Rod Caster Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Me and my Dad had a ridiculously good day of fishing yesterday. In 3hrs we caught 53 walleye. Only a couple were under 14", the biggest was 21" and we actually managed to keep our limit of 2 each over 18.1". It was a workout running around tending lines and changing minnows. Tons of fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAW Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Wicked!! What part of the fish are those small chunks of meat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted February 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Cheeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenboater Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 let's hope this is an uptrend for stocks overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Medallions! Great fishimg man! Beauty walleyes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acountdeleted Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 (edited) Wow! What a haul! Glad to hear the fishing was successful and that you were able to grab some keepers. Those medallions look delicious! Also, you have to teach me how you clean a fish. Those are some great fillets. Edited February 20, 2016 by jeremy84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esoxansteel Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Your cleaning skills are excellent, esp for saving those scrumptious cheeks, boneless all the way fillets as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Bleed the keepers as soon as you catch them by cutting their gills and you're fillets will be perfect white. Nice day crazy action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted February 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 I take pride in my fish-cleaning skills. Waste as little as possible with nice presentation. I'll try bleeding the keepers next time. I usually only do that with rainbow trout so why not apply that to ther species Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelheadphycho Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 That's some GREAT eatin'! Congrats!! And it's good to hear they come from Nip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Fantastic!!!! Paul and a friend of ours and myself used to joke that we should sell pickled pickerel cheeks in a jar Love them cheeks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted February 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Fantastic!!!! Paul and a friend of ours and myself used to joke that we should sell pickled pickerel cheeks in a jar Love them cheeks! That's pretty funny, and actually not a bad idea at all to Pickle them. Imagine that on a cracker, dam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Wow, that's awesome. I haven't had a day on Nip through the ice like that in a long time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Ironmaker Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 (edited) What a great day on the ice, way to go guys, fantastic report, thank you for some good news finally out of Nip. It's about time that a good report of fish came from Nippising. The changes in the commercial fishery is one reason why I hope. It is only about one single day of fishing though. Let's all hope it's not a fluke and we can look forward to the day that they raise the keep numbers for the sake of the businesses up there. The outfitters up there need this badly. Man Nip is where I caught my first non panfish. The in laws had a wonderful place at Bear Creek. I was so green I used my brothers spinning outfit and it was left hand reel so I turned it upside down to reel with my right. That was until a kind fisherman showed me how to switch over the handle. I hope my in laws had a good chuckle watching me fish upside down. Edited February 20, 2016 by Old Ironmaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted February 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Surprisingly, the outfitters are doing very well this year. I assume because of the lack of ice down south. I did very well on Wednesday and Thursday as well, so I'm thinking it wasn't a fluke... But that's all at the same location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAW Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Cheeks I didn't think they would be that thick!! I'm never going to pass by s cheek again in my life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelheadphycho Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 I didn't think they would be that thick!! I'm never going to pass by s cheek again in my life! No doubt! I used to think my old man was nuts for bothering with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Cheeks are the best part of a walleye! How is this not common knowledge with experienced walleye anglers??? Mmmmm medalions??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spincast Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 sweet day . cool mobile fish hut you got there too in the first pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 sweet day . cool mobile fish hut you got there too in the first pic Did that make you want to go out know? LOL Nice feed and report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted February 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 sweet day . cool mobile fish hut you got there too in the first pic Yep! It's a five man hut, but the queen seat sucks for jigging haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porkpie Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 Surprisingly, the outfitters are doing very well this year. I assume because of the lack of ice down south. I did very well on Wednesday and Thursday as well, so I'm thinking it wasn't a fluke... But that's all at the same location. It's not a fluke. We murdered them in the summer as well. Quality is poor, and it took us many fish to boat some nice eaters. But on the other side of the coin, triple headers where common. If the fish can gain some ground size wise, and the natives can restrict their netting a little bit, Nippissing will be great once again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeytier Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 Nipissing is dead, Chad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Ironmaker Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 If anyone has never cut out the cheeks do it. Cut to the bone about 3/4 of the way around and simply peel them of the skin with the blade of the knife. Has anyone tried Walleye wings? That is the meat behind the head to just past the pec fins, more meat than a cheek too. Use a electric knife or as we have giant Walleye here on Erie I actually use a Sawsall to cut through the spine and you get a salmon type steak. There's lots of meat there. The pec fins are left on so you hold onto them like chicken wings to gnaw on the cheek type meat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck2fan Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 I take pride in my fish-cleaning skills. Waste as little as possible with nice presentation. I'll try bleeding the keepers next time. I usually only do that with rainbow trout so why not apply that to ther species EXACTLY.... For people who think small mouth from cool water taste muddy. Next time if you want to keep a 2lber for a meal. Kill it immediately, by bleeding it, if you are keeping it for the table. So the fish doesn't release acids from the stress of being in the live well or on the stringer that change the taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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