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Jan 8, 2021 10:54:26   #
FS Digest
 
We don't have pike where i fish.. Most people I've asked say it isn't worth dealing with all the bones. I was wondering whether you all were eating them or releasing them back.

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Jan 8, 2021 11:04:25   #
OJdidit Loc: Oak Creek Wisconsin
 
FS Digest wrote:
We don't have pike where i fish.. Most people I've asked say it isn't worth dealing with all the bones. I was wondering whether you all were eating them or releasing them back.

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by Chess-Piece-Face


They are delicious, but I would probably not eat one over 10# Much depends on the water they came from.
There are 5 filets on each of them and numerous videos online which can show how to avoid the Y bones.

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Jan 9, 2021 09:55:35   #
Papa Jack Loc: Indianapolis
 
Yes they are. Once you learn how to clean they are very tasty. There are several good videos on YouTube teaching methods to clean

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Jan 9, 2021 10:59:13   #
Robo
 
Yes pike can be delicious. As others have stated they need to be Filleted correctly. They have Y bones tricky to get

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Jan 9, 2021 11:19:11   #
Catfish hunter Loc: Riggins idaho (Paradise)
 
FS Digest wrote:
We don't have pike where i fish.. Most people I've asked say it isn't worth dealing with all the bones. I was wondering whether you all were eating them or releasing them back.

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by Chess-Piece-Face


Different folks have different tastes. I, personally, don’t eat them. Don’t like the taste but in know folks that love to eat em. Personal preference.

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Jan 9, 2021 11:33:35   #
CircleHook67 Loc: Florida
 
I grind them up add onions, celery, raw egg and white bread. Make like meatballs then boil them in chicken stock. Eat hot with cocktail sauce.

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Jan 9, 2021 12:13:17   #
JRK227 Loc: Cedarburg, WI
 
Great eating fish. I you go on U-tube there are directions on how to filet Northern Pike and end up with 5 boneless filets. They are a hard fighting fish especially when they are over 30". Delicious breaded and pan fried or baked.

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Jan 9, 2021 13:28:42   #
harleypiker Loc: WA
 
FS Digest wrote:
We don't have pike where i fish.. Most people I've asked say it isn't worth dealing with all the bones. I was wondering whether you all were eating them or releasing them back.

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by Chess-Piece-Face


The best eating fish in the world is walleye. The second best is pike under 2 lbs. Can hardly tell them apart. The third would be cod. I filet out the rib and Y bones leaving 2 intact fileted pieces. A thin strip of Y bone meat the size of a pencil is discarded.

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Jan 9, 2021 13:36:42   #
Gary Northrop Loc: Richland WA
 
I've found the farther North you fish, the better they taste. They
seem to replacing walleye as the favored shore lunch fish in many
of the lakes I fish -- more flavor, but not "fishy."

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Jan 9, 2021 13:50:00   #
Woodsman Loc: Brainerd Mn
 
I eat them all the time but you have to get the bones out first, not a problem once you learn how

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Jan 9, 2021 14:06:20   #
USAF Major Loc: Sea Bright, NJ
 
They were very good eating in Michigan's U.P. especially when you were making $222.30 a month as a second lieutenant.

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Jan 9, 2021 14:19:09   #
MAS fish Loc: Peoria,IL
 
FS Digest wrote:
We don't have pike where i fish.. Most people I've asked say it isn't worth dealing with all the bones. I was wondering whether you all were eating them or releasing them back.

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by Chess-Piece-Face


Keep the mid-sized to larger fish and throw them on the smoker. Doesn''t get much better but you can watch you-tube videos and get the way to fillet them out in 5 fillets and have very few bones and they fry up great.
MAS fish

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Jan 9, 2021 15:11:18   #
Catfish hunter Loc: Riggins idaho (Paradise)
 
Gary Northrop wrote:
I've found the farther North you fish, the better they taste. They
seem to replacing walleye as the favored shore lunch fish in many
of the lakes I fish -- more flavor, but not "fishy."


I remember my sister catching some in Canada several years ago and they were dang good come to think of it.

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Jan 9, 2021 15:12:53   #
MSHohman Loc: Nebraska
 
Yes there’s a Y bone remove it and you have some nice fillets to eat just as good as any walleye.

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Jan 9, 2021 16:27:00   #
smells fishy Loc: central wisconsin
 
Great eating out of cold water. Small ones where legal are terrific pickled.

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