Not the best day on the ice...but

[FinsnFur]

...certainly not the worst either.
That Blugill was 3 ounces over a half a pound!



Those perch are just like candy

I always feel guilty when I find this.



But the guilt goes away when the kitchen fills with the aroma of hot peanut oil
And since I didnt have any of that peanut oil....you dont get to see a pic of the end results. .....yet.

[coyote101]

Looks good so far. 

Pat

[Dave]

I'm jealous of that catch.  I love perch.

[Dave]

Jim, check this video out and next time try this method of filleting a perch.  I never tried it - my brother told me about it.  I won't be in waters where there are yellow perch for 4-5 months and will forget all about this by then.  It's "How to filet a perch in 10 seconds (never mind that the vid is 2 minutes  ).

[FinsnFur]

I will definitely give it a whirl Dave. Looks interesting for sure.
I'm wondering if the ribs get broke and left in. It kind of looks like they do.
I will not eat a fillet with bones it, and I wont serve them either. 
If that little trick does work...it should work for Walleye and Sauger too.

[bigben]

Im jealous. Last year we never got ice. We had almost safe ice till tue when our temps went to 40-60 degs yesterday i was outside with a t shirt sweating. Nice haul

[HaMeR]

That is purdy cool! Leave it to those Canadians to figure that out eh?? lol 

I fished that lake one evening when we were up there. It is enormous!! It is so big they have a ferry to haul folks across because it's too big to drive around. LOL

[FinsnFur]

What lake is that HaMeR?

[Dave]

I'm wondering if the ribs get broke and left in. It kind of looks like they do.

I was thinking the same thing.  I imagine they have to be in there, and am on board with the boneless filets - that's why I can't stand trout (I'll smoke them and then pull off the meat, but won't cook one just to eat it).

[HaMeR]

What lake is that HaMeR?

Lake Simcoe north of Toronto, Ontario.  Google Earth it sometime & use the ruler on it. 


It sounds to me like after it's cooked the meat just falls off the bones.

[FinsnFur]

It sounds to me like after it's cooked the meat just falls off the bones.

Well yea, but any fish will if cooked right. The thing is your dealing with such a small piece of food, who's gonna fluff it to get the bones out when you can grab it and take a bite.
It'd be like eating a Reese's peanut butter cup with a fork.

[FinsnFur]

Now these were gonna be scratch n sniff images...but I think your gonna smell fresh perch frying the minute you look at those.

[coyote101]

Man that looks good! 

Pat

[Okanagan]

Man that looks good! 

Pat

Does it ever!  Haven't lived around that kind of fish and that kind of cooking since I was a kid. 

I'm gonna go raid the fridge for something to cook.

[Dave]

I can both smell it AND hear it.  Now if I could only taste it!