The Fishin’ Was Too Good

[fulldraw]

We are heading up to Red Lake, Ontario a week from today. We are 3 weeks later than our normal trip just hope to get into some nice walleyes.

 

[cgasner1]

It’s a simple solution had I been in the boat you would have been 4 under.

 

[rjthehunter]

1/3 Shore Lunch original, 1/3 Chef Roberts breading, and 1/3 crushed (very fine) saltine cracker crumbs. Mix them together in a ziplock. Take the nice clean fillets (cut into bite size pieces and sliced thin if you have a thick fillet) and put them in the ziplock with the breading and shake it up until they are completely covered in a light coating. Don’t dip in egg or beer or any nonsense like that.

Get a cast iron kettle filled with oil. I like corn or canola, but peanut and vegetable oil work just fine, too. Heat the oil to 375. Try not to let the oil cool down to below 325ish and definitely don’t let the oil get above 400. USE A THERMOMETER. Fry the fillets until golden brown. Salt and pepper to taste. Report back. You won’t be disappointed

^^^

Trust the MN guys. The fishermen in this state typically eat a lot of fish!

 

[F250]

Randy I commend you for standing up and doing the right thing. You are a class act !! Congratulations on a great day of fishing with your wife. I won’t second guess the decision of any officer… personally… when someone walked up to me and made a confession… Well, sometimes written warnings are in order. Of course different states have different policies.

 

[Tradewind]

1/3 Shore Lunch original, 1/3 Chef Roberts breading, and 1/3 crushed (very fine) saltine cracker crumbs. Mix them together in a ziplock. Take the nice clean fillets (cut into bite size pieces and sliced thin if you have a thick fillet) and put them in the ziplock with the breading and shake it up until they are completely covered in a light coating. Don’t dip in egg or beer or any nonsense like that.

Get a cast iron kettle filled with oil. I like corn or canola, but peanut and vegetable oil work just fine, too. Heat the oil to 375. Try not to let the oil cool down to below 325ish and definitely don’t let the oil get above 400. USE A THERMOMETER. Fry the fillets until golden brown. Salt and pepper to taste. Report back. You won’t be disappointed

thank you, i will try it

 

[Johnny Bravo]

We had a stellar day too. Carp in the morning, walleye and trout in the afternoon…



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What do you do with the carp?

 

[Joe Hulburt]

A guy has to pull something like that once in a while so that the rest of the time when you are on point you can feel good about it.

 

[Big Fin]

The pike and wind finally drove us off the lake, but not before we burned through four dozen crawlers and boated nine great fish.

Today, I pulled them out of the livewell and dropped them in the landing net, one by one. Nine. Drained the livewell to check for hidden fish. None to be found. Refilled the livewell and bled them.

Fillets on ice. Walleye dinner when we get home.

 

[get-n-birdy]

1/3 Shore Lunch original, 1/3 Chef Roberts breading, and 1/3 crushed (very fine) saltine cracker crumbs. Mix them together in a ziplock. Take the nice clean fillets (cut into bite size pieces and sliced thin if you have a thick fillet) and put them in the ziplock with the breading and shake it up until they are completely covered in a light coating. Don’t dip in egg or beer or any nonsense like that.

Get a cast iron kettle filled with oil. I like corn or canola, but peanut and vegetable oil work just fine, too. Heat the oil to 375. Try not to let the oil cool down to below 325ish and definitely don’t let the oil get above 400. USE A THERMOMETER. Fry the fillets until golden brown. Salt and pepper to taste. Report back. You won’t be disappointed

That oil temp suggestion is spot on! One of the biggest things people don't pay enough attention too. The breading can be great, but if that oil heat isn't right, the rest doesn't matter.

Learned long ago from an old guy if there are any leftovers to make a great sandwich out of them. That is if there is any leftovers. Pre-heat an oven or air fryer to 375. Then toss them in once the oven is pre-heated till they are hot in the middle and you can make a great sandwich out of them. A slice of cheese melted on top is something I personally really like as well. But we rarely have leftovers. Our 3 oldest boys, who are now adult men, can literally eat an unholy amount of fish.

One year on lake of the woods years ago we forgot stuff to fry fish with. We had ritz crackers and butter. The kids still talk about how good those fish were.

 

[seeth07]

This is what we have found makes the best light, crispy and tasty coating for fish fried in a hot oil pan. No other seasoning added. No egg, just the fish rinsed clean and set on a grate to air dry but placed into a bag of these bread crumbs slightly before they are completely dry. The slight bit of moisture left on the filets allows the crumbs to stick to the fish.

 

[stillkickin]

Any good size pike are in serious trouble if I’m in your boat!

 

[Big Fin]

Any good size pike are in serious trouble if I’m in your boat!

Better bring your fillet knife next month. Released a half dozen between 6-10# today.

 

[Hem]

Better bring your fillet knife next month. Released a half dozen between 6-10# today.

Pin me when you release a 20lb plus, I'll be there in 6 hours.

 

[Big Fin]

Pin me when you release a 20lb plus, I'll be there in 6 hours.

Not this trip and not 20#, but those sized pike are around here at times. This one was released after a few pics. Had one big pike follow up a big perch this morning. Never was a perch so happy to be brought on board a boat. Most often they just break the line and you don’t get to see them.



A pike junkie like you would probably do good here, especially with your fly hackle in the south facing bays right after ice-out.

 

[NoWiser]

I told my son he can be whatever he wants to be when he grows up and I’ll always be proud of him. But if he ever admits to being a pike fisherman…well, I just don’t know…

 

[R.K.]

Does anybody rent fishing boats up there? This has me thinking I might have to take a trip.

 

[Pagosa]

Does anybody rent fishing boats up there? This had me thinking I might have to take a trip.

No

 

[stillkickin]

Better bring your fillet knife next month. Released a half dozen between 6-10# today.

Iso Hauki = filee veitsi

 

[shrapnel]

What do you do with the carp?

Donate them to the nearest bank…

 

[EKYHunter]

Way to do the right thing @Big Fin. Congrats on a good trip.