bassjnkie Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 Funny no one mentioned Carp! If I won't eat it, I won't target it... Favourites are Perch, Crappie, Pike, Salmon, Lake Trout, Rainbow and sometimes Whitefish. I will supplement a camping meal with a freshly caugh Largemouth bass - but wouldn't bring them home ordinarily. Don't target them then. I love carp haters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 <br />When I ate fresh water fish,my main fish were perch,crappie and whitefish.<br /><br /><br /><br /> Like Brian...I prefer salt water seafood...But will eat a meal of perch, crappie, bluegill, and smallmouths (in the 2 to 2 1/2 lb range)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 I'm allergic, so I'm batting a personal 100% catch and release rate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chessy Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 i only eat warm water species like walley and perch blue gill and crappy . however when i travel to the states i take my limmit of salmon down and when i leave i seem to always come home with about 40lb of stripper bass ..(i dont know who is coming out better on this deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmeh Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 When fishing in my local spots I release all of the fish I catch, with the exception of 1 or 2 fish a year that are hooked to deeply to survive. Most of my more local spots are in southern Ontario so I figure they already receive enough harvest pressure. On the occasional trips to more northern, or remote areas, where the populations are stronger I will take the odd fish here and there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiel Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 and I never keep some for the freezer..eat it fresh or let it swim away I'm with you there Terry, nothing I bring home (rare as it is) ever sees the freezer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scugpg Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 (edited) I love walleye and crappie. Perch and Northern are good as well. I eat quite a bit during the year but only eater size. Unfortunately in SW Ontario she's slim picking for clean water. I never freeze fish though just keep enough for the day's meal...usually its barely enough for a meal anyhow Edited August 25, 2010 by scugog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish-miester Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 a guess in a year I keep 30 crappie 80 Perch 4 walleye 2 specks .5 pike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiel Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 a guess in a year I keep .5 pike Do you catch 'em that way? Enquiring minds want to know...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 Funny no one mentioned Carp! No one mentioned musky either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbouck Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 No one mentioned musky either... I only go muskie fishing once a year but I keep all 4 or 5 that I usually catch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish-miester Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 Do you catch 'em that way? Enquiring minds want to know...... haha just means if me or my buddy catch one we might split it. or one year Il keep one the next I wont kind of thing haha. depends on the mood I am in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiel Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 No one mentioned musky either... No matter how many times I've tried it and how many ways I've cooked it I just can't get used to the taste of it! But I'm not about to give up...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiel Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 haha just means if me or my buddy catch one we might split it. or one year Il keep one the next I wont kind of thing haha. depends on the mood I am in Thanks FM, though I was only kidding it did kind of leave you wondering. For all I knew you may have been taking off one fillet and letting 'em go...... (J/K) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish-miester Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 Thanks FM, though I was only kidding it did kind of leave you wondering. For all I knew you may have been taking off one fillet and letting 'em go...... (J/K) haha well the way my buddy fillets fish you might as well just take one fillet and release them lol.. thats why when Im in the mood to I'll end up doing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LivingLegend Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 Catch and release for me, I'm not starving so i dont need to eat'em........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 (edited) The wife and I only keep what we want to eat. In a typical year we probably consume about 24 Walleye, 12 Perch, 12 Smallmouth, 6 Lake Trout. Any large examples get released. We only keep Walleye between 15-18", Smallmouth between 12-16", Perch 11-12", Lake Trout between 16-18". All Northern, Muskie, Crappie and Rock Bass go back. We fish about 130 days out of every year. Edited August 25, 2010 by Old Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaydub Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 I'll cook up small to mid-size pike if I catch em, a limit on white fish or lakers ice fishing and 5 - 10 perch meals a year! My kids go nuts over perch so although I love it I don't usually end up with much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish-miester Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 I could really go for a fish fry right about now... Perch + home made wedges/fries.... MMMMM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecher Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 I never keep fish in the freezer and when I come home with some I usually clean them and in the pan they go. My favorite species has to be speckles... especially the ones I use to catch during hard water season (pretty rare now a days since trout is closed during winter and no license outfitter to go to ). Nothing better then a freshly caught speck on ice Walleye is my second choice followed by catfish (babotte in French) but I mostly practice catch & release most times Leechman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioFisherman Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 "No one mentioned musky either" LOL Norm, Sheep head! That`s brain food! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBW Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 for me, think of it as the man in the boat, I go right to the honey hole and if I get a good one worth eating (not to big and not too small) then I'll eat it. most is CPR but some times a man's got to do what a man's got to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeontroller Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 I will clean and cook Walleyes for others occasionally, might have a little myself...I bring home a few Rainbows or Salmon every year that won't swim away for my neighbor Tony, but for the most part I'm 95% C&R...I really enjoy watching them swim away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 The wife along with my kids keep enough for having a fish fry for the "Boys" on certain occasions. Probably will have a fish fry in early November up North. I think Pigeontroller enjoys the deep fried mushrooms I do up more than the fish. Hey, I got something new for this year, it's called a blooming onion. It is soooooo gooooooood! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeontroller Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 Ron, only 1 kind of Mushroom I enjoy...I'll bring some in November... You bringing the Gran Marnier again??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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