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Title: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: mainesalmonslayer on Mar 06, 2011, 07:27 AM: I have a top secret spot,as we all do,where I catch perfect little native brookies and get a mess of fiddle heads.We like to fish it and have a nice shore lunch.What part of spring time fishing are you most looking forward to???With weather like this it is hard not to look forward to spring!
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: Litchfield Fisher on Mar 06, 2011, 07:34 AM: I can't wait till mid may to head north and troll a couple ponds in off the beaten path for big square tails and mud hens. Floating the river and casting for rainbows and browns is hard to beat to
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: mainesalmonslayer on Mar 06, 2011, 09:55 AM: Quote from: Litchfield Fisher on Mar 06, 2011, 07:34 AM
I can't wait till mid may to head north and troll a couple ponds in off the beaten path for big square tails and mud hens. Floating the river and casting for rainbows and browns is hard to beat to
sounds like fun!!!
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Post by: PIKE FISHERMAN on Mar 06, 2011, 12:51 PM: I always look forward to April 1st.. I've caught at least 3 native brookies out of my favorite brook (on opening day.) Been fishing it since I was 10. Then after a few weeks of that, I start to focus on the early spring pike and bass bite....
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: WildOutdoorAddict on Mar 06, 2011, 02:18 PM: Quote from: mainesalmonslayer on Mar 06, 2011, 07:27 AM
I have a top secret spot,as we all do,where I catch perfect little native brookies and get a mess of fiddle heads.We like to fish it and have a nice shore lunch.What part of spring time fishing are you most looking forward to???With weather like this it is hard not to look forward to spring!
mm mmm good! Some of the younger generation may not even know what a fiddle head is, And they are not around to long in spring.
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: mainesalmonslayer on Mar 07, 2011, 06:31 AM: Quote from: WildOutdoorAddict on Mar 06, 2011, 02:18 PM
mm mmm good! Some of the younger generation may not even know what a fiddle head is, And they are not around to long in spring.
I cant wait!!!!! i have a spot that i can fill my packbasket in a half hour,Aspargus of the woods!!!!You guys must get em in PA????
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: Steve... on Mar 07, 2011, 10:12 AM: This Part

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Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: mainesalmonslayer on Mar 07, 2011, 11:41 AM: Quote from: Steve... on Mar 07, 2011, 10:12 AM
This Part

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Even better,salmon with fiddle heads, and maybe a bit of hollandaise,Please keep raining!!!!!!
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: The Rusty Crab on Mar 09, 2011, 06:50 PM: Loove the fiddlehead its my favorite food. Cook them with some bacon and yummy to the tummy
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: WildOutdoorAddict on Mar 09, 2011, 06:54 PM: Quote from: mainesalmonslayer on Mar 07, 2011, 06:31 AM
I cant wait!!!!! i have a spot that i can fill my packbasket in a half hour,Aspargus of the woods!!!!You guys must get em in PA????
Oh yeah we get them here!
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: That Dude on Mar 13, 2011, 03:40 PM: Love fiddleheading...bring the girls and some cold beers, always good times, and great views...

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Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: mainesalmonslayer on Mar 13, 2011, 04:51 PM: Quote from: That Dude on Mar 13, 2011, 03:40 PM
Love fiddleheading...good times, great views...

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Wicked nice looking....lab.It is fun to do with your girl,I enjoy it when she can come out and do stuff like that.Plus they looking better than your buddies harry a#*.
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: duck on Mar 13, 2011, 06:43 PM: I'm just waiting for the ice to be out enough to get my boat in!!

By the way I think its a toss up......brookies and fiddle heads OR salmon and fiddle heads!!!
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: Steve... on Mar 13, 2011, 07:55 PM: Quote
By the way I think its a toss up......brookies and fiddle heads OR salmon and fiddle heads!!!

Unless it this ;D

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Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: duck on Mar 13, 2011, 08:29 PM: Quote from: Steve... on Mar 13, 2011, 07:55 PM
Unless it this ;D

You make a strong case!!!
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: outdoorsman on Mar 13, 2011, 09:19 PM: The meat on that rainbow looks fantastic! I've caught rainbows in a few places, but never in Maine...and never have I seen one that looked like that on the inside. And on top of that...smoked! Now I'm getting hungry...
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: mainesalmonslayer on Mar 14, 2011, 04:36 AM: Nice bow!!!!!
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: St.Croix on Mar 15, 2011, 05:49 AM: wow that smoked fish looks great!
Another good one is wild turkey and fiddle heads! Gobble gobble
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: mainesalmonslayer on Mar 15, 2011, 09:48 AM: Quote from: St.Croix on Mar 15, 2011, 05:49 AM
wow that smoked fish looks great!
Another good one is wild turkey and fiddle heads! Gobble gobble
Which turkey?the kind that flys or the kind that makes you dumb and brave?
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: St.Croix on Mar 15, 2011, 10:33 AM: Quote from: mainesalmonslayer on Mar 15, 2011, 09:48 AM
Which turkey?the kind that flys or the kind that makes you dumb and brave?
The one that makes you think you can fly ;D
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: mainesalmonslayer on Mar 15, 2011, 03:40 PM: Ahhhh.the kickin chicken.
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: Spitfire on Mar 16, 2011, 12:10 PM: Quote from: duck on Mar 13, 2011, 08:29 PM
You make a strong case!!!

Very strong case! LL
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: allextremesfishing on Mar 18, 2011, 09:14 AM: Quote from: WildOutdoorAddict on Mar 06, 2011, 02:18 PM
mm mmm good! Some of the younger generation may not even know what a fiddle head is, And they are not around to long in spring.

im the younger gen who has never picked fiddle heads but has eaten them. can anyone tell me the dif between them and the other kind? i was told dont pick harry fiddle heads or w.e. they are cause they aint really fiddle heads.
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: That Dude on Mar 19, 2011, 08:32 AM: I don't like em hairy either...wink wink, nudge nudge
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: Wolley on Mar 19, 2011, 05:17 PM: Quote from: allextremesfishing on Mar 18, 2011, 09:14 AM
im the younger gen who has never picked fiddle heads but has eaten them. can anyone tell me the dif between them and the other kind? i was told dont pick harry fiddle heads or w.e. they are cause they aint really fiddle heads.

You want the ones with the U shaped stem, NOT round.
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: Nor Easter on Mar 20, 2011, 12:50 PM: The Ostrich fern aka fiddleheads also seem to have more of the brown paper-like covering on them than the other types of ferns. But the lawn grass-green color and U-shaped stem is the best way to ID them.

Kaleb,
I pick at a few places in Sidney and WTVL in and around brooks near the Kennebec river. If interested in going, send a PM. The fiddleheads there are ready for picking just after the Smelts run in this area and at around the same time as the perch run in Belgrade. Usually early to mid May.
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: allextremesfishing on Mar 21, 2011, 01:15 PM: Quote from: Nor Easter on Mar 20, 2011, 12:50 PM
The Ostrich fern aka fiddleheads also seem to have more of the brown paper-like covering on them than the other types of ferns. But the lawn grass-green color and U-shaped stem is the best way to ID them.

Kaleb,
I pick at a few places in Sidney and WTVL in and around brooks near the Kennebec river. If interested in going, send a PM. The fiddleheads there are ready for picking just after the Smelts run in this area and at around the same time as the perch run in Belgrade. Usually early to mid May.

thanks for the info and invite!
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: old mainuh on Mar 21, 2011, 09:10 PM: o.k just stopped by to see what was goin on ,,and now im hungry
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: taxid on Mar 21, 2011, 09:25 PM: Quote from: Litchfield Fisher on Mar 06, 2011, 07:34 AM
I can't wait till mid may to head north and troll a couple ponds in off the beaten path for big square tails and mud hens. Floating the river and casting for rainbows and browns is hard to beat to

What's a mud hen?
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: Wolley on Mar 21, 2011, 09:25 PM: Quote from: taxid on Mar 21, 2011, 09:25 PM
What's a mud hen?

Togue
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: taxid on Mar 22, 2011, 10:06 AM: Quote from: Wolley on Mar 21, 2011, 09:25 PM
Togue

Thanks!
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: Skinner on Mar 23, 2011, 07:25 AM: They grow in the mid atlantic states as well , but are very diffucult to find a large patch, we find them a month earlier than ME, My Bro pics them around the Bangor area along the Kendusk
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Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: getting jiggie on Mar 23, 2011, 07:30 AM: hopeing to find and start picking some this year I know I'v seen them but not sure witch spot now more recon. this year I guess
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: mainesalmonslayer on Mar 23, 2011, 03:23 PM: Quote from: Skinner on Mar 23, 2011, 07:25 AM
They grow in the mid atlantic states as well , but are very diffucult to find a large patch, we find them a month earlier than ME, My Bro pics them around the Bangor area along the Kendusk
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Him and everyone else,thats a great canoe/fiddle head ride.Nice lookin fiddle heads you have there.
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: mainesalmonslayer on Mar 23, 2011, 03:25 PM: Quote from: getting jiggie on Mar 23, 2011, 07:30 AM
hopeing to find and start picking some this year I know I'v seen them but not sure witch spot now more recon. this year I guess
Looks like you got the brookie part all taken care of....Next fiddle heads.
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: packman252008 on Mar 23, 2011, 03:27 PM: mmm... thats what is going to be on the menu next weekend when i head to my opening day honey hole for a few day here in NY ;D
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: Skinner on Mar 24, 2011, 06:32 AM: Quote from: mainesalmonslayer on Mar 23, 2011, 03:23 PM
Him and everyone else,thats a great canoe/fiddle head ride.Nice lookin fiddle heads you have there.

Thanks I never new they grew around here, til one day I stumbled along a large patch, only funny thing is nobody around here knows to pic them. They are great with eggs fer breakfast MMM!!!
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: taxid on Mar 24, 2011, 04:18 PM: Quote from: getting jiggie on Mar 23, 2011, 07:30 AM
hopeing to find and start picking some this year I know I'v seen them but not sure witch spot now more recon. this year I guess

Do you guys pick mushrooms up there as in Morels in the spring? They are extremely coveted here in the midwest and are expensive to buy. I don't remember seeing them in the woods in Mass as a kid but I wasn't looking for them.

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Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: mainesalmonslayer on Mar 24, 2011, 04:45 PM: Quote from: taxid on Mar 24, 2011, 04:18 PM
Do you guys pick mushrooms up there as in Morels in the spring? They are extremely coveted here in the midwest and are expensive to buy. I don't remember seeing them in the woods in Mass as a kid but I wasn't looking for them.

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I think we get them,unsure.I would like to hook up with anyone who goes for them.
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: taxid on Mar 24, 2011, 06:22 PM: Quote from: mainesalmonslayer on Mar 24, 2011, 04:45 PM
I think we get them,unsure.I would like to hook up with anyone who goes for them.

They are outstanding fried up in butter!
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: mainesalmonslayer on Mar 24, 2011, 07:21 PM: Quote from: taxid on Mar 24, 2011, 06:22 PM
They are outstanding fried up in butter!
wicked nutty,I like to fry em in butter then splash them with some heavy cream and pour over egg noodles...yum-yum ;D
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: ams on Mar 24, 2011, 07:27 PM: How do you guys like to cook fiddleheads ??? I found a bunch of them last spring and I have been meaning to try them, hopefully I'll get the chance this spring.
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: mainesalmonslayer on Mar 24, 2011, 07:36 PM: I like to stem them and wind the butter,and lemon to them.Or make some hollandaise and pour that over them,I actually make a fiddle head omlette to :)
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: allextremesfishing on Mar 24, 2011, 07:39 PM: Quote from: ams on Mar 24, 2011, 07:27 PM
How do you guys like to cook fiddleheads ??? I found a bunch of them last spring and I have been meaning to try them, hopefully I'll get the chance this spring.

pickled!!!
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: Sinnian on Mar 24, 2011, 08:10 PM: Quote from: ams on Mar 24, 2011, 07:27 PM
How do you guys like to cook fiddleheads ??? I found a bunch of them last spring and I have been meaning to try them, hopefully I'll get the chance this spring.

Stir fried with olive oil and garlic!
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: outdoorsman on Mar 25, 2011, 07:52 AM: Quote from: allextremesfishing on Mar 24, 2011, 07:39 PM
pickled!!!

They are definitely good pickled.

Mostly, I just boil them and eat them with butter, salt, pepper, and a little vinegar.
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: Nor Easter on Mar 25, 2011, 09:51 AM: I tried sauteed similar to stir fried and didn't really care for them that way. A little too crunchy. Perhaps if par-boiled first, then stir fried would be better, but usually I have them boiled w/butter, salt, pepper alone or as a side dish.

I'm slobbering drool on my keyboard now,,, I gotta go... :laugh:
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: allextremesfishing on Mar 25, 2011, 09:58 AM: Quote from: Nor Easter on Mar 25, 2011, 09:51 AM
I tried sauteed similar to stir fried and didn't really care for them that way. A little too crunchy. Perhaps if par-boiled first, then stir fried would be better, but usually I have them boiled w/butter, salt, pepper alone or as a side dish.

I'm slobbering drool on my keyboard now,,, I gotta go... :laugh:

stir fri with fiddle heads?? SOUNDS DELICIOUSE!!! come on spring!
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: LostOne on Mar 25, 2011, 02:07 PM: just found this site...thought I would share. :)
Good Fiddlehead and Dandelion info

http://extension.umaine.edu/publications/4060e/

Here's the adress. First person to make it a link... Rules! ;)

Thx ff. :)
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: fshnfool on Mar 25, 2011, 02:10 PM: http://extension.umaine.edu/publications/4060e/ (http://extension.umaine.edu/publications/4060e/)

;)
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
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I like to steam them for like 2 minutes then rinse them in cold water to wash out a lot of the black crap that comes out when you cook them. Then saute with garlic and olive oil.
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: outdoorsman on Mar 25, 2011, 09:39 PM: Got this bag of them while catching a bunch of brookies last year...

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Then I found a patch behind the house, and they were huge! They kept producing too. Got a few batches and left some to grow.

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And of course, I ate lots of fiddleheads. Can't wait to get some fresh ones!

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Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: SilverSides on Mar 27, 2011, 08:57 AM: How does everyone clean them? I use one of these.

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Just throw a handful of em in the net and run it back and forth thru the quick water of a stream and they are done. Can do a 5 gallon pail full in about 10 minutes. It's a Cummings wire mesh smelt net.

http://www.kitterytradingpost.com/product.php/pid/3/sid/53/tid/244/prodid/30774 (http://www.kitterytradingpost.com/product.php/pid/3/sid/53/tid/244/prodid/30774)
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: Nor Easter on Mar 27, 2011, 01:29 PM: The metal smelt net is a good idea! :)

I use something my uncle made long ago. It's a box shaped metal screen of 1/4" hardware cloth with a wooden strapping border on the top. It's about 12" tall by 18" wide by 24" long. I set it in the driveway and drop the fiddleheads from up high so the wind blows a lot of the paper away. Then I use a garden hose to spray the remainder clean.

If I only get a half bucket of heads, I don't clean them until I want to cook them and only clean what I'm gonna cook in the kitchen sink. The rest stay in the crisper drawers in the fridge. If I get loads of them, they get blanched and frozen.
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: Litchfield Fisher on Mar 27, 2011, 01:34 PM: Quote from: SilverSides on Mar 27, 2011, 08:57 AM
How does everyone clean them? I use one of these.

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Just throw a handful of em in the net and run it back and forth thru the quick water of a stream and they are done. Can do a 5 gallon pail full in about 10 minutes. It's a Cummings wire mesh smelt net.

http://www.kitterytradingpost.com/product.php/pid/3/sid/53/tid/244/prodid/30774 (http://www.kitterytradingpost.com/product.php/pid/3/sid/53/tid/244/prodid/30774)
If we pick a bunch on the way up north we usually just toss them in the old bait trap up to camp and toss them in the brook for a while, doesn't clean them perfectly but it helps
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: LostOne on Mar 28, 2011, 07:24 AM: Quote from: Litchfield Fisher on Mar 27, 2011, 01:34 PM
If we pick a bunch on the way up north we usually just toss them in the old bait trap up to camp and toss them in the brook for a while, doesn't clean them perfectly but it helps
Now that is SLICK! I like it! 8)
Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: Westerly on Mar 28, 2011, 10:43 AM: Quote from: SilverSides on Mar 27, 2011, 08:57 AM
How does everyone clean them? I use one of these.

When I have a big batch to clean, I usually load em (dry) into my shallow smelt dipping net. Bounce them around like popcorn right in front of a big box fan on 'high' and all the papery skins just blow away. I still give them a quick bath in the sink, but is so much easier without the skins in the mix. Good thing it won't be long now! My frozen stash is just about gone... ;D

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Title: Re: Brook trout and fiddle heads.
Post by: LostOne on Mar 28, 2011, 11:59 AM: Quote from: bbpinecone on Mar 28, 2011, 10:43 AM
When I have a big batch to clean, I usually load em (dry) into my shallow smelt dipping net. Bounce them around like popcorn right in front of a big box fan on 'high' and all the papery skins just blow away. I still give them a quick bath in the sink, but is so much easier without the skins in the mix. Good thing it won't be long now! My frozen stash is just about gone... ;D

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Jeeze! You guys are killing me with your creative ways of cleaning these things! Love it! 8)