Put the hurt on the 'gills today...

BlueDaksi · 01-31-10, 09:35 PM

My son and I caught 73 jigging small lead-head jigs for 2.5 hours this afternoon on Conesus Lake. They were still biting when we left.

My wife is frying up the fishsticks as I post this...

MallenManson · 01-31-10, 09:40 PM

Haha! Hope there's plenty of tartar sauce and cole slaw! Good haul!

bassinbob · 01-31-10, 10:02 PM

Funny, I just watched some filleting vids the other night. I haven't cleaned a fish since I quit trout fishing. Bluedaksi in your opinion is there any taste difference in fish caught through the ice as opposed to those in other seasons?

keithdog · 01-31-10, 10:07 PM

Nice haul!!! Just have one question? WHEN'S DINNER?????

MallenManson · 01-31-10, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by keithdog

Nice haul!!! Just have one question? WHEN'S DINNER?????

No doubt.!!!!

BlueDaksi · 01-31-10, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by bassinbob

Funny, I just watched some filleting vids the other night. I haven't cleaned a fish since I quit trout fishing. Bluedaksi in your opinion is there any taste difference in fish caught through the ice as opposed to those in other seasons?

Absolutely. My wife just fried up a huge batch of fishsticks and they were delicious. I don't keep bass any season, but trout and panfish seem to taste much better in the winter.

BigBassin144 · 01-31-10, 11:03 PM

Paul, great catch for a few hours! Heck, that'd, be a great catch for a whole day.

I think they do taste better through the ice, and that's the ONLY time I'll eat crappie.

BB

Tavery5 · 01-31-10, 11:13 PM

Nice haul!! I'm bringin the ice tea, what time is dinner?

BlueDaksi · 01-31-10, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Tavery5

Nice haul!! I'm bringin the ice tea, what time is dinner?

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Originally Posted by keithdog

Nice haul!!! Just have one question? WHEN'S DINNER?????

Too late. Buuuuuuuuuurp!

BassinNC · 01-31-10, 11:51 PM

What a mountain of fish.
Hope they were tasty.

nofearengineer · 02-01-10, 12:35 AM

Holy crap that is a mess of bluegills. I can only imagine how tasty they were. Seriously, I can only imagine...I'm on a diet.

BlueDaksi · 02-01-10, 12:43 AM

Well, my son and I were only doing what we have to do to become better bass anglers. What better way to learn more about our favorite quarry than to pursue and consume the same prey that big bass often eat?

We were just doing research... yeah... THAT's it... research...

islandbass · 02-01-10, 03:55 AM

Great job to both of you. BTW, I don't think any of us have received invitations to your fish feed yet.

muddy · 02-01-10, 07:13 AM

How do you clean that many Bluegills?

BlueDaksi · 02-01-10, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by muddy

How do you clean that many Bluegills?

This is exactly how I do it except I use a sharp filet knife. It took about an hour...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcZy5...eature=related

muddy · 02-01-10, 09:08 AM

Very cool.

BigBassin144 · 02-01-10, 09:46 AM

Now I've never done this since my grandpa got sick and had to sell his boat before I was really old enough to go out on Lake Erie and perch fish, but they used to bring back 150-200 perch and clean them all. I'm glad I wasn't old enough to have to help fillet all those.

by the way, I think you get a lot more meat out with a regular fillet knife. And ask bamabassman which way's really faster.

BB

Bubba_Bruiser · 02-01-10, 10:03 AM

Nice haul BD. I have always filleted my bass and big crappie like that. But I never have done the bream. It makes me wanna load the kids up though just to give it a try though. Thanks for the pic of the pile-o-bream.

rodnreel · 02-01-10, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by BigBassin144

Now I've never done this since my grandpa got sick and had to sell his boat before I was really old enough to go out on Lake Erie and perch fish, but they used to bring back 150-200 perch and clean them all. I'm glad I wasn't old enough to have to help fillet all those.

by the way, I think you get a lot more meat out with a regular fillet knife. And ask bamabassman which way's really faster.

BB

I prefer using the old fillet knife method as well. The guy in that video looked like he was wasting a lot of meat off those fish. I've seen guys waste even more than that though at the fillet house up in Canada at Rice Lake. They would bring in a haul of about 200 or so bluegill and just rip through them as fast as they could. We would bring in half as many and get just as much dinner out of it cause there is nothing wasted. I will say this...filleting fish is definitely an art!!

BlueDaksi · 02-01-10, 01:14 PM

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I prefer using the old fillet knife method as well. The guy in that video looked like he was wasting a lot of meat off those fish. I've seen guys waste even more than that though at the fillet house up in Canada at Rice Lake. They would bring in a haul of about 200 or so bluegill and just rip through them as fast as they could. We would bring in half as many and get just as much dinner out of it cause there is nothing wasted. I will say this...filleting fish is definitely an art!!

A knife like I used is definitely the way to go. With this technique you do get smaller boneless portions, but I'm pickling the bony trim portions so am wasting even less. Oh, and the scraps goes on the garden - best fertilizer in the world - so in actuality, nothing is wasted.

3dkicker · 02-03-10, 05:30 PM

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Oh, and the scraps goes on the garden - best fertilizer in the world - so in actuality, nothing is wasted.

I'm sure you're a hit with the raccoons, skunks, possums, cats, stray dogs, etc. this week!!!

BlueDaksi · 02-03-10, 05:33 PM

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I'm sure you're a hit with the raccoons, skunks, possums, cats, stray dogs, etc. this week!!!

...and thank goodness the neighbors aren't too close - well, for now, they're frozen awaiting for the springtime thaw and when I can till them into the garden.

screwballl · 02-04-10, 01:45 AM

looks good.... best day at many of the ponds/lakes here usually only give us 10-15 bream for the day.... except before and after spawn...

Bassboss · 02-04-10, 09:00 AM

Good looking gills man! I bet it was fun!

01-31-10, 09:35 PM	#1
BlueDaksi BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 148	Put the hurt on the 'gills today... My son and I caught 73 jigging small lead-head jigs for 2.5 hours this afternoon on Conesus Lake. They were still biting when we left. My wife is frying up the fishsticks as I post this... __________________ -Paul Shipman, Ph.D., Team FishGator.com, Team Malibu Kayaks Pro-Staff

01-31-10, 09:40 PM	#2
MallenManson BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Beulah, Michigan Posts: 6,431	Haha! Hope there's plenty of tartar sauce and cole slaw! Good haul! __________________ Bass fear me. Women pepperspray me.....

01-31-10, 10:02 PM	#3
bassinbob BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pitts. Pa. Posts: 3,801	Funny, I just watched some filleting vids the other night. I haven't cleaned a fish since I quit trout fishing. Bluedaksi in your opinion is there any taste difference in fish caught through the ice as opposed to those in other seasons? __________________ you can have my fishin rod when ya take it from my cold dead hands

01-31-10, 11:03 PM	#7
BigBassin144 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 9,463	Paul, great catch for a few hours! Heck, that'd, be a great catch for a whole day. I think they do taste better through the ice, and that's the ONLY time I'll eat crappie. BB __________________ As of June 14, 2014 the members of the BF.com forum have moved to basschat.yuku.com!

01-31-10, 11:51 PM	#10
BassinNC BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: albemarle, NC Posts: 788	What a mountain of fish. Hope they were tasty. __________________ 138 bass in 2K10. Biggest 4LBS 14oz.

01-31-10, 10:07 PM	#4
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	Nice haul!!! Just have one question? WHEN'S DINNER?????

01-31-10, 11:13 PM	#8
Tavery5 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 2,427	Nice haul!! I'm bringin the ice tea, what time is dinner?

02-01-10, 12:35 AM	#11
nofearengineer BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southwest IN Posts: 5,630	Holy crap that is a mess of bluegills. I can only imagine how tasty they were. Seriously, I can only imagine...I'm on a diet. __________________ Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

02-01-10, 12:43 AM	#12
BlueDaksi BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 148	Well, my son and I were only doing what we have to do to become better bass anglers. What better way to learn more about our favorite quarry than to pursue and consume the same prey that big bass often eat? We were just doing research... yeah... THAT's it... research... __________________ -Paul Shipman, Ph.D., Team FishGator.com, Team Malibu Kayaks Pro-Staff

02-01-10, 03:55 AM	#13
islandbass BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: WA State Posts: 1,783	Great job to both of you. BTW, I don't think any of us have received invitations to your fish feed yet. __________________ ARX "If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles." Doug Larson (Shimano 2005 Reel Catalog)

02-01-10, 07:13 AM	#14
muddy BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 350	How do you clean that many Bluegills?

02-01-10, 09:08 AM	#16
muddy BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 350	Very cool.

02-01-10, 09:46 AM	#17
BigBassin144 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 9,463	Now I've never done this since my grandpa got sick and had to sell his boat before I was really old enough to go out on Lake Erie and perch fish, but they used to bring back 150-200 perch and clean them all. I'm glad I wasn't old enough to have to help fillet all those. by the way, I think you get a lot more meat out with a regular fillet knife. And ask bamabassman which way's really faster. BB __________________ As of June 14, 2014 the members of the BF.com forum have moved to basschat.yuku.com!

02-01-10, 10:03 AM	#18
Bubba_Bruiser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South MS Posts: 3,659	Nice haul BD. I have always filleted my bass and big crappie like that. But I never have done the bream. It makes me wanna load the kids up though just to give it a try though. Thanks for the pic of the pile-o-bream. __________________ \,,,,/ ROCK ON! HRN4L!

02-04-10, 01:45 AM	#23
screwballl BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NWFL Posts: 654	looks good.... best day at many of the ponds/lakes here usually only give us 10-15 bream for the day.... except before and after spawn...

02-04-10, 09:00 AM	#24
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	Good looking gills man! I bet it was fun! __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

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