Jonny Posted August 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 I'm just surprised that 6 lb Walleye ( not pickerel) can get so much attention Around here it's a pickerel. But yeah, up around Timmins/Cochrane/Chapleau a six-pounder wouldn't really raise any eyebrows. You'd just say yeah, nice fish, and keep on fishin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIFTER_016 Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Around here it's a pickerel. But yeah, up around Timmins/Cochrane/Chapleau a six-pounder wouldn't really raise any eyebrows. You'd just say yeah, nice fish, and keep on fishin'. Same goes for Lake Erie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Ellison Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 A trip to Nippising can be a G-note for a week easily. I can see, for that price, wanting to have a shore lunch if that's the only fish you caught. I would let it go, and catch a hundred 6" perch . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Buck Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 break out the oil... she's getting fried!! Those that have the opportunity to fish frequently would probably let it go... others not so much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdrifter Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 call me slow, but i have NO IDEA what you're talking about. JHC you're confrontational. Are you sitting on a dong or something??!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cudz Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 you don't win friends with salad or math jokes! I don't make friends with salad and I am a math teacher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThisPlaceSucks Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 JHC you're confrontational. Are you sitting on a dong or something??!! how was that confrontational? i was legitimately confused until i searched wikipedia for gross and 144... this just in, pot calls kettle black! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerritt Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 She'd be great with butter drizzled on her.... and a bit of fresh dill.. G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIFTER_016 Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 She'd be great with butter drizzled on her.... and a bit of fresh dill.. G Or CHRONZINATED!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdrifter Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 how was that confrontational? i was legitimately confused until i searched wikipedia for gross and 144... this just in, pot calls kettle black! My my my you're a mouthy sod ain't ya. Betcha we'd get along great!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyb Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 I voted no, back in the water it goes....the only way I'd keep it was if I really wanted a fish fry and simply could not catch a fish below the slot...even then....I don't know that I would keep it...just don't think it would be worth eating at that size Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Posted August 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 ...even then....I don't know that I would keep it...just don't think it would be worth eating at that size Frame of mind, I guess, and each of us is welcome to our own. (I don't mean this disparagingly, please don't take it that way). I've eaten fillets from a number of 6 to 8 pounders over the years (not all ones that I caught myself) and I tasted nothing but great pickerel. I've never heard complaints from anyone else around the dinner table either. I wonder what people have to say about 10-20 lb salmon? I've eaten those fresh too, from Superior, (though I canned a couple 30-35 lb) and didn't bat an eye. I wonder, is part of the prejudice against keeping and eating large pickerel because they are "natural" whereas the salmon are considered "stocked"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTHM Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 I couldn't figure out what you were saying either. I was fishing for a definition of GROSS. 12x12 = 144 = a gross. Boy, I hope I got that right. This is a place where 4x4 seems to = 8. However one must bear in mind the the square root of 69 is .....8 somthing Fiqured I take this thread even farther south.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camillj Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 However one must bear in mind the the square root of 69 is .....8 somthing Fiqured I take this thread even farther south.... Well, and I speak from experience .. a six pound (legal) Pickeral is EXCELLENT eating .... and I am not ashamed to admit it. Now ... the second and third one would probably be sent back with all due dispatch to be shared with the next fortunate angler .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twocoda Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 i dont give a rats arse if its against the grain of this thread....6 pounds of pickeral would be a treat to my palate since i havent had any in years...so i would eat it ALL and not invite anyone over to join me ...recently during the past derby a guy picked one up trolling back into port and i offered him three salmon for his 5ish pounder...he declined .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickingfrog Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 I have and will continue to release all walleye that size and bigger. That does not however, make me better than someone who keeps one. That's my choice, and their's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbouck Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 break out the oil... she's getting fried!! Those that have the opportunity to fish frequently would probably let it go... others not so much... My thoughts exactly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daplumma Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 (edited) Been there,caught that and it swam away. Ain't nuffin grosser than 12x12. Thats just gross Edited August 20, 2009 by Daplumma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greencoachdog Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 (edited) I dunno?... a 6 lb. Red Fin or Grass Pickerel would be world records for sure!!!... but I feel sure that I would release them after timely pics were taken to document the moment! A 6 lb. Chain Pickerel is a trophy fish for anywhere!!!... it would swim free after a pic or 2 as well!!! Now if you're talking aboot the less educated Canadian term for Walleye as Pickeral, the 6 lber. would swim... I'd rather take my chances on keeping and eating 3 or 4 "slotties" than to kill such a magnificent creature!!! ... but that's just a Retneks POV!!! btw... I'd just like to add that I love to rape the Canadian resources whenever I get the chance!!! Edited August 20, 2009 by GCD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greencoachdog Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Been there,caught that and it swam away. Thats just gross a dozen dozen is the grossest of the gross!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Posted August 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 (edited) I dunno?... a 6 lb. Red Fin or Grass Pickerel would be world records for sure!!!... but I feel sure that I would release them after timely pics were taken to document the moment!A 6 lb. Chain Pickerel is a trophy fish for anywhere!!!... it would swim free after a pic or 2 as well!!! Now if you're talking aboot the less educated Canadian term for Walleye as Pickeral, the 6 lber. would swim... Pickerel it is, here in the North. You'll just have to learn to live with your frustration. I'd rather take my chances on keeping and eating 3 or 4 "slotties" than to kill such a magnificent creature!!! So you'd rather take illegal fish. Nice. btw... I'd just like to add that I love to rape the Canadian resources whenever I get the chance!!! Taking a fish that you are allowed by the regulations to take doesn't equal "raping the resource". You'll have to get used to that idea too. Your post is quite a 3 in 1 troll. Edited August 20, 2009 by Jocko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greencoachdog Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 (edited) Pickerel it is, here in the North. You'll just have to learn to live with your frustration...or your ignorance? So you'd rather take illegal fish. Nice... would I be the first or the last??? Taking a fish that you are allowed by the regulations to take doesn't equal "raping the resource". You'll have to get used to that idea too...who sez I take the ones I'm allowed??? Your post is quite a 3 in 1 troll.... it THRILLS me that you noticed that!!! Edited August 20, 2009 by GCD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Posted August 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 (edited) Pickerel it is, here in the North. You'll just have to learn to live with your frustration...or your ignorance? If I thought you had "stupid" names for your local fish down there in Alabama, I wouldn't make a big deal out of it and tell you because: a ) I wouldn't care enough b ) It's not polite So who's ignorant? We call 'em pickerel. Like I suggested, get over it Edited August 20, 2009 by Jocko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBW Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 if I had no others for food, then bonk it, clean it and cook it. IF I had others in the 16" to 17.5" range then off it would go. But food is food and it is within my right to keep the ONE. I had one a few weeks ago that was on the 5LB range and I kept it, cooked it and it was great. I tried to catch others smaller so I could set it free but no such luck and my family wanted to try it (I would have eaten it all if they didn't) so in the pan it went. Do I regret it, NO. The MNR had the ntes in the lake 3 times this year on my lake so I don't think I did any damage, did they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish4Eyes Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 I vote release just because that's me. On my last trip to the west arm I released 3 fish of around 5 lbs (25") and one beautifully built heavy 28+" fish around 8 lbs. I know they may be past their breeding prime, but my hope is some kid gets a chance to catch one of those and it makes his or her vacation. Purely personal choice and I certainly wouldn't criticize another person's decision to keep their catch. Good on ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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