Columbia River Walleye

[Brittany Chukarman]

I've been wanting to do this for quite awhile. I got a call last week from a Columbia guide wanting a trip on Brownlee. We arranged to swap trips. He had been doing well jigging pre-spawn fish. The fish were in transition and we only jigged up a few. We went to trolling plugs and that was slow for us but we did scratch out a few. He said come back in November and it will be much better. First walleye I've caught since about 40 years ago on Lake Powell.

 

[wa_archer]

need to get my boat project done to get out and do the same.

 

[Don Fischer]

I caught a walleye once. Looking forward to trying again. Guide we had left those bones in it behind the rib cage and eating was awfull. Know to remove them now.

 

[fulldraw]

Hard to beat good cold water walleye. I am heading to Canada next month.

 

[Brittany Chukarman]

I caught a walleye once. Looking forward to trying again. Guide we had left those bones in it behind the rib cage and eating was awfull. Know to remove them now.

This guy made a short 1"cut on each side of the lateral line and stripped the top and bottom loins off the pin bone section. Real slick.

 

[Don Fischer]

This guy made a short 1"cut on each side of the lateral line and stripped the top and bottom loins off the pin bone section. Real slick.

Saw a video on you tube that showed that. Ever get me some I'm gonna try it! Thanks!

 

[nwihunter]

This guy made a short 1"cut on each side of the lateral line and stripped the top and bottom loins off the pin bone section. Real slick.

We do the same thing and it works great. The colder the fillet is the better it works.

 

[Nick87]

As always jealous of your posts.

 

[Big Fin]

This guy made a short 1"cut on each side of the lateral line and stripped the top and bottom loins off the pin bone section. Real slick.

Here's a video of a slick way to remove those bones and salvage as much meat as possible. Once you do the last step at the end, it will be ompletely bone-free.

 

[Brittany Chukarman]

That's how I've always done it on bass and larger crappie.

 

[jrabq]

Here's another variation where they "zipper" or "unzip" the pin bones and entire lateral line. In addition to the cheeks I also save the wings/pectoral fins on larger fish.

How to "zipper" a walleye - totally boneless fillets - YouTube

Edit, link might not work, just Google "unzip walleye"

 

[BoomerUSAF]

That’s a heck of a first walleye! Congratulations!!