More gills
Michigan Fishing
Jan 30, 2023 14:15:50 #
Jan 30, 2023 14:30:13 #
DC
Loc: Washington state
Captain Nick wrote:
Mmmmmm mmmmmmm mm fresh caught gills! Pre-seasoned by nature, not much is needed to enhance the flavor. Blugill along with their cousins the Redear, and shell cracker and the like are the only sunfish I absolutely leave the skin on.
last time I caught a couple nice size blue gills I fileted and skinned them but thought what I ended up with wasn't worth the effort so next time just let them go. I was wondering if I'd be better off just scaleing, cleaning them and frying them up whole and picking the meat off the bones like you would a small trout.
Jan 30, 2023 14:31:04 #
davedumont
Loc: Oscoda, Michigan
flyguy wrote:
Ya, but, yacker likes to embellish a little. Good or bad? 🤔🤔🤔🤔
Lol.
Jan 30, 2023 14:32:22 #
Jan 30, 2023 14:39:01 #
davedumont
Loc: Oscoda, Michigan
DC wrote:
last time I caught a couple nice size blue gills I fileted and skinned them but thought what I ended up with wasn't worth the effort so next time just let them go. I was wondering if I'd be better off just scaleing, cleaning them and frying them up whole and picking the meat off the bones like you would a small trout.
Yeah you don't get much. I wonder if that's why they allow 25 per day? Lol. I've tried them all ways and they are all good. Before I knew how to fillet I used to just scale them, gut them, then cut off the head, tail and fins. At that point I'd rince them, batter them and throw them in the pan.
Jan 30, 2023 15:19:54 #
davedumont wrote:
Yeah you don't get much. I wonder if that's why they allow 25 per day? Lol. I've tried them all ways and they are all good. Before I knew how to fillet I used to just scale them, gut them, then cut off the head, tail and fins. At that point I'd rince them, batter them and throw them in the pan.
Good eating that way 😋
Jan 30, 2023 16:16:03 #
DC wrote:
last time I caught a couple nice size blue gills I fileted and skinned them but thought what I ended up with wasn't worth the effort so next time just let them go. I was wondering if I'd be better off just scaleing, cleaning them and frying them up whole and picking the meat off the bones like you would a small trout.
I recommend it DC. I used to know people that requested the gill eggs for their delight. When I'd clean them, observers questioned my salvaging the roe and to my suprise they also were fans of eating the roe and felt somewhat ashamed to keep them until they saw that I was keeping them. I tried them once and it wasn't for me but perhaps I should have let an experienced cook prepare them. I even leave the fins on. The dorsal I pull away afterwards and put the hot sause in it's place. The tails are a crunchy treat. Crappie are equally good eating that way but they grow big enough to fillet.
Jan 30, 2023 20:00:25 #
davedumont
Loc: Oscoda, Michigan
Whitey wrote:
Good eating that way 😋
Agreed! It's my favorite way to eat them.
Jan 30, 2023 20:03:54 #
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Jan 31, 2023 07:02:31 #
Feb 1, 2023 10:04:04 #
davedumont wrote:
I only had a couple hours just before sundown to fish today and managed to catch 5 keepers. All 8" to 9". Caught at least as many smaller ones. Same lake as last time. Just enough for a nice meal for me. Nice clean fish.
Good going, will make a fine meal. What was the bait
Feb 1, 2023 13:38:06 #
davedumont
Loc: Oscoda, Michigan
ranger632 wrote:
Good going, will make a fine meal. What was the bait
Thanks! I was using waxworms with a chrome teardrop jig.
Feb 1, 2023 19:28:41 #
Great fishing on those bluegill's Dave! Wow...that's some pretty deep water they were in! Glad you coaxed them onto the hook!
I've just returned from a 3 day snowmobiling ride in the UP (Michigan's Upper Peninsula) and I'm pretty tuckered out...but hope to squeeze in some local ice fishing over the next 2 days once I rest up! It was really cold, and back home pretty much the same so the ice thickness should be even better than when I left!
I've just returned from a 3 day snowmobiling ride in the UP (Michigan's Upper Peninsula) and I'm pretty tuckered out...but hope to squeeze in some local ice fishing over the next 2 days once I rest up! It was really cold, and back home pretty much the same so the ice thickness should be even better than when I left!
Feb 1, 2023 21:37:28 #
davedumont wrote:
Thanks! I was using waxworms with a chrome teardrop jig.
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