ccmtcanada Posted February 24, 2008 Report Posted February 24, 2008 (edited) Well, I've been on this board for over a year now, and bly and I pretty much live release everything we catch. Well, at the Fishing for Tyler event yesterday, we brought home a bunch of perch with the idea of trying our first fish fry..... <BR><BR> Ok...so we had a sink full of Perch....had to figure out how to clean them all...<BR> <BR> A quick search on the internet brings up a bunch of videos and sites that show you how to clean fish. So, I chose one of them and decided to try to clean them. I'm sure I left some meat on them, but I managed to get thru this exercise in about 45 minutes. I had my helper handing me the fish one at a time, while I sliced them up.....<BR> <BR><BR> <br> Then, using TJs secret batter recipe, we fried them up...and the kitchen was filled with sweet smells! <br><br> <embed width="320" height="240" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://i120.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid120.photobucket.com/albums/o185/ccmtcanada/Fishing%20for%20Tyler%202008/DSCN4998.flv"> <br><BR> And here's the final result....and it turned out great!!! Edited February 25, 2008 by ccmtcanada
Greencoachdog Posted February 25, 2008 Report Posted February 25, 2008 That's great Cliff!!! Your daughter looks adorable handing you those fish with the glove on! Looks like the fish came out perfectly for you ... I wonder what Muskie tastes like fried eh?
Radnine Posted February 25, 2008 Report Posted February 25, 2008 I am having a hard time believing that someone with 4199 posts on a fishing forum has never cleaned a fish before! There’s hope for me yet. I cleaned my first fish last summer (at the tender age of 45). It is still frozen in the freezer. It looks like it was a nice father daughter bonding moment, and thanks for the great video.
solopaddler Posted February 25, 2008 Report Posted February 25, 2008 Nice job Cliff, the end result looks great.
Sinker Posted February 25, 2008 Report Posted February 25, 2008 WOW.....I bet you'll be keeping a few more perch from now on eh.....LOL. Looks good for the first time......the filleting get easier the more you do it!! Sinker
Rich Clemens Posted February 25, 2008 Report Posted February 25, 2008 A feast fit for a king and his family. Very nice.
Greencoachdog Posted February 25, 2008 Report Posted February 25, 2008 I am having a hard time believing that someone with 4199 posts on a fishing forum has never cleaned a fish before! There’s hope for me yet.I cleaned my first fish last summer (at the tender age of 45). It is still frozen in the freezer.It looks like it was a nice father daughter bonding moment, and thanks for the great video.I just take it for granted everybody knows how to clean fish (but I don't just let anybody clean my fish). I've been cleaning fish since I was 7 yrs. old and it's second nature to me.You can learn a lot by cleaning fish, the anotomy of different species and their diet. I always open up the stomachs on mine to have a look see what they had for breakfast.
Bly Posted February 25, 2008 Report Posted February 25, 2008 I am having a hard time believing that someone with 4199 posts on a fishing forum has never cleaned a fish before! There’s hope for me yet.I cleaned my first fish last summer (at the tender age of 45). It is still frozen in the freezer. It looks like it was a nice father daughter bonding moment, and thanks for the great video. There is always hope lol As we were fishing yesterday Cliff was tellimg to me that I had work to do when I got home.....no worries, received a new fillet nice for Christmas and was looking forward to using it.....surprise....Cliff decided to give it a try! He did a great job!
Sandbag Posted February 25, 2008 Report Posted February 25, 2008 Radnine...you read my mind..lol Cheers Craig
ccmtcanada Posted February 25, 2008 Author Report Posted February 25, 2008 What??? LOL. It's true...most of my fish are caught in Lake Ontario, and I still remember the days in the 70's when the warnings were around about not eating anything from the lake. I just started fishing a year and a half ago (after a 20 year break) and today was the first time I ever tried to clean and cook fish. These perch were out of Simcoe so I thought, why not??
irishfield Posted February 25, 2008 Report Posted February 25, 2008 There is always hope lol As we were fishing yesterday Cliff was tellimg to me that I had work to do when I got home.....no worries, received a new fillet nice for Christmas and was looking forward to using it.....surprise....Cliff decided to give it a try! He did a great job! He probably just got tired of waiting for you to get off the phone Bly !
Bly Posted February 25, 2008 Report Posted February 25, 2008 He probably just got tired of waiting for you to get off the phone Bly ! How many fish did you catch yesterday Wayne??
irishfield Posted February 25, 2008 Report Posted February 25, 2008 (edited) MY Simcoe Limit ! Edited February 25, 2008 by irishfield
Mike the Pike Posted February 25, 2008 Report Posted February 25, 2008 Me thinks catch and release percentage is going to change. Walleye is too yummy to throw back of course we don't see small walleye pics from you and Bly.
Joey Posted February 25, 2008 Report Posted February 25, 2008 Mmmm, now I'm hungry. Looks like you did a pretty great job cleaning, got some nice sized filets. So, tell me, how did you get TJ's secret recipe. Obviously not a secret anymore then eh Joey
Rattletrap2 Posted February 25, 2008 Report Posted February 25, 2008 Very nice work Cliff! looks great!
Casey123 Posted February 25, 2008 Report Posted February 25, 2008 Cliff, Way to go on the fish fry. Nothing like the first time, don't worry its never as much fun again. My wife and I had our first 2 years ago, now we are hooked on fresh pearch and the occasional walleye.
ccmtcanada Posted February 25, 2008 Author Report Posted February 25, 2008 Mmmm, now I'm hungry. Looks like you did a pretty great job cleaning, got some nice sized filets. So, tell me, how did you get TJ's secret recipe. Obviously not a secret anymore then eh Joey He revealed it to Bly in a drunken state at Lakair last year...sworn to secrecy of course.... The reciepe that is...get yer mind out of the gutter!!
TJQ Posted February 25, 2008 Report Posted February 25, 2008 Cliff... nice job bud.... Your one of the lucky few I share that recipe with.... lol.. but if i recall I had had a few and bly was hittin' on me.... hard to not give it up!!! And Joey... we can make a deal... as long as Pauls not around....
ricoboxing Posted February 25, 2008 Report Posted February 25, 2008 mmmm looks good. makin me hungry!
foggy Posted February 25, 2008 Report Posted February 25, 2008 lol @ the gloves your daughter is wearing, cute! mmmmmm perch
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