netminder Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 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. If you are going to bleed it, where do you do it? Back into the water, or in a cooler, or...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck2fan Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 If you are going to bleed it, where do you do it? Back into the water, or in a cooler, or...? I strictly shore fish, so if I am keeping a smallie it goes on a stringer and back into the water and bleeds out there. Disclaimer I only keep smallies from a quarry that is 100ft deep in parts so the water is always cool a few feet down. Never seen one with worms from there in over 40 yrs. The difference was amazing though once an uncle explained you have to kill it right away if you want to keep it. Never take one over a couple of lbs max either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Ironmaker Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 (edited) If keeping a few always bleed them out in the water then put them on ice immediately. With the crazy price for a bag of ice we fill large soda bottles with water and freeze them the night before. Throw them in the live well or simply a cooler. Lay the fish under the frozen bottles. I use the same bottles all season, just throw them back in the freezer. Rinse them off before re freezing. They will stay frozen all day in the summer and even overnight if in a cooler. Edited February 21, 2016 by Old Ironmaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 If keeping a few always bleed them out in the water then put them on ice immediately. With the crazy price for a bag of ice we fill large soda bottles with water and freeze them the night before. Throw them in the live well or simply a cooler. Lay the fish under the frozen bottles. I use the same bottles all season, just throw them back in the freezer. Rinse them off before re freezing. They will stay frozen all day in the summer and even overnight if in a cooler. We do this for camping too. Last longer than blocks of ice and its free and re usable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosebunk Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Don't think I remember EVER hearing or reading of fishing nearly that good on the Nip. Especially over just a few hours. Great catching! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeytier Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Nipissing has been producing big time this year. Average size is up across the board, numbers are great and I've seen pics of plenty of giants being caught. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 (edited) So nip revived itself in the matter of of a year(or so) ??? Wicked Musta hit the sweetspot chad or what do ya figure? Edited February 23, 2016 by manitoubass2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeytier Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 It's always been a walleye factory. The only people that don't think that are the ones that don't fish it. The only real notable change seems to be the average size has increased across the board, which is great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormdunker Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 When fishing walleye on Erie I cut the gills with a pair of side cutters (wire cutters), hook it on to a stringer, put it overboard & let it bleed out for about 10 minutes while you continue trolling. When filleting them you will see they are as white as paper. No blood! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted February 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Sweetspot...yes. We've always done well there, but nothing like the action this day. In my opinion, completely unscientific but based on some knowledge and history of the lake, I'd say Nip has recovered a bit since it hit rock bottom, but in a couple more years you'll see even bigger gains. If the keep rates stay low, in 4 years this will be an absolute fish factory again. Nip just keeps trying and trying to recover...it just needed some breathing space, which I think the new MNR and FN rules are giving it. We need to remember that Nip was never known as a size lake. It was always a numbers lake. I hear lots of people this year catching 10-20 a day, which if you compare to any other lake in the area, is a great day of fishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acountdeleted Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Nipissing has been producing big time this year. Average size is up across the board, numbers are great and I've seen pics of plenty of giants being caught. So this is why there was no G2G this year eh? Worried Nick and I would clean the place out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnsled Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 That sure is an incredible day and time well spent with your Dad. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKRISONER Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 unreal, you guys sure did better than my buddy who literally rented a hut for 2 days and caught 2 perch and one tiny walleye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.brock Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Damn, I'd be out there any chance I could get if I was you Chad. Some guys take and fry the pectoral fins too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted February 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 I was out there again today with a friend, only 27 walleye and 1 keeper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaster Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 I just cut the cheeks out of all my walleye dab some crazy glue on and let them go... just kidding. awesome report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 I was out there again today with a friend, only 27 walleye and 1 keeper Darn dood!!! Nice shooting, ya gotter dialed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Ironmaker Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 When fishing walleye on Erie I cut the gills with a pair of side cutters (wire cutters), hook it on to a stringer, put it overboard & let it bleed out for about 10 minutes while you continue trolling. When filleting them you will see they are as white as paper. No blood! I only had to loose 1 nice stringer of fish once when I clipped the stringer to the tinny and kept trolling. The combination of trolling and the river current had to pull the wire loose. Never again. We once bought those new fangled stringers from the Sportsman show years back with the plastic locking clips and our 2 buddies went to show us their catch and we said nice stringer, all the clips opened and they lost some nice fish while trolling. I cried too because it was supposed to be supper. I will never troll with fish in the water again. I will bleed them out when putting all the tackle away for the ride back in. No more stringers for me. A good line through the gills for only a few minutes. That blood also makes fish moist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 I never bleed fish out. Just a personal preference, never noticed a difference to be honest. Most of the fresh water fish taste the same or earily similar. Cook a crappie, a pike, a walleye, a sauger, a perch without breading etc and tell me which tastes better. The only on with flavour, imo is crappie. The rest need to be breaded and fried, seasoned to impart any flavour.(or souped/griĺled) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeytier Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Chad ruined my lake for me. Thanks to this post Nip is gonna have hundreds of huts on it next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 (edited) Chad ruined my lake for me. Thanks to this post Nip is gonna have hundreds of huts on it next year No walleys on nip but in chads spot lol Edited February 24, 2016 by manitoubass2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch01 Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Chad ruined my lake for me. Thanks to this post Nip is gonna have hundreds of huts on it next year Next year? Why wait? I'm on my way up Friday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted February 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Don't worry Joey, if Nip runs out of walleye, they'll stock it with splake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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