Is Northern Pike any good for eating?
Jan 10, 2021 14:06:26 #
I love it fried. I rate it in the top five of my all time favorites.
Jan 10, 2021 15:13:59 #
Gary Northrop
Loc: Richland WA
I'm with you, CRKfish. I'll take pike from northern canada before
walleye and halibut.
walleye and halibut.
Jan 10, 2021 18:08:50 #
Great shore lunch in Canada deep friedthen add polatoes and onions can of baked beans and you are set
Jan 11, 2021 10:36:04 #
Jan 11, 2021 11:29:36 #
MSHohman wrote:
Yes there’s a Y bone remove it and you have some nice fillets to eat just as good as any walleye.
Sorry, can't be compared to Walleye for eating. If unfamiliar with the proper cleaning and preparation of the pike, it is like eating a pin cushion. Catch and return most of the pike I catch.
Jan 11, 2021 13:47:18 #
Silver Haired Daddy
Loc: Venice, FL
Yes, delicious eating fish. I pickled some last summer. Awesome, my gallon pickling jar was emptied very quickly as was my beer cooler.
Jan 11, 2021 14:17:26 #
Northern pike is good eating. This summer I tried removing the Y bone for the first time. The Utube videos show how to did it but not simple when I first tried. It will take practice.
Jan 11, 2021 16:23:24 #
Very tasty! I like to poach the meet and dip in butter-garlic. Poor Man’s Lobster 🦞
32” Witch Lake U P🐟
Jan 11, 2021 23:36:10 #
Jan 12, 2021 08:01:18 #
Kirkmanr wrote:
Very tasty! I like to poach the meet and dip in butter-garlic. Poor Man’s Lobster 🦞
What bait was used to catch that nice one?
MAS fish
Jan 12, 2021 16:31:36 #
Jan 13, 2021 12:18:00 #
When we take first timers with us to Canada each summer they cannot tell the difference between Walleye and Northern on shore lunches. Every is correct you can youtube how to cut Y bones out. If this is difficult for you many years ago I would filet them like a walley taking rib bones out and then skin them, hold the tail end make a cut on the midline of about tow inches pull them apart and all the top part has all the bones bottom is boneless and you have totally boneless fillets. You can throw the bone part away and there is waste or you can chuck them into pieces and pickle them (you can youtube recipes and that dissolves all the bones and if you like pickled fish it is Good eating.
Jan 13, 2021 12:59:47 #
dsquibb wrote:
When we take first timers with us to Canada each s... (show quote)
With doing walleye we always call that process the zipper method and when you do it you will understand.
MAS fish
Oct 9, 2021 00:03:52 #
Grandpa Knows How
Loc: OC, California
I prefer Northern Pike over the Walleye actually.
I grew up eating them as a kid and if you understand the fishes anatomy and bone structure it is no problem eating them with bones in if you you know what your doing. (We learned that there is always the possibility of swallowing a small bone the might not go down. All you need is a small piece of bread to eat and it will go down, bone and all.)
However most people are turned off by the bones and there are lots of video's and other instruction on how to remove the illusive "Y" bone. It will take a few fish to become proficient, but after 73 yrs, you'll get as good at it as I am.
I grew up eating them as a kid and if you understand the fishes anatomy and bone structure it is no problem eating them with bones in if you you know what your doing. (We learned that there is always the possibility of swallowing a small bone the might not go down. All you need is a small piece of bread to eat and it will go down, bone and all.)
However most people are turned off by the bones and there are lots of video's and other instruction on how to remove the illusive "Y" bone. It will take a few fish to become proficient, but after 73 yrs, you'll get as good at it as I am.
Oct 9, 2021 07:05:24 #
Tasted pretty good from the cold waters of Michigan's U.P. when I was stationed there.
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