Ice fishing

[WindingRoad]

haha, ya we call them northern pike or pike for short.

not sure who calls them pickerel here, as most people say walleye. but am in western Canada might be different in the east.

We call them pickerel here in Maine. Bony fish.

 

[aart]

Saw an outdoors show a couple days ago...perch thru the ice, brought back pangs of a lot of good times.

 

[bobbi-j]

Yeah, going out on the lakes in northern states in your car is very safe when the ice is thick enough. Although, a few years ago I was at some snow sculpting thing that my mom was judging and a whole bunch of cars that decided to park out on the ice fell through.
https://fox6now.com/2016/02/06/breaking-several-cars-fall-through-ice-at-lake-genevas-winterfest/
Pretty lazy of them, just could not take the time to find a parking spot so they all hearded up on the ice. Of course this is a lot more than a few cars and from what I remember it had not been extremely cold that week.

Common sense. It's kind of important when driving (or parking) on the ice.

Yep, I was going for Northerns... the thing you guys call “pike”. They are one of my favorite fried fish. I prefer them to walleye (pickerel, for you). A couple weeks ago while fishing with Holm we got a crappie on the tip up...Holm pulled it up.. when tip up fishing it is kind of a community event. The same person setting the tip up may not be the one to pull them up.

My favorite are perch, then walleye. Northerns are too bony and too fishy for me.

 

[007Sean]

I've been on Geneva several times, but never when the water's hard. Son's up there & has been on the ice a few times. At least all those vehicles on the bottom make good Crappie structure.

 

[duluthralphie]

haha, ya we call them northern pike or pike for short.

not sure who calls them pickerel here, as most people say walleye. but am in western Canada might be different in the east.

My friends in Thunder Bay call them pike and pickerel I was always correcting them.

 

[duluthralphie]

We call them pickerel here in Maine. Bony fish.

Only bony if you are not knowledgeable enough to fillet them properly

 

[duluthralphie]

Common sense. It's kind of important when driving (or parking) on the ice.
My favorite are perch, then walleye. Northerns are too bony and too fishy for me.

I will have to teach you how to properly fillet them bonelessly.

 

[WindingRoad]

Only bony if you are not knowledgeable enough to fillet them properly

Aw we were so hungry when I was a kid we gutted them tore of the tail and fins and fried them up right there on the ice. No fancy boning.

My father told me one time we were so poor we used to have fried rabbit whiskers for supper. I believed him for a long time. Longer that the Santa thingy.

 

[bobbi-j]

I will have to teach you how to properly fillet them bonelessly.

DH fillets them so they're pretty good as far as bones go. I still prefer the taste of perch and walleye.

 

[Cyprus]

You southies don't know how to have any fun.

I was just gonna comment that!

Here is Wisco, I'm havin' a dance party on our frozen lake!