
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Fish…it’s what for dinner.
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Danged tasty!
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I LIKE THE SMALLER BULLHEADS FOR EATTING BUT THATS JUST ME
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I had them last night with a glass of good wine and some sweet potato fries I love this country
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Bob
I'll have to get your way of blackened bullhead on grill...as I've said not much a fan of them but I'll try that and see what happens
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I had them last night with a glass of good wine and some sweet potato fries I love this country
Clean living!
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I picked up a bunch of fresh water clams this morning. Thought I would try them for bullheads this week since it's going to cool down. I'll try any thing once.
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Pretty warm waters for bullhead :sick:
My favorite fly testing spot is in the midst of the annual cottonwood plague. Took the fly fishing gear out of the trunk and got a catfish rod ready. Love catching catfish……and…….releasing them. Gotta remember to bring the net ;)
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Where I was last weekend water temp was 65 any warmer and bullhead will not be as good
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I guess I'm throwing in the towel for now. Water is warm, weeds are too thick, bugs are horrible at night with the lights. I usually put in a couple nights in October. I'll save the clams till then in the freezer .