Hunting And Fishing Thread!?!

[KBFlyer]

Tough to beat cold water pike. Just have never mastered the boneless. Have watched numerous videos and when it comes to actually doing, its fillet massacre.

I pretty much like you. I have no problem doing a larger northern but those little slimmy grass picks are pretty much dog food by the time I try to get all the Y-bones out. I do prefer northerns for a better taste then walleye. Walleye really are pretty tasteless until you add stuff for cooking.

 

[ajbert]

Thought I throw a pic of my wife's buck she got back in Dec. Mule deer buck and 26" wide. Not a monster but big enough to hang on the front of the garage when the snow/ice is gone. Big body which is what is more important than antlers to us. My grandpa used to say, "Antlers are only good for stirring the pot!" I've probably repeated that phrase over the years more than a few times.

I have no clue why she made that face. Maybe she mad at me for making her take a picture with the mount.

 

[Winterrider]

Congrats to the wife, very nice !

 

[luvcatchingbass]

Tough to beat cold water pike. Just have never mastered the boneless. Have watched numerous videos and when it comes to actually doing, its fillet massacre.

I had got good at it a few years ago when I was spearing more and was getting some pretty big ones. 5# or 30" minimum for learning helped a lot. Good sharp fillet knife and patience, I tried a method that starts by laying fish on the belly with looking at the top of the back, cut down to the spine and then follow to the tail-this method did not give easy boneless like the video. Worse case scenario is you bugger things up and you just cut into smaller pieces and make pickled pike

 

[in. pred]

Tough to beat cold water pike. Just have never mastered the boneless. Have watched numerous videos and when it comes to actually doing, its fillet massacre.

i couldnt get that down either. plus i dont like wasting the meat. lol thats why i just bake the fillets and then pluck the bones out. if you chunk and fry you can still break pieces open and pull the bones out. they are very fine also and im sure ive ate plenty of them not knowing. so im not sure eating them is all that bad. lol

 

[uncle eddie]

I have a beaver/otter problem on my farm. Traps are set. So far got one 52 lbs beaver and...the reason for reviving this post. This crazy big otter!
Weight = 29 pounds. State record is 32!
Still have more to trap!

Also - Set 20 dog-proof and 2 live traps yesterday (raccoon, possum, skunk - aka - nest predators). Hoping to score big today.