opening day

[weneric]

More slang, just like walter, carl, stinklog, bubba.....alligator is bluefish. I have a better name for them but it starts with a four-letter word. Real alligator I like, tastes like chicken!

looks like i was in florida for too long. what is carl, stinklog, and bubba?

[bug-chazer]

True , wild trout over campfire taste good , stocked trout yuk . Had alligator twice , tastes like chicken. So duos bubba (catfish ) .

[eiderz]

what is carl, stinklog, and bubba?

Crappie, pike, catfish

[onepin]

Hi guys   I must say after 45+ years fishing and tossing crappie back   I missed out on some great tasting fish.  This winter we cooked some fresh fillets from under the ice and to my surprise it was awesome. My soft water target is usually bass but when noon rolls around and the bass are slow I am going to target crappie.   This is a great site   

[eiderz]

Hi guys   I must say after 45+ years fishing and tossing crappie back   I missed out on some great tasting fish.  This winter we cooked some fresh fillets from under the ice and to my surprise it was awesome. My soft water target is usually bass but when noon rolls around and the bass are slow I am going to target crappie.   This is a great site   

With ya 100% when the fish come from under the ice, in the summer they are what they eat. Worms. For the same reason my last intentional bite of cod was taken years ago. Got suckered a couple times when my wife snuck it in. 

[cticeman]

Anyone know if that walter lake in salem is ice free?

[eiderz]

Anyone know if that walter lake in salem is ice free?

Two second hand reports say Gardner is wide open, but I have not checked it myself. Hey Bug, do I remember you saying it was open?

[bug-chazer]

Not me , I have been meaning to get there but was unable. I've never seen it hold ice this long so it's  prob. Open

[eiderz]

Not me , I have been meaning to get there but was unable. I've never seen it hold ice this long so it's  prob. Open

Sorry, my bad. What are you doing after dinner? 

[Newguy123]

should pay more attention here,  i would have asked   the guys at work if there was still ice when they went out to stock it,
im sure someone ended up there

[Velcro]

I don't think I'll make it out opening day since I'm still in MA (and still haven't gotten a MA fishing license :-/). May be just as well, all my favorite places are probably gonna be partially iced and crowded and I hate fishing rivers when they're high. Hopefully will get out sometime next week.

[Chawk190]

During the summer I enjoy eating some of the saltwater fish, freshwater fish not much at all.  Black sea bass, flounder/fluke, blackfish all yummy. Stripers meh, alligators yuk.

I agree about the Black Sea bass, fluke & blackfish as fine local table fare. Haven't caught enough flounder in the last few years to make a meal. Another favorite is fried porgy filet on a fresh Portugese roll, they have to be over 12" to make it worthwhile though. There's plenty of plus sized ones to be had around Southwest.

[eiderz]

I agree about the Black Sea bass, fluke & blackfish as fine local table fare. Haven't caught enough flounder in the last few years to make a meal. Another favorite is fried porgy filet on a fresh Portugese roll, they have to be over 12" to make it worthwhile though. There's plenty of plus sized ones to be had around Southwest.

Yeah, I forgot porgies are good too. There sure have been lots of large ones around the last few years.

As for the flounder, I heard there was one around...I found, caught and ate him.  Grim flounder fishing since the stripers made a comeback in the early 90's. Who else remembers that the "hot" soft plastic striper lure in the early 90's was a flounder imitation? 

[lowaccord66]

Stocked trout meet mr. smoker!  The rainbows are soft/mushy but I haven't had a smoked brown that was bad.