Rod Caster Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Driving out to a spot wearing shoes, jogging pants and no toque, even at -20 is a fantastic thing. Only in the winter can I take 3 or 4 hours out of my day and easily get to some good fishing with VERY little effort. I love mid-season ice fishing... it can be as easy or challenging as I wish on any particular day. Callander Bay (nipissing) provided some great fishing today. Fished 12-14fow, near a shallow bay, using a tiny buckshot spoon and a minnow head. I tallied 11 walleye, 4 big perch and finally, my first whitefish in a LONG time. Catching a whitefish has been a recent goal of mine, and even though I was not really targeting that species today, it was great to finally catch one. Here are the photos from Callander Bay: Here is a video of JoeyTier catching a nice pike from Nipissing. My narration of "that's a 15 pounder" is NOT accurate haha. WARNING THERE IS ONE SWEAR WORD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osLlY5aCuME&feature=youtu.be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercman Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Awesome Chad !!! Just drive out, open the car door, drill, and reel em in God its great to be Canadian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAW Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Awesome chad! Looking forward to catching up this weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeytier Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Man I want a whitie now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted February 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 (edited) I got two great looking filets off Mr.Whitie. Anybody have good suggestions for cooking whitefish? I was thinking of baking in butter with a some butter, dill and pepper...or something like that. Edited February 7, 2013 by Rod Caster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spincast Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Right on Chad - looks like a great day. Congrats on the whitie. If you want to ship a filet or two down here I have some recipes and can tell which one to use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acountdeleted Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 A whitey in 14 fow? Man you just tell the fish to get up on the ice and they listen to you don't they? Great job. Love the car fishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted February 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Right on Chad - looks like a great day. Congrats on the whitie. If you want to ship a filet or two down here I have some recipes and can tell which one to use? Sure, I'll just pack them with ice and....Hey! wait a minute A whitey in 14 fow? Man you just tell the fish to get up on the ice and they listen to you don't they? Great job. Love the car fishing. I know, I didn't expect to catch a whitefish that's for sure. At first I thought I had a world record herring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdve23rveavwa Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Great stuff Chad!! Must feel good to finally get out there again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip-ripper Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 (edited) Nicely done! it's been a fantastic year for Nipissing that's for sure. "It's a 15 pounder!" lol, I have a buddy that's doing that all the time As for cooking the Whitie, I'm in the same dilemma. Got my first one in years and not sure what to do with it... I thought about baking it with spices and a cream cheese/crab meat covering but have heard that they are terrific fried. Did you find it was a bit of a mess to clean relative to other fish? I did and also mine had snails in its stomach. Edited February 7, 2013 by Trouty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moxie Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Good on you for getting out. Nice catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecmilley Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 nicely done, going after whities myself friday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecher Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 (edited) Awesome Chad Got to love it when you can fish out of your vehicle Congrats on the whitie Bet you thought you had a 15lbs walleye on when that beauty hit your jigging spoon eh Your having a great season so far Keep it up I got two great looking filets off Mr.Whitie. Anybody have good suggestions for cooking whitefish? I was thinking of baking in butter with a some butter, dill and pepper...or something like that. ....... As for cooking the Whitie, I'm in the same dilemma. Got my first one in years and not sure what to do with it...... As for suggestions on cooking whities.... a dab of butter in a hot pan, salt & pepper to taste and that's it That's how I cook my fish.... with a side dish of rice and thinly slice sautéed vegetables Tight lines TJunkie Edited February 7, 2013 by TroutJunkie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted February 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Nicely done! it's been a fantastic year for Nipissing that's for sure. "It's a 15 pounder!" lol, I have a buddy that's doing that all the time As for cooking the Whitie, I'm in the same dilemma. Got my first one in years and not sure what to do with it... I thought about baking it with spices and a cream cheese/crab meat covering but have heard that they are terrific fried. Did you find it was a bit of a mess to clean relative to other fish? I did and also mine had snails in its stomach. You get yours on Nipissing as well? How deep? I'll likely bake it with very basic spices, or I'll do a light breading and bake it. I found it quite easy to clean but yes, it did make a bit of a mess, lots of slime and blood. The wife just found a huge blood stain on the top of the paper towel roll. Lets just say it didn't make her morning haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip-ripper Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 (edited) I got mine in 12 FOW in Nipissing in the middle of the day. I was surprised but happy as it was a different species which is always welcome. Edited February 7, 2013 by Trouty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr blizzard Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Great catch, glad u had a terrific day and most importantly delicious dinner. The whities are alot harder to catch up here than they were in Ontario. After many recipies over the years we still 99 percent of the time do them up as follows. If you have the time cut the fillets into nugget size pieces and put them in a zip lock, add your fish crisp, rocky, chronzy or combination, just enough to coat the fish and leave in the fridge for a couple of hours, if u do not have the time to put in the fridge no worries. Add 1/8 of an inch of olive oil in the frying pan, when the oil is just starting to show tiny pin size bubbles add the fish, turn over till golden brown. Taste like chicken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nipfisher Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Do Whitefish stink like Herring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip-ripper Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Actually, I found it smelled like cucumbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted February 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Exactly my thoughts. For sure like cucumber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted February 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Whitefish baked at 375 degrees with olive oil, pepper and lots of rosemary. Absolutely delicious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gino Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 wow! awesome fish Chad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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